The Staying Power of Valentin Moldavsky

Former Bellator MMA interim titleholder Valentin Moldavsky has taken on the top tier of the heavyweight class since 2019, and six years later, he still finds himself getting opportunities at world championships. One of eight entrants in the Professional Fighters League heavyweight bracket, he has another chance to climb to the top of the mountain.

Moldavsky has faced Linton Vassell three times—he owns a 1-2 record against him—in his career, with two of those three fights having taken place in the past two years. They were set to meet for a fourth time in a PFL 2025 World Tournament 4 heavyweight quarterfinal this Thursday at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. However, Vassell’s late…