‘Dangerous’ Ditcheva to face ‘Dynamite’ Kielholtz at ‘PFL: Road to Dubai’

PFL: Road to Dubai will take place on Feb. 7, 2026. (PFL)
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Updated 24 November 2025
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‘Dangerous’ Ditcheva to face ‘Dynamite’ Kielholtz at ‘PFL: Road to Dubai’

  • The card will be headlined by champion Usman Nurmagomedov and challenger Alfie Davis competing for the PFL Lightweight World Championship
  • Ramazan Kuramagomedov will face Shamil Musaev for the inaugural PFL welterweight world title in the co-main event

NEW YORK: The Professional Fighters League has announced the return of Dakota “Dangerous” Ditcheva (15-0) at “PFL: Road to Dubai” on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026 at the Coca-Cola Arena, as she steps in the cage against former Bellator Kickboxing World Champion Denise “Miss Dynamite” Kielholtz (8-5). 

Tickets for this event, which is held in co-operation and co-ordination with Dubai Sports Council and the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, are now on sale. 

Undefeated Ditcheva will fight in Dubai for the first time as she returns to action following her three round domination over Sumiko Inaba in Cape Town in July 2025, where she rallied to victory despite suffering a broken hand during the fight, showcasing her durability and grit.

“Dangerous” remains one of the most dynamic and dominant female mixed martial artists in the world, who won the 2023 PFL Europe Tournament and the 2024 PFL World Tournament, and boasts 13 finishes in 15 professional fights with an incredible highlight reel of finishes thanks to her Muay Thai background. She will look to return to her finishing ways at “PFL: Road to Dubai” in February. 

Kielholtz will stand across the cage as a willing participant in the striking department given her pedigree as a hugely decorated Dutch kickboxer and former Bellator kickboxing champion. With years spent honing her craft of striking in Amsterdam, she has also earned a black belt in judo, giving her the confidence on the feet and in the grappling exchanges. “Miss Dynamite” will look to seize the opportunity and catapult her name into the spotlight by taking away Ditcheva’s undefeated record in Dubai. 

“PFL: Road to Dubai” will be headlined by the reigning PFL Lightweight World Champion Usman Nurmagomedov (20-0-0, 1 NC), who hails from Team Khabib, and will look to make his first title defence against the 2025 PFL Lightweight World Tournament Champion Alfie “The Axe Man” Davis (20-5-1). 

The co-main event will be a clash of the undefeated Russians vying for the PFL Welterweight World Championship as Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0) enters the cage against Shamil “The Silent Assassin” Musaev (20-0-1).

Kuramagomedov showed his calibre as a dominant welterweight last year, becoming the last ever Bellator welterweight champion in his victory over Jason Jackson to add to his perfect win streak, but he will meet a game opponent in Musaev who has finished 14 opponents en route to his professional record of 20 victories and one draw, picking up the 2024 PFL World Tournament Welterweight Championship in the process. 

Further fights to be announced on what promises to be the biggest card PFL has brought to the Middle East.


Undav scores again as Stuttgart sink Frankfurt to go third

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Undav scores again as Stuttgart sink Frankfurt to go third

  • A dipping header from Rasmus Kristensen gave Frankfurt an early lead
  • The victory took the German Cup holders to third, a point behind second-placed Borussia Dortmund

BERLIN: Nikolas Nartey nabbed a late winner and Deniz Undav continued his hot form as Stuttgart beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 at home on Tuesday to climb to third in the Bundesliga.
A dipping header from Rasmus Kristensen gave Frankfurt an early lead but Ermedin Demirovic pounced on a goalkeeping error and Undav’s deflected effort helped Stuttgart wrestle back control of the match before half-time.
Bundesliga debutant Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab brought Frankfurt level but Nartey’s 87th-minute strike, his first Bundesliga goal, put the hosts back in front.
The victory took the German Cup holders to third, a point behind second-placed Borussia Dortmund, who cruised to a 3-0 victory over Werder Bremen stretching their unbeaten run to 10 league games.
Frankfurt have struggled this season after last campaign’s third-placed finish, their best result in three decades.
Kristensen connected with a corner to put his side in front after five minutes, but Frankfurt ushered Stuttgart back into the game when goalkeeper Kaua Santos spilled a routine catch, allowing Demirovic to slice home.
Undav put his side in front 10 minutes before the break, wrong-footing the Frankfurt defense and blasting a low shot which took a thick deflection into the bottom corner.
Undav, who has nine goals and two assists in his past eight league games, forced two desperation saves from Santos and flashed just wide of the post in the second half.
Amaimouni-Echghouyab levelled things up just three minutes after coming on but his effort was bested by another debut goal minutes later, when Nartey tapped in from close range.
Elsewhere, the match between Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen was postponed just two hours before kick-off, the third Bundesliga game canceled in the space of a week due to wild winter weather across northern Germany.