Dakota Ditcheva is already taking a look at a future past the restrictions of the PFL.
After profitable the PFL Europe flyweight event in 2023, ‘Dangerous’ ran the desk throughout this yr’s common season event and playoffs, turning into the promotion’s first-ever world PFL flyweight world champion.
Much more spectacular was the truth that she virtually ran by former UFC title challenger Taila Santos to win her first $1 million paycheck. Santos beforehand went toe-to-toe with bantamweight queen Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 275 and within the eyes of many, did sufficient to dethrone ‘Bullet’ that night time.
KO’ing Santos within the second spherical of their flyweight last, Ditcheva proved that she’s greater than only a fairly face backed by the PFL hype machine. She’s a reputable risk to any girl in any promotion, and after logging one other yr contained in the Good Cage, she hopes to check herself on a a lot greater stage.
“I’m definitely with PFL because I’m in contract for at least another year anyway, so I’ve definitely not finished with them yet,” Ditcheva advised talkSPORT. “I’ve obtained numerous issues within the pipeline that we might presumably do. However I feel, competition-wise, everybody type of thinks that you must go to the UFC as a result of they do see me as the highest woman in PFL, particularly now that I’ve beat Santos. , she—everybody thought she beat UFC world champion Valentina [Shevchenko].
“So everyone’s kind of a little bit like, before that fight, it was like, ‘How good is Dakota really? She hasn’t fought anyone,’ type thing. And then when I beat her, now it’s like, ‘Oh, who are you going to fight next?’”
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Ditcheva is an ideal 14-0 in her blended martial arts profession with an unimaginable 93% end fee, together with 12 knockouts and one win through submission.
It stays to be seen if ‘Dangerous’ will compete within the 2025 PFL event or if the promotion will maintain her out of the event in favor of a possible superfight.
Sadly, there aren’t numerous choices for big-money fights beneath the PFL banner which is why she’s already plotting to comply with within the footsteps of two-time PFL champion Kayla Harrison and depart the promotion in quest of greener pastures and larger challenges.
