A welterweight matchup pitting Magomed Magomedkerimov against Gleison Tibau is set for the PFL Championships on Nov. 25.
The promotion confirmed the pairing to Sherdog.com on Monday. The PFL Championships take place at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York and feature fighters in six weight classes competing for a $1 million prize. The evening’s main card is headlined by a women’s lighweight title fight between Kayla Harrison and Larissa Pachecho and air on pay-per-view at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The prelims, which include Magomedkerimov vs. Tibau as a showcase fight, will be broadcast on ESPN+ beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.
Magomedkerimov has been victorious in 14 of his last 15 professional outings, a stretch that includes a PFL championship in 2018. He also appeared in the PFL finals in October 2021, when he fell to Ray Cooper via third-round KO — his first defeat since 2015. The 32-year-old Dagestani last appeared at PFL 6, where he earned a second-round TKO victory against Dilano Taylor.
A longtime UFC veteran, Tibau is 2-2 since signing with the PFL. In his lone appearance so far this year, the 39-year-old Brazilian dropped a split verdict to Jarrah Al-Silawi at PFL 3. He went 2-1 with the organization the previous year, most notably defeating Rory MacDonald in a controversial split-decision triumph in June 2021.
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