Thursday’s PFL card has taken a big hit.
2021 PFL 4 will be without former UFC lightweight champion [autotag]Anthony Pettis[/autotag], who has withdrawn from his bout against Alexander Martinez due to illness, according to multiple reports. Ag. Fight broke the news.
Pettis (24-11) was scheduled to headline the card against Martinez (8-0) as part of the second and final bout to earn points to qualify for the lightweight tournament.
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With Pettis no longer on the card, 2019 PFL lightweight champion Natan Schulte (24-4-1) will step up and serve as the main event against Martinez in Atlantic City, N.J. Raush Manfio (12-3), who was set to take on Schulte on late notice, now meets Pettis on June 25 at PFL 6.
Below is the updated 2021, PFL 4 lineup:
- Natan Schulte vs. Alexander Martinez
- Bubba Jenkins vs. Bobby Moffett
- Claressa Shields vs. Brittney Elkin
- Brendan Loughnane vs. Tyler Diamond
- Clay Collard vs. Joilton Lutterbach
- Lance Palmer vs. Jesse Stirn
- Marcin Held vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier
- Akhmet Aliev vs. Loik Radzhabov
- Movlid Khaybulaev vs. Sheymon Moraes
- Chris Wade vs. Arman Ospanov
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