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Rodrigo Nascimento will make his next PFL appearance in the Windy City. | PFL MMA
The Professional Fighters League has announced another fight for its upcoming card in Chicago, a heavyweight showdown that will see Rodrigo Nascimento take on Slim Trabelsi.
Both fighters find themselves ranked in the Top 10 of the newly-released rankings for the PFL in 2026, with Nascimento coming in at No. 6, while Trabelsi is listed two spots behind him at No. 8 in the division.
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The 33-year old Nascimento has competed twice in the PFL. He made his promotional debut in 2025, where he would go 1-1 in the tournament. His most recent fight was a loss to Oleg Popov. Nasicmento is also a veteran of Dana White’s Contender Series under the UFC umbrella, where he won a contract in 2019. He would go on to compete for the promotion eight times, finishing with a 4-3 record with one no contest in that span.
Trabelsi will be looking to get back into the win column, having dropped his last two combat sports competitions to recent PFL debutant Pouya Rahmani in both MMA and grappling. The loss to Rahmani was the first loss of Trabelsi’s career, as he has picked up wins under both the Bellator and PFL banners.
Updated PFL Chicago Card
Sergio Pettis vs. Mitchell McKee — bantamweight
Jordan Newman vs. Joshua Silveira — middleweight
Raufeon Stots vs. Renat Khavalov — bantamweight
Gabriel Braga vs. Mehdi Baydulaev — featherweight
Jena Bishop vs. Borena Tsertsvadze — flyweight
Rodrigo Nascimento vs. Slim Trabelsi — heavyweight
Omar El Dafrawy vs. James Vake — welterweight
Biaggio Ali Walsh vs. Dashiande Harris-Moore — lightweight
Valanti Atsas vs. Nate Jennerman — welterweight
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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