Dakota Ditcheva says she is set to convey the PFL to Manchester now she is the flyweight world champion.
Ditcheva was raised in Manchester and made historical past in November when she turned the first British woman to win a major MMA world title within the PFL, UFC or Bellator.
The 26-year-old desires her subsequent bout to be on house soil having spent everything of 2024 preventing in the USA and Saudi Arabia.
“For me now, being the primary feminine world champion from the UK is loopy,” Ditcheva instructed BBC Sport.
“However that is why I really feel prefer it’s vital for me to maintain pushing the Manchester card now, and get as a lot as I can in Manchester, as a result of I need to have the ability to convey it house.
“I do not need all the pieces to go to the States. I need everybody to take pleasure in it right here, us to construct that fanbase right here within the UK, which I do not really feel like we’re doing very properly in the intervening time.”
The PFL often phases its common season in the USA, except for the 2024 finals which had been in Saudi Arabia.
It makes use of a event system, in contrast to the UFC, and every year a brand new champion is topped of their respective divisions.
Ditcheva has by no means fought in Manchester in her skilled MMA profession, however in 2023 she fought within the PFL’s European series.
