"The PFL has announced its first main event of 2026, and it's a promising one. Lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov (20-0, 1NC) will once again be fighting in Dubai, when he takes on 2025 PFL World Tournament winner Alfie Davis (20-5-1). The title fight takes place at the Coca-Cola Arena on February 7, 2026."
"Fellow Bellator alum Alfie Davis won all three of his fights in 2025 to win the PFL World Tournament at lightweight. That stretch saw Davis stop Clay Collard, before earning decisions over Brent Primus and Gadzhi Rabadanov. With Rabadanov a teammate of Nurmagomedov under his cousin Khabib (and previously under the late Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov), the stage has been set for a revenge fight of sorts."
The PFL scheduled Usman Nurmagomedov to defend the lightweight title against Alfie Davis at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on February 7, 2026. Nurmagomedov holds a 20-0 record with one No Contest and won both 2025 bouts against Paul "Big News" Hughes. A previous win over Brent Primus was overturned to a No Contest after a failed drug test in 2023, which Bellator attributed to accidental prescription contamination and did not strip the title. Alfie Davis won the 2025 PFL World Tournament with wins over Clay Collard, Brent Primus, and Gadzhi Rabadanov, creating a narrative tension given team connections.
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