PFL Africa: Morocco takes place Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Mohammed V Sports Complex in Casablanca, with the show starting at 1:00 p.m. ET. Abdoulaye Kane meets Badr Medkouri in a heavyweight main event, and five tournament semifinals sit on a 12-fight card that has changed since PFL announced the matchups in August.
What’s at stake
Morocco is a tournament night. The winners of the bantamweight, welterweight and lightweight semifinals advance to the PFL Africa Finals later this year. It is PFL’s first event in North Africa, and the league calls it the biggest MMA event in Moroccan history. PFL Africa general manager Elias Schulze said the league is looking “to go to all four corners of the continent.”
Kane and Medkouri headline in Casablanca
Senegal’s Abdoulaye Kane (5-2) meets Morocco’s Badr “Dastan” Medkouri (9-3) in a heavyweight bout that sits outside the tournament brackets. All five of Kane’s wins came by stoppage, four by knockout and one by submission. Medkouri has eight knockouts in nine wins and fights in front of a hometown crowd.
The card has changed
PFL announced unbeaten Algerian-Canadian Karim Henniene (7-0) against Nigeria’s Raphael Uchegbu (11-2) as the co-main bantamweight semifinal. Henniene no longer appears on PFL Africa’s event page, and Uchegbu is now listed against Alain Majorique. No official explanation turned up. Taha Bendaoud and Yanis Ghemmouri now sit second on the page at featherweight.
Five semifinals remain. At welterweight, Angola’s Shido Boris Esperança (12-2) faces South Africa’s Peace Nguphane (9-3), and Guinea-Bissau’s Rivaldo Pereira (4-2) meets Nigeria’s David Samuel (6-0). At lightweight, Nigeria’s Patrick Ocheme (9-1) takes on countryman Cornel Thompson (12-3), while Senegal’s Demba Seck (11-3) faces Chad’s Hussain Al Kurdi (3-0). At bantamweight, Liberia’s Dwight Joseph (16-3) meets Angola’s Boule Godogo (5-2).
Full fight card
| Bout | Division |
|---|---|
| Abdoulaye Kane vs. Badr Medkouri | Heavyweight |
| Taha Bendaoud vs. Yanis Ghemmouri | Featherweight |
| Shido Boris Esperança vs. Peace Nguphane | Welterweight semifinal |
| Patrick Ocheme vs. Cornel Thompson | Lightweight semifinal |
| Rivaldo Pereira vs. David Samuel | Welterweight semifinal |
| Yabna N’Tchalá vs. Mouhamed Ba | Welterweight |
| Alain Majorique vs. Raphael Uchegbu | Bantamweight |
| Reda Abdellaoui vs. Salim Mhamdi | Bantamweight |
| Dwight Joseph vs. Boule Godogo | Bantamweight semifinal |
| Demba Seck vs. Hussain Al Kurdi | Lightweight semifinal |
| Jane Osigwe vs. Sanaa Mandar | Catchweight |
| Abderrahman Errachidy vs. Oussama El Idrissi | Lightweight |
The bouts are listed in the order shown on PFL Africa’s event page. Cards can change before fight night.
How to watch
The show starts Saturday at 1:00 p.m. ET. PFL Africa’s watch page lists Vice and the PFL YouTube channel for U.S. viewers, and the event page lists STARZPLAY for the Middle East and North Africa.
