Anthony Pettis will make his PFL debut against another former UFC fighter in April.
The PFL is finally coming back. After over a year with no cards due to the coronavirus pandemic, the promotion has made some moves and will return on April 23rd with a lot of familiar faces on their first event of 2021.
ESPN is reporting that the event will be headlined by former WEC and UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, who will fight fellow former UFC fighter and boxing standout Clay Collard. The co-main will see two-time PFL lightweight division champ Natan Schulte taking on former Bellator and UFC fighter Marcin Held. Also on the card is two-time featherweight division champion Lance Palmer, who will face Bubba Jenkins.
The event does not have a set location as of yet. Here’s a look at the full current card, which only features lightweight and featherweight fights.
Main Card
Anthony Pettis vs. Clay Collard
Natan Schulte vs. Marcin Held
Movlid Khaybulaev vs. Jason Soares
Lance Palmer vs. Bubba Jenkins
Preliminary Card
Loik Radzhabov vs. Johnny Case
Joilton Lutterbach vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Akhmed Aliev vs. Mikhail Odintsov
Jo Sungbin vs. Tyler Diamond
Brendan Loughnane vs. Sheymon Moraes