PFL announces finalized Road to Dubai fight card

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The first PFL event of 2026 is now finalized with two title fights atop a 13-fight lineup.

PFL: Road to Dubai takes place Saturday, Feb. 7, at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. The main event is a lightweight title fight, as champion Usman Nurmagomedov (20-0) takes on 2025 lightweight tournament winner Alfie Davis (20-5-1). The co-feature bout is for the welterweight title, between former Bellator champion Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0) and 2025 welterweight tournament winner Shamil Musaev (20-0-1).

Wednesday morning, the promotion officially announced the finalized 13-fight lineup, which will broadcast live on the ESPN App, with prelim action beginning at 9 a.m. ET (6 a.m. PT). The main card is set to begin at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Filling out the main card are a few intriguing matchups. Former PFL featherweight champ Jesus Pinedo (25-7-1) takes on undefeated Salamat Isbulaev (9-0), "Prince Magomed Umalatov faces "Lazy King" Abdoul Abdouraguimov, and UFC veteran Karl Williams (10-4) opens up the main card against unbeaten Pouya Rahmani (5-0).

Check out the full lineup below.

PFL: Road to Dubai full fight card​

MAIN CARD (ESPN App, noon ET)​

• Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Alfie Davis – for lightweight title
• Ramazan Kuramagomedov vs. Shamil Musaev – for welterweight title
• Jesus Pinedo vs. Salamat Isbulaev
• Magomed Umalatov vs. Abdoul Abdouraguimov
• Pouya Rahmani vs. Karl Williams

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN App, 9 a.m. ET)​

• Amru Magomedov vs. Kolton Englund
• Taylor Lapilus vs. Kasum Kasumov
• Renat Khavalov vs. Edgar Skrivers
• Amin Ayoub vs. Makkasharip Zaynukov
• Denis Kielholtz vs. Antonia Silvaneide
• Luke Trainer vs. Rob Wilkinson
• Khabib Nabiev vs. Ahmed Sami
• Haider Khan vs. Jhony Gregory

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: PFL announces full 13-fight slate for first event of 2026

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