PFL Africa in Casablanca on October 10: 6 semifinals and Badr Medkouri vs Abdoulaye Kane on top
PFL Africa comes to Casablanca on Saturday, October 10, at the Mohammed V Sports Complex. The card holds 6 tournament semifinals at bantamweight, welterweight and lightweight, plus a Morocco vs Senegal heavyweight headliner: home fighter Badr Medkouri against Abdoulaye Kane. 9 African nations are represented, and the semifinal winners advance to the finals later in 2026.
Key takeaways
- PFL Africa takes place on October 10 at the Mohammed V Sports Complex in Casablanca, with 6 tournament semifinals across 3 divisions.
- In the non-tournament main event, Morocco's Badr Medkouri (9-3 per the PFL, 8 knockout wins) faces Senegal's Abdoulaye Kane (5-2, all 5 wins inside the distance).
- In the co-main, unbeaten Karim Henniene (7-0) meets Nigeria's Raphael Uchegbu (11-2) in a bantamweight semifinal.
Badr Medkouri vs Abdoulaye Kane, Morocco against Senegal
Medkouri in front of his crowd
Badr “Dastan” Medkouri fights at home for the 1st time in the promotion. The 6 ft 4 in Moroccan heavyweight has won 8 of his 9 fights by knockout, according to the PFL’s fight card.
Kane, stoppages only
Abdoulaye Kane, a 7 ft 1 in Senegalese, has never won on the scorecards: his 5 wins are 4 knockouts and a submission. The pair have combined for 12 knockouts in 14 wins.
A non-tournament fight
The bout does not count toward the season tournaments. It is the local headliner, built around the rivalry between the 2 countries.
The 6 PFL Africa tournament semifinals in Casablanca
Bantamweight: Henniene vs Uchegbu
Karim “The Kryptonian” Henniene, born in Algeria and based in Canada, is 7-0. He qualified on June 13 in Lagos with an anaconda choke at 2:23 of round 1. Raphael Uchegbu, 11-2, beat Edson Machavane the same night, 30-27 on all 3 cards. The other semifinal pits Liberia’s Dwight Joseph, 16-3, against Angola’s Boule Godogo, 5-2.
Welterweight: 2 matchups
Angola’s Shido Boris Esperança, 12-2, faces South Africa’s Peace Nguphane, 9-3. Guinea-Bissau’s Rivaldo Pereira, 4-2, takes on unbeaten Nigerian David Samuel, 6-0.
Lightweight: an all Nigerian semifinal
Patrick Ocheme, 9-1, and Cornel Thompson, 12-3, are both Nigerian. Senegal’s Demba Seck, 11-3, meets unbeaten Chadian Hussain Al Kurdi, 3-0.
We're looking to go to all four corners of the continent.
What Casablanca means for PFL Africa
North Africa on the map
In May, PFL Africa general manager Elias Schulze named Egypt, Morocco and Algeria among the markets in view. Casablanca makes that push into North Africa concrete.
9 nations on the card
Algeria, Angola, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa: the night brings together fighters from 9 countries, and Nigeria has 5 men in the semifinals.
Follow the night
Results from Casablanca, fighter profiles and our weekly rating are in the FightHub app, updated as soon as the fights end.
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