PFL Dubai: Nurmagomedov vs. Davis
Professional Fighters League MMA event in 2026
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PFL Dubai: Nurmagomedov vs. Davis was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on February 7, 2026, at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[1][2][3][4][5]
| PFL Dubai: Nurmagomedov vs. Davis | ||||
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The poster for PFL Dubai: Nurmagomedov vs. Davis | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | February 7, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Coca-Cola Arena | |||
| City | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
The event marked the promotion's third visit to Dubai and first since PFL Champions Series 3 in October 2025.[6]
The event was headlined by a PFL Lightweight World Championship bout between current champion Usman Nurmagomedov and 2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament winner Alfie Davis.[7]
The co-main event featured an inaugural PFL Welterweight World Championship bout between former Bellator Welterweight World Champion Ramazan Kuramagomedov and 2024 PFL Welterweight Tournament winner Shamil Musaev.[8]
A women's flyweight bout between 2024 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament winner (also a 2023 PFL Europe Women's Flyweight Tournament winner) Dakota Ditcheva and Denise Kielholtz was scheduled for this event.[9] However, the promotion announced that Ditcheva will not be competing due to injury and was replaced by Antonia Silvaneide.[10][11] At the weigh-ins, Silvaneide weighed in at 127 pounds, one pounds over the flyweight limit and she was fined a percentage of her purse, which went to Kielholtz.[12]
Magomed Umalatov was scheduled to face Abdoul Abdouraguimov in a welterweight bout at this event. [13] However, Umalatov withdrew for unknown reasons and was replaced by Kendly St. Louis.[14][15]
Results
| Main card (ESPN Unlimited / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Usman Nurmagomedov (c) | def. | Alfie Davis | Technical Submission (reverse arm-triangle choke) | 3 | 4:41 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Ramazan Kuramagomedov | def. | Shamil Musaev | Decision (unanimous) (48–46, 48–46, 48–46) | 5 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Welterweight | Abdoul Abdouraguimov | def. | Kendly St. Louis | Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Salamat Isbulaev | def. | Jesus Pinedo | TKO (submission to elbows) | 1 | 4:57 | |
| Heavyweight | Pouya Rahmani | def. | Karl Williams | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 3:41 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN Unlimited / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Amru Magomedov | def. | Kolton Englund | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:37 | |
| Bantamweight | Taylor Lapilus | def. | Kasum Kasumov | TKO (punches) | 3 | 0:47 | |
| Bantamweight | Renat Khavalov | def. | Edgars Skrīvers | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Makkasharip Zaynukov | def. | Amin Ayoub | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Denise Kielholtz | def. | Antonia Silvaneide | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Light Heavyweight | Luke Trainer | def. | Rob Wilkinson | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:48 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Khabib Nabiev | def. | Ahmed Sami | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:26 | |
| Middleweight | Jhony Gregory | def. | Haider Khan | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:18 | |
- For the inaugural PFL Welterweight World Championship. Musaev was deducted one point in round 4 due to an illegal knee.
- Silvaneide missed weight (127 lb).
