​The
Professional Fighters League’s upcoming event in Florida has
undergone a late change.Nkosi Ndebele replaces Gustavo Oliveira against Marcirley Alves
on Aug. 22Gustavo
Oliveira is out of his scheduled bantamweight matchup with
Marcirley
Alves at
PFL Tampa, with Nkosi
Ndebele stepping in as the replacement. The card is scheduled
to air live on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET.
Alves (15-5) will now face Ndebele (13-3) on Aug. 22 at Benchmark
International Arena in Tampa. The promotion did not provide a
reason for Oliveira’s withdrawal in its announcement. Alves was
originally slated to face Oliveira after winning the 2025 PFL
bantamweight world tournament. He will now meet Ndebele on short
notice.
PFL Tampa is headlined by Cris
Cyborg’s women’s featherweight championship defense against
Ketlen
Vieira.Cris Cyborg’s
final MMA bout headlines PFL Tampa: Tune in on Saturday, Aug. 22 at
9 p.m. ET on ESPN.𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: New #PFLTampa
MatchupGustavo
Oliveira is OUT.
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗽: Marcirley
Alves vs Nkosi
Ndebele
It all goes down this Saturday, August 22nd LIVE from the @benchmark_arena#PFLTampa
presented by @VisitSPC |
Saturday, August 22nd | 📺9PM EST on ESPN… pic.twitter.com/osMC6NvVa7— PFL
(@PFLMMA)
August 19, 2026