The
Professional Fighters League has finalized the lineup for its
upcoming event in Austin, Texas, with one late change to the main
card.
The promotion recently announced that Levy
Saul Marroquin has been removed from the
PFL Austin card on July 18 at Moody Center. As a result,
Joey
Ruquet will now face former PFL featherweight champion Jesus
Pinedo in a 145-pound bout.
Sergio Pettis withdrawal and Levy Saul Marroquin removal alter
the PFL Austin lineup
The main event features former Bellator
MMA middleweight king Johnny
Eblen running it back with 2023 PFL light heavyweight
tournament winner Impa
Kasanganay for the interim PFL middleweight championship. The
bout was booked after undisputed champion Costello
van Steenis was forced to the sidelines with an injury.
The co-headliner has undergone a change, with Rafael
do Nascimento stepping in to face 2024 PFL Europe bantamweight
champion Lewis McGrillene-Evans following Sergio
Pettis‘ withdrawal due to injury.
Elsewhere on the main card, Caolan
Loughran meets Julio Arce in
a featherweight contest before Pinedo and Ruquet close out the
televised portion.
A middleweight
title fight headlines PFL Austin: Tune on Saturday, July 18 at 8
p.m. ET on ESPN.
Meanwhile, the preliminary card features Biaggio
Ali Walsh taking on Gamid
Khizriev in a lightweight bout, Andrea
Vazquez meeting Aleksandra
Savicheva, unbeaten prospect Mia Grawe
squaring off against Ashley
Thiner, Jackson
Glass facing Zak Flessas
at featherweight and Victoria
Alba colliding with Borena
Tsertsvadze in women’s flyweight action.
𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Updated #PFLAustin
Fight Card–Levy
Saul Marroquin is OUT.
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗽: Joseph Ruquet will now face Jesus
Pinedo in a Featherweight bout #PFLAustin
| Saturday, July 18th | 📺Prelims 5:30 PM EST on the ESPN App | Main
Card 8PM EST on ESPN 2 pic.twitter.com/cX8L2DNSQo— PFL
(@PFLMMA)
July 16, 2026
