CASABLANCA, MOROCCO (August 13, 2026) – The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced the six semifinal matchups, as well as a heavyweight main event set for PFL Africa: Morocco on October 10, as the league’s continental tournament reaches its penultimate round across the bantamweight, welterweight and lightweight divisions. Winners from each bout will advance to the PFL Africa Finals later this year. Live from the Mohammed V Sports Complex in Casablanca, the PFL will be hosting Morocco’s biggest MMA event in history. Tickets for PFL Africa: Morocco are now available at ticket.ma.
In the headlining bout, Senegal and Morocco go head to head, as Abdoulaye Kane meets Badr “Dastan” Medkouri in a heavyweight showdown. Senegal’s Kane comes in having won all five of his wins by stoppage, with four knockouts and one submission. Medkouri, meanwhile, has eight knockouts in nine career victories, and will look to win in front of a hometown crowd.
The co-main event will see a bantamweight semifinal, as unbeaten Algerian-Canadian Karim “The Kryptonian” Henniene faces Nigeria’s Raphael Uchegbu. Henniene is riding the momentum of a first-round submission win at PFL Africa: Nigeria back in June. It was on the same card that Uchegbu announced his arrival to the promotion with a dominant unanimous decision win.
The other bantamweight semifinal clash between Liberia’s Dwight Joseph and Angola’s Boule Godogo will kick off the main card.
Welterweight action sees two semifinals as well, with Angola’s Shido Boris Esperança taking on South Africa’s Peace Nguphane, and Guinea-Bissau’s Rivaldo Pereira squaring off against Nigeria’s David Samuel.
The lightweight tournament narrows to its final four with an all-Nigerian semifinal between Patrick Ocheme and Cornel Thompson, alongside Senegal’s Demba Seck against Chad’s Hussain Al Kurdi.
Algeria, Nigeria, Angola, South Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Chad, Liberia, and Morocco are represented across the semifinal round, reflecting the continental scope of PFL Africa’s tournament format. The Moroccan card marks PFL’s first event in North Africa, and continues the league’s pan-African rollout under General Manager Elias Schulze, who added: “We’re looking to go to all four corners of the continent.”
PFL Africa: Morocco Card:
Mohammed V Sports Complex, Casablanca, Morocco
Heavyweight Main Event: Abdoulaye Kane (5-2) vs. Badr Medkouri (9-3)
Bantamweight Semifinal Co-Main Event: Karim Henniene (7-0) vs. Raphael Uchegbu (11-2)
Welterweight Semifinal: Shido Boris Esperança (12-2) vs. Peace Nguphane (9-3)
Lightweight Semifinal: Patrick Ocheme (9-1) vs. Cornel Thompson (12-3)
Welterweight Semifinal: Rivaldo Pereira (4-2) vs. David Samuel (6-0)
Lightweight Semifinal: Demba Seck (11-3) vs. Hussain Al Kurdi (3-0)
Bantamweight Semifinal: Dwight Joseph (16-3) vs. Boule Godogo (5-2)
