PFL Belfast Full Card Confirmed For April 16 At SSE Arena

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) today announced the full card for PFL Belfast on Thursday, April 16 at the SSE Arena in Belfast.

Donegal’s undefeated No. 7 ranked Darragh “The Moville Mauler” Kelly (9-0) takes on the biggest opportunity of his career, as he headlines PFL Belfast opposite the dangerous New Zealander, No. 8 ranked Jay Jay “The Māori Kid” Wilson (11-2) in a three-round lightweight match-up.

Kelly is a mauler by name and mauler by nature, whose overpowering style of MMA has allowed him to stay undefeated in all nine of his professional bouts, stopping seven of those opponents before the final bell. A powerful lightweight, the Moville local fights with a heavy forward pressure, looking to throw big and dominate the grappling exchanges. Answering the call to switch opponents on three weeks’ notice, Kelly is looking to build momentum with a win and hunt down the PFL Lightweight World Championship.

Wilson is a dangerous New Zealander who has never been stopped in his 13 professional bouts. With serious power in his hands, and the ability to end a fight on the ground, he has four finishes via KO/TKO and four finishes via submission. With only two losses on his record to elite fighters including undefeated No. 2 ranked Gadzhi Rabadanov and No. 3 ranked Archie Colgan, “The Māori Kid” always comes to fight and aims to separate his opponent from their consciousness.

The co-main event promises fireworks at catchweight (176 lbs), as Ballymena’s Rhys “Skeletor” McKee (14-7-1) makes his PFL debut and enters the fray against France’s Alex “Da Killa King” Lohoré (26-11).

McKee is a former U.K. champion who has never needed the judges in any professional victory as his record boasts 11 KO/TKOs and three submissions in 14 wins. He promises to put on a show in Belfast as he fights in his home country on a global platform for the first time. Lohoré is the current Interim Super Welterweight Champion of BRAVE CF and is confident he has the style and experience to ruin the homecoming for “Skeletor.”

Also newly announced on the card is SBG Dublin’s Pedro “The Game” Carvalho (14-10) who steps in for Darragh Kelly to face Sergio “Drako” Cossio (27-11-1) at catchweight (165 lbs), and Finland’s Omran Chaaban (9-1), who trains in Dublin, will take on the Netherland’s Chequina Noso Pedro (10-4) in a welterweight bout.

The PFL Belfast preliminary card is set to be broadcast in the U.S on the ESPN App for fans with access to the ESPN Unlimited plan from 2:30 pm ET/ 11:30 am PT, with the main card being broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes at 7 pm ET/4:00 pm PT.

Completed PFL Belfast Main Card:

SSE Arena, Belfast

12:00am BST | 7:00pm ET | 4:00pm PT | Thursday, April 16

ESPN 2

Lightweight Main Event Bout: #7-Darragh Kelly (9-0) vs. #8-Jay Jay Wilson (11-2)

Catchweight (176 lbs) Co-Main Event: Rhys McKee (14-7-1) vs. Alex Lahoré (26-11)

Light Heavyweight Bout: #2-Dovlet Yagshimuradov (25-8-1) vs. #9-Tyson Pedro (10-5)

Completed PFL Belfast Preliminary Card:

7:30pm BST | 2:30pm ET | 11:30am PT | Thursday, April 16

ESPN App (U.S.)

Welterweight Bout: #7-Chris Mixan (7-1) vs. Eoin Sheridan (4-0)

Catchweight (165 lbs) Bout: Pedro Carvalho (14-10) vs. Sergio Cossio (27-11-1)

Welterweight Bout: Omran Chaaban (9-1) vs. Chequina Noso Pedro (10-4)

Bantamweight Bout: #8-Ciaran Clarke (10-0) vs. Dean Garnett (14-4-1)

Bantamweight Bout: Caolan Loughran (10-3) vs. Alan Philpott (21-17-0, 1 NC)

Welterweight Bout: David Martinez (16-6) vs. Giannis Bachar (9-3)

Bantamweight Bout: Sean Gauci (10-1) vs. Liam Gittins (13-5-0, 1 NC)

Bantamweight Bout: Eoghan Masoliver (1-0) vs. Shane Mullen (1-0)

Women’s Flyweight Bout: Chelsea Hackett (4-3-1) vs. Andrea Vazquez (8-2)

UPCOMING PFL SCHEDULE:

Saturday, April 11 – PFL Chicago – Wintrust Arena – Chicago, Illinois

Thursday, April 16 – PFL Belfast – SSE Arena Belfast – Belfast, Northern Ireland

Saturday, May 2 – PFL Sioux Falls – Sanford Pentagon – Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Saturday, May 23 – PFL Brussels – ING Arena – Brussels, Belgium

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