Bryan Battle Headlines PFL Charlotte On ESPNBryan Battle Headlines PFL Charlotte On ESPN
Bryan Battle Headlines PFL Charlotte On ESPN
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Bryan Battle Headlines PFL Charlotte On ESPN

Tom Rashid
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The Professional Fighters League confirmed its complete card for PFL Charlotte on Friday, Aug. 7, with former UFC middleweight Bryan Battle topping the bill against Dalton Rosta at Bojangles Coliseum.

Battle, who went 7-1 inside the Octagon before leaving the promotion after several weight misses, dropped his PFL debut and now faces Rosta in a middleweight clash. Rosta enters on a two-fight skid. The card airs live on ESPN starting at 10 p.m. ET, per Sherdog.

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Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov meets Simeon Powell in the co-main event at light heavyweight, while former title challengers Joshua Silveira and Aaron Jeffery square off at middleweight. British bantamweight Lewis McGrillen-Evans returns just 20 days after a submission loss to Rafael do Nascimento, taking on Brandon Lewis.

The preliminary card includes heavyweight Denis Goltsov against Hasan Mezhiev, former Bellator champion Valentin Moldavsky moving up to light heavyweight to face Bruno Cappelozza, and featherweight Cheyden Leialoha against Robbie Ring. Josh Fremd rounds out the main card against Jhony Gregory at middleweight.

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PFL Charlotte marks the promotion's return to North Carolina. Weigh-ins take place Thursday afternoon.


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