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PFL locks down 11-bout lineup for Washington, D.C., card on July 25

Nairavoice · Jul 2, 2026 · 2 min read

Jaws will get jacked in the nation’s capital inside of the
Professional Fighters League cage at the end of this month.

Earlier in May, the organization announced the headlining
attraction of
PFL DC, which will go down on July 25 at the Carefirst Arena in
Washington, D.C. Topping off the fight card is a battle for the
newly vacated 170-pound throne of the retired Ramazan
Kuramagomedov, between Thad Jean
(11-0) and Shamil
Musaev (18-1-1). The promotion released the entirety of the
11-fight structure and order on Thursday.

A middleweight
title fight headlines PFL Austin: Tune on Saturday, July 18 at 10
p.m. ET on ESPN.

Since appearing on the first week of 2023’s season of PFL’s
Challenger Series, Florida’s Jean has never looked back. A few
months after beating Eric
Alequin to claim a PFL contract, he made a splash in a showcase
bout in the PFL 7 2023 Playoffs by running through Ali Omar in
under two minutes. As he worked his way through his bracket, Jean
won out the final season at his weight class by dispatching
Mukhamed
Berkhamov and defeating Jason
Jackson and Logan
Storley on the scorecards.

While Jean punched his ticket to gold by winning the 2025
tournament, Dagestan native Musaev did the same the year before. In
his bracket, Musaev had to knock out Storley and Murad
Ramazanov, then rematch Ramazanov in the playoffs and finally
knocked out Magomed
Umalatov in the $1 million bout. By handing Umalatov his first
professional defeat, Musaev earned a crack at another undefeated
athlete in Kurmagomedov. Musaev lost that encounter, and has not
competed since.