It’s a relatively quiet week in the combat sports calendar with Thanksgiving on Thursday, but on Friday the PFL will dominate fans’ attention when the promotion’s 2024 World Championship event takes place at Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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The card was already scheduled to feature numerous title fights to close out the 2024 PFL season across six weight classes, but with the addition of the tournament finals for PFL MENA, the night now boasts a staggering ten title fights to go along with six others no. -title matches.

Prior to the November 29 event, the PFL made a surprise announcement that elbows would be a legal strike for all fighters competing for division titles in Riyadh.

Elbows are generally not allowed during the PFL season due to the quick turnaround required for fighters competing in the tournament format, but with the season closing on Friday, the promotion appears to have finally answered fans’ calls for let PFL fighters use their full range. striking tools.

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It will be interesting to see how the rule change might alter the game plans of some 2024 PFL World Championship fighters, especially for PFL veterans like Impa Kasanganay and Brendan Loughnane who have already won previous tournaments without needing to use their elbows.

The event also features another tournament winner, last year’s PFL Europe women’s flyweight champion, Dakota Ditcheva, who will face former UFC title challenger Taila Santos in the co- main event of what is expected to be an action-packed 2024 World Championship card that sees ten. fighters win PFL gold.

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