{"id":90840,"date":"2026-05-24T02:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T02:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/90840\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T02:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T02:17:10","slug":"matches-to-make-after-pfl-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/90840\/","title":{"rendered":"Matches to make after PFL Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> landed in Brussels, Belgium, on
\nSaturday, bringing in a hometown favorite in the main event as
\nPatrick
\nHabirora<\/a> took on a legend in former
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> and
\nWorld Extreme Cagefighting<\/a> champ Benson
\nHenderson<\/a>. Three fighters stood out the most, two of which had
\nBelgian roots and laid the groundwork that should see them with
\nhigh-level competition moving forward.<\/p>\n

Here are the matches to make following PFL Belgium:<\/p>\n

After his 20 second knockout, Habriora needs to get himself an
\nopportunity to crack into the Top 5 as he\u2019s working into title
\ncontention. Zendeli is coming off a loss to former champion
\nLogan
\nStorley<\/a> who is no longer with the promotion, and could be a
\ngreat test with his wrestling skill base. Habirora used up little
\nenergy in his main event win over Henderson, which lasted just 20
\nseconds, so he could get a quick turnaround.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

After defeating Jake Hadley<\/a>
\nacross three rounds on Saturday, Lapilus has put himself in a
\nno-doubt situation as the next title challenger. For a bantamweight
\ndivision with no champion, Lapilus should face Khavalov, who is
\nalso coming off a big win when he defeated Raufeon
\nStots<\/a> earlier this year. Newcomer Mitch McKee could also be in
\nthe mix for a title fight opportunity but after just one fight in
\nthe promotion, he may need a couple more bouts on his resume before
\nthat can happen.
\nMaking an emphatic middleweight debut against Jared
\nGooden<\/a>, Atangana put him away with a brutal and quick technical
\nknockout victory. Atangana could be a title contender in both
\nmiddleweight and light heavyweight divisions, but in order to get
\nthere, he\u2019s going to have to face top contenders who have been
\nthere, like Edwards. Coming off a losing effort to Costello
\nvan Steenis<\/a>, Edwards is a great veteran matchup to offer a real
\ntest for where Atangana stands among potential title challengers.
\nEdwards has a world of experience and has fought the very best, now
\nhe can look towards a young and rising prospect in Atangana who
\nmade it clear he\u2019s ready for another leap up in competition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Professional Fighters League landed in Brussels, Belgium, on Saturday, bringing in a hometown favorite in the main…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[104],"tags":[478,211,210,38,18656],"class_list":["post-90840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-article","tag-belgium","tag-brussels","tag-news","tag-professional-fighters-league"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116627154202519447","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}