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Earlier in May, the organization announced the headlining attraction of PFL DC, which will go down on July 25 at the Carefirst Arena in Washington, D.C. Topping off the fight card is a battle for the newly vacated 170-pound throne of the retired Ramazan Kuramagomedov, between Thad Jean (11-0) and Shamil Musaev (18-1-1). The promotion released the entirety of the 11-fight structure and order on Thursday.
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Since appearing on the first week of 2023’s season of PFL’s Challenger Series, Florida’s Jean has never looked back. A few months after beating Eric Alequin to claim a PFL contract, he made a splash in a showcase bout in the PFL 7 2023 Playoffs by running through Ali Omar in under two minutes. As he worked his way through his bracket, Jean won out the final season at his weight class by dispatching Mukhamed Berkhamov and defeating Jason Jackson and Logan Storley on the scorecards.
While Jean punched his ticket to gold by winning the 2025 tournament, Dagestan native Musaev did the same the year before. In his bracket, Musaev had to knock out Storley and Murad Ramazanov, then rematch Ramazanov in the playoffs and finally knocked out Magomed Umalatov in the $1 million bout. By handing Umalatov his first professional defeat, Musaev earned a crack at another undefeated athlete in Kurmagomedov. Musaev lost that encounter, and has not competed since.
PFL D.C. complete lineup
Thad Jean vs. Shamil Musaev – vacant welterweight title
Magomed Umalatov vs. Ernesto Rodriguez – welterweight
Bryce Meredith vs. Jack Cartwright – bantamweight
Sullivan Cauley vs. Rasul Magomedov – light heavyweight
Denis Goltsov vs. Hasan Mezhiev – heavyweight
Tyson Pedro vs. Rafael Xavier – light heavyweight
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Bruno Cappelozza – light heavyweight
Mando Gutierrez vs. Nkosi Ndebele – bantamweight
Eliezer Kubanza vs. Chris Mixan – welterweight
Chad Yard vs. Coby Bradford – light heavyweight
Noah Hermosillo vs. Jacob Pais – featherweight
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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