Former UFC fighter Trey Waters heads to PFL Summer Series

Trey Waters (right) has signed with the PFL. | 📷: Zuffa/Getty

Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Trey Waters has signed with Professional Fighters League and will debut in the SmartCage on Aug. 7, in Charlotte, North Carolina, for one of the company’s upcoming Summer Series events, sources tell Sherdog.com.

Homegrown talent Trukon Carson will take on Waters in a welterweight tilt.

Waters (9-2) will join the PFL after a 2-1 tenure in the UFC, where he also competed in Dana White’s Contender Series in 2022, losing to Gabriel Bonfim by submission.

Carson, 6-1, known as “The Carolina Gamedog,” has had five of his six professional wins come by way of first-round stoppage, has went the distance just once in his career, with his most recent win coming in Fury FC. Having fought last in March, Carson will get the biggest step up in competition in taking on Waters, while also getting an opportunity to breakthrough in the PFL’s welterweight division.

Former UFC Welterweight Trey Waters Signs With PFL, Books Aug. 7 Debut vs. Trukon Carson

PFL Charlotte will be headlined by a middleweight showcase as Bryan Battle (12-3) will collide with Dalton Rosta (11-3). Joshua Silveira (15-5) will lock horns with Aaron Jeffery (16-6); Josh Fremd (12-6) will toe the line with Jhony Gregory (11-4) and Jay-Jay Wilson (12-2) will do battle with Amin Ayoub (24-7-1).

This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com

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