Dakota Ditcheva keeps her undefeated record with win over Sumiko Inaba

Dakota Ditcheva certainly seems to be on her way towards becoming the face of the PFL, if she hasn’t already.  Now 10-0 with the promotion, Ditcheva made her first return to the cage since capturing the 2024 World Championship where she defeated Taila Santos via 2nd bodyshops.

Facing the Bellator MMA prospect Sumiko Inaba as a feature fight at PFL Africa 1 Dakota Ditcheva had her first fight since November of 2024 winning a decision with 15 minutes of cage time.  Late in the third round Ditcheva started to notice a pain in her hand which has yet to be updated on injury status.

PFL MMA Africa was headlined by the undefeated Johnny Eblen who with 10 seconds left in a 5 round World Championship fight was put to sleep by Costello Van Steenis to lose his World Championship moving to 16-1 overall.  AJ Mckee made his return to featherweight picking up a win over the Khabib cornered Akhmed Magomedov to improve to 23-2 as a pro.

Corey Anderson moved up to the Heavyweight division to defeat PFL World Tournament champion Denis Goltsov as the remaining showcase fight on the Road to Dubai series.