PFL Africa 3 (2025)
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Professional Fighters League MMA event in 2025
PromotionProfessional Fighters League
DateOctober 18, 2025 (2025-10-18)
VenueBK Arena
CityKigali, Rwanda
| PFL Africa 3 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL Africa 3 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | October 18, 2025 (2025-10-18) | |||
| Venue | BK Arena | |||
| City | Kigali, Rwanda | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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2025 PFL Africa 3: Rwanda was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on October 18, 2025, at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.[1][2][3]
The event was featured the semifinals of the 2025 PFL Africa Tournament in a heavyweight, welterweight, featherweight and bantamweight divisions.[4]
At the weigh-ins, the semifinal fight between Patrick Ocheme and Abdul Razak Sankara were both fighters missed weight of the featherweight limit when Ocheme came in at 156.2 lb and Sankara at 151 lb and the bout proceeded to catchweight showcase bout. Therefore, Mohamed Camara vs. Alain Majorique got took its place in the tournament.[5]
In addition, Karim Henniène weighed in at 137.2 pounds, 1.2 pounds over the bantamweight limit and Wasi Adeshina weighed in at 148 pounds, 2 pounds over the featherweight limit. Henniène and Adeshina have been fined 20% of his purse, which went to Boule Godogo and Dwight Joseph respectively.[6]
Results
| Main card (DAZN / PFL App) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Nkosi Ndebele | def. | Simbarashe Hokonya | Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Shido Boris Esperança | def. | Ayinda Octave | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:46 | [b] |
| Heavyweight | Justin Clarke | def. | Maxwell Djantou Nana | TKO (retirement) | 3 | 3:09 | [c] |
| Catchweight (157 lb) | Patrick Ocheme | def. | Abdul Razak Sankara | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (DAZN / PFL App) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Abraham Bably | def. | Joffie Houlton | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:08 | [d] |
| Bantamweight | Karim Henniène | def. | Boule Godogo | KO (flying knee) | 3 | 4:21 | [e] |
| Welterweight | Yabna N'Tchalá | def. | Emilios Dassi | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [f] |
| Featherweight | Wasi Adeshina | def. | Dwight Joseph | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [g] |
| Featherweight | James Simon Opio | vs. | Isaac Omeda | Draw (unanimous) (28–28, 28–28, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [h] |
| Heavyweight | Abdoullah Kane | def. | Emmanuel Mukam | KO (head kick) | 1 | 0:23 | [i] |
| Featherweight | Alain Majorique | def. | Mohamed Camara | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [j] |
- ↑ 2025 PFL Africa Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ↑ 2025 PFL Africa Welterweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ↑ 2025 PFL Africa Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ↑ 2025 PFL Africa Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ↑ 2025 PFL Africa Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal; Henniène missed weight (137.2 lb).
- ↑ 2025 PFL Africa Welterweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ↑ 2025 PFL Africa Featherweight Tournament Semifinal; Adeshina missed weight (148 lb).
- ↑ Omeda was deducted one point in round 3 due to repeated grabbing the fence.
- ↑ 2025 PFL Africa Heavyweight Tournament Alternate bout.
- ↑ 2025 PFL Africa Featherweight Tournament Semifinal.
Tournament brackets
2025 PFL Africa Heavyweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Paul-Emmanuel Gnaze[a] | 1 | |||||||||
| Abraham Bably | KO | |||||||||
| Abraham Bably | TKO | |||||||||
 Joffie Houlton | 1 | |||||||||
| Joffie Houlton[b] | DQ | |||||||||
 Abdoullah Kane | 1 | |||||||||
| Abraham Bably | ||||||||||
 Justin Clarke | ||||||||||
 Maxwell Djantou Nana | UD | |||||||||
| Mickaël Groguhe | 3 | |||||||||
| Maxwell Djantou Nana | 3 | |||||||||
| Justin Clarke | TKO | |||||||||
| Justin Clarke | TKO | |||||||||
| Jashell Ticha Awa | 1 | |||||||||
2025 PFL Africa Welterweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Shido Boris Esperanca | SUB | |||||||||
 Ibrahima Mané | 1 | |||||||||
| Shido Boris Esperanca | SUB | |||||||||
| Ayinda Octave | 1 | |||||||||
 British Boloyoang | 1 | |||||||||
| Ayinda Octave | TKO | |||||||||
| Shido Boris Esperanca | ||||||||||
 Yabna N'Tchalá | ||||||||||
 Sanon Sadeck | 3 | |||||||||
| Yabna N'Tchalá | UD | |||||||||
| Yabna N'Tchalá | UD | |||||||||
| Emilios Dassi | 3 | |||||||||
| Osvaldo Benedito | 1 | |||||||||
| Emilios Dassi | KO | |||||||||
2025 PFL Africa Featherweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Patrick Ocheme | DEC | |||||||||
 Mohamed Camara | 3 | |||||||||
| Mohamed Camara | 3 | |||||||||
| Alain Majorique[a] | UD | |||||||||
| Abdul Razak Sankara | KO | |||||||||
| Shadrick Dju Yemba[b] | 1 | |||||||||
| Alain Majorique | ||||||||||
| Wasi Adeshina | ||||||||||
| Wasi Adeshina | SUB | |||||||||
| Jean-Jacques Lubaya | 2 | |||||||||
| Wasi Adeshina | UD | |||||||||
 Dwight Joseph | 3 | |||||||||
| Wilker Nsamo | 2 | |||||||||
| Dwight Joseph | KO | |||||||||
- ↑ The bout was originally scheduled as Patrick Ocheme vs. Abdul Razak Sankara, but both fighters missed weight and were replaced by alternate bout between Mohamed Camara vs. Alain Majorique.
- ↑ The bout was originally scheduled as Abderrahman Errachidy vs. Elbert Lukas Steyn, but both fighters missed weight and were replaced by alternate bout between Abdul Razak Sankara vs. Shadrick Dju Yemba.
2025 PFL Africa Bantamweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Nkosi Ndebele | TKO | |||||||||
 Mahmoud Atef | 1 | |||||||||
| Nkosi Ndebele | SD | |||||||||
 Simbarashe Hokonya | 3 | |||||||||
| Frans Mlambo[a] | 3 | |||||||||
| Simbarashe Hokonya | UD | |||||||||
| Nkosi Ndebele | ||||||||||
 Karim Henniene | ||||||||||
| Shannon van Tonder | 3 | |||||||||
| Boule Godogo | SD | |||||||||
| Boule Godogo | 3 | |||||||||
| Karim Henniene | KO | |||||||||
| Asiashu Tshitamba[b] | 3 | |||||||||
| Karim Henniene | SD | |||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "The First Ever PFL Africa Semifinals Are Set for Rwanda". Professional Fighters League. 2025-08-25. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "PFL Africa Semifinals Head to Kigali, Rwanda on October 18 at BK Arena". FightBook MMA. 2025-08-25. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "PFL Africa taps Kigali for semifinals event". Semafor. 2025-08-25. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ Critchfield, Tristen. "PFL Africa Semifinals Set for Rwanda on Oct. 18". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ Treese, Tyler. "PFL Africa 3 Weigh-in Results: 4 Heavy; 1 Over by Entire Weight Class". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ↑ Staff (2025-10-17). "PFL Africa: Rwanda Weigh-In Sees Semifinal Demoted After Both Fighters Miss Weight". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ↑ "2025 PFL Africa 3: Rwanda". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
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