The SSE Arena in Northern Ireland hosted PFL Belfast, featuring a stacked fight card that culminated in a significant lightweight division bout between undefeated Darragh Kelly and Jay-Jay Wilson.
Initially, Paul Hughes was slated to face Wilson in the main event, but an injury led to his withdrawal. Consequently, Kelly put his undefeated record on the line, aiming for the most impactful victory of his MMA career. Kelly entered the fight with two consecutive submission wins to launch his PFL campaign, while Wilson sought to rebound from a decision loss to Archie Colgan in October.
In the co-main event, former UFC and Cage Warriors fighter Rhys McKee made his Smart Cage debut against Alex Lohore in a catchweight bout at 176 pounds.
PFL Belfast Main Card Results:
- Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov defeated Tyson Pedro via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
PFL Belfast Preliminary Card Results:
- Eoin Sheridan defeated Chris Mixan via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
- Caolan Loughran defeated Alan Philpot via submission (face crank) at 1:11 of Round 1.
- Omran Chaaban defeated Chequina Noso Pedro via TKO (strikes) at 4:16 of Round 2.
- Dean Garnett defeated Ciaran Clarke via knockout (spinning elbow) at 1:52 of Round 1.
- Pedro Carvalho defeated Sergio Cossio via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
- David Martinez defeated Giannis Bachar via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:53 of Round 2.
- Sean Gauci defeated Liam Gittins via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27).
- Eoghan Masoliver defeated Shane Mullen via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:55 of Round 1.
- Chelsea Hackett defeated Andrea Vazquez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).