Sherdog columnist J.L. Kirven chimes in on the Professional Fighters League's discovery and development of Dakota Ditcheva, and what it could mean for the combat sports landscape.
Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sherdog.com, its affiliates and sponsors or its parent company, Evolve Media.announced its unique season format would expand internationally two years ago. Like many, I wasn’t inspired by the prospect of an all-European fight league and future subsequent regional fight leagues.
If you tuned in to the broadcast, you were spoiled by arguably one of the best mixed martial arts fight cards of the year. Before you jump down my throat, I know the spectacle and crowd energy paled compared tolast October. But in terms of just pure entertaining fights from start to finish, the card brought all the smoke.to kick things off to the conclusion of the first-ever PFL MENA season, I was already hooked on this telecast before the main card even began.
At 26, Ditcheva is a lock for the breakout fighter of the year. In 357 days, the Manchester, England,-born sniper has won five straight bouts by TKO, and it all started with her win overin the PFL Europe finals last December. I’ll admit Ditcheva didn’t appear on my radar after that win, but hindsight is 20/20, and now I see the PFL’s grand vision.
Former regional league champions like Ditcheva will be monumental in the PFL’s mission to fight for MMA market share. While the career rebirths of fighters likewere inspiring, the PFL was swimming against the current by crowning fighters who couldn’t reach the pinnacle in other leagues.
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