Professional Fighters League (PFL) continues its Summer Series later TONIGHT (Fri., July 31, 2026) as PFL New York goes down from inside UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. Headlining the event will be a Lightweight title fight as division kingpin, Usman Nurmagomedov, defends the strap against Archie Colgan.
Nurmagomedov (21-0) is looking to lock down his second-ever title defense, with his first coming against Alfie Davis earlier this year, submitting him via triangle choke at PFL Dubai (see it again here).
As for Colgan, he is undefeated (13-0) and is 2-0 under PFL’s banner. Prior to that, Colgan had racked up a record of 7-0 under Bellator MMA’s banner.
Many readers check in before, during and after the fights to share their thoughts on all of the action, as the main card kicks off at 7 p.m. ET on the ESPN App and ESPN2. Feel free to leave a comment (or several) about the bouts and chat with all the other Maniacs during the show — it’s always a lot of fun!
In the co-main event, striking superstar, Dakota Ditcheva, returns after a rare year-long layoff in an effort to improve on her mint record of (15-0, 10-0 PFL), taking on long-time combat veteran, Denise Kielholtz, in a women’s Flyweight (cough, squash) match. The two were set to throw down at PFL Dubai earlier this year, but the bout had to be rescheduled after Ditcheva withdrew with an injury (more details here).
PFL NEW YORK QUICK RESULTS:
155 lbs.: Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Archie Colgan
125 lbs.: Dakota Ditcheva vs. Denise Kielholtz
155 lbs.: Amru Magomedov vs. Angel Alvarez
135 lbs.: Raufeon Stots vs. Lazaro Dayron
170 lbs.: David Martinez vs. Omar El Dafrawy
135 lbs.: Sean Gauci vs. Alan Begosso
205 lbs.: Moustapha Diakhate vs. Zacharia Nishimwe
125 lbs.: Montana De La Rosa vs. Tatiana Postarnakova
155 lbs.: Chamy Delva vs. Levan Khabalaev
NURMAGOMEDOV VS. COLGAN PLAY-BY -PLAY:
Coming soon …
DITCHEVA VS. KIELHOLTZ PLAY-BY-PLAY:
Coming soon …
PFL NEW YORK HIGHLIGHTS:
Coming soon …
