PFL standout Dakota Ditcheva was left spooked after an unexpected encounter with a fan.
Ditcheva's star has grown no end in recent times. After establishing herself as one to watch with success in the PFL Europe regional expansion in 2023, "Dangerous" proved herself on the global stage.
The 26-year-old striking specialist most recently steamrolled through former UFC title challenger Taila Santos to remain undefeated and capture the 2024 PFL women's flyweight title.
With that, Ditcheva has significantly grown her fanbase. But one supporter recently showed too much enthusiasm.
During a video uploaded to her YouTube channel late last month, Ditcheva detailed her time in Dubai for the PFL Champions Series event in January. At one point, the British fighter spoke to the camera and described an interaction with a fan at the hotel she was staying at.
The individual, who outlined that he'd been "looking" for her, discovered Ditcheva's location from a post on her Instagram Story that featured the hotel's branding.
On the way back from breakfast, then somebody had seen that I was in this hotel on Instagram," Ditcheva said. "It’s my fault because I put a photo on of that board, the chocolate board that they brought to my room. I put it on my Instagram Story...I don’t normally share my location until I’ve gone.
Despite the fan being friendly, Ditcheva admitted the experience had still 'freaked her out'.
Stupidly, I did that and I just got approached on the way back from breakfast, which was fine, I love for you guys to come up and say hi and things like that, but when I’m on my own, it freaks me out a little bit," Ditcheva continued. "He said he’d seen me on Instagram and he’d been DM-ing me and was basically looking for me. He was dead excited to see me, which is really nice and he was a really nice guy, but it does freak me out a little.
It’s always lovely to meet you guys, but when I’m on my own and I haven’t got my brother or my mum with me, it does just scare me a little bit," she concluded.
Ditcheva's incident comes soon after tennis star Emma Raducanu's harrowing stalking experience. The 2021 US Open champion was said to have been followed across four countries by a man whose behavior was described as being 'fixated' on Raducanu.
The individual was handed a restraining order after the British tennis player spotted him in the crowd at a recent championship in Dubai.