Written by Sergio Pettis | Lucas Noonan, Bellator MMA
Sergio Pettis and Raufeon Stots are putting their friendship aside for fight night.
The former Bellator bantamweight titleholders are set to face off at the PFL’s June 27 event, which takes place at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Pettis vs. Stots is being billed as a showcase bout and opens the main card, which features semifinal bouts in the light heavyweight and middleweight tournaments.
See Thursday’s announcement below.
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Middleweight, Light Heavyweight & Heavyweight 2025 PFL World Tournament Semi-Finals are set to bring fireworks in Chicago!
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Pettis (23-7) looks to bounce back from a rare losing streak as he enters his next fight with consecutive defeats at the hands of Kyoji Horiguchi and Patchy Mix. Prior to this slump, Pettis won three straight bantamweight championship bouts, taking it from Juan Archuleta and then knocking out Kyoji Horiguchi and outpointing Patricio Pitbull to prevent him from becoming a three-division champion.
He dropped the title to Patchy Mix at Bellator 301 and then lost a rematch to Horiguchi at a RIZIN event this past June.
Stots (21-2) has won two straight since suffering his own championship loss to Mix. The former interim titleholder has scored back-to-back wins over Marcos Breno and longtime rival Danny Sabatello.
The June 27 PFL event is headlined by Fabian Edwards fighting Josh Silveira in a middleweight semifinal bout, while light heavyweight competitors Phil Davis and Sullivan Cauley meet in the co-main event.
See the updated lineup below, which also features heavyweight semifinal bouts on the preliminary portion of the card.
Main Card (ESPN, ESPN+ at 10:30 p.m. ET)
Fabian Edwards vs. Josh Silveira
Phil Davis vs. Sullivan Cauley
Dalton Rosta vs. Aaron Jeffery
Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Simeon Powell
Sergio Pettis vs. Raufeon Stots
Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 7:30 p.m. ET)
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Alexandr Romanov
Biaggio Ali Walsh vs. Ronnie Gibbs
Oleg Popov vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
Sergey Bilostenniy vs. Karl Williams