PFL Europe 2: Marshall vs. Vargas 2024 Regular Season is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that will take place on June 8, 2024, at the Utilita Arena Newcastle in Newcastle, England.
Main card (DAZN / ESPN / ESPN+)
Women's Lightweight Savannah Marshall vs. Mirela Vargas
Lightweight Dylan Tuke vs. Kane Mousah
Welterweight Jack Grant vs. Charlie Leary Welterweight Quarter-Final
Bantamweight Lewis McGrillen-Evans vs. Matiss Zaharovs
Bantamweight Dean Garnett vs. Ayton De Paepe Bantamweight Quarter-Final
Women's Flyweight Shanelle Dyer vs. Mariam Torchinava Women's Flyweight Quarter-Final
Featherweight Ibragim Ibragimov vs. Josh Reed
Bantamweight Dominique Wooding vs. Luke Shanks Bantamweight Quarter-Final
Women's Flyweight Lizzy Gevers vs. Sammy-Jo Luxton Women's Flyweight Quarter-Final
Lightweight Mark Ewen vs. Claudio Pacella
Bantamweight Khurshed Kakhorov vs. Bondo Kikadze Bantamweight Quarter-Final
Women's Flyweight Valentina Scatizzi vs. Marie Loiseau Women's Flyweight Quarter-Final
Featherweight Ben Woolliss vs. Maher Belkhadir
Bantamweight Alexander Luster vs. Alperen Karabulut Bantamweight Quarter-Final
Women's Flyweight Dee Begley vs. Paulina Wiśniewska Women's Flyweight Quarter-Final
Background
The event will mark the promotion's second visit to Newcastle and first since PFL Europe 1 (2023) in March 2023.
A women's lightweight bout between current undisputed female super-middleweight boxing world champion Savannah Marshall and Mirela Vargas is expected to headline the event.
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) - the fast growing sports league - will be back in Newcastle on June 8th, and headlining the fight card will be former undisputed superstar Boxing Champion Savannah Marshall, making her MMA debut in the PFL Smartcage against Mirela Vargas of Brazil
A native of Hartlepool, the former IBF, WBA and WBO Super-Middleweight boxing champ Marshall is on a new journey to reach the pinnacle of the MMA world, and boasted 10 victories by knockout in her boxing career.
In addition to Marshall’s debut, the PFL Newcastle event will feature a stacked fight card that continues the PFL Regular Season, in which 32 fighters compete in a knockout tournament format to reach the playoffs in Glasgow in September, before the end of season Championships where 4 fighters will be crowned champion, and pocket $100k and the PFL Europe belt. The Newcastle event will see exciting talent from across the UK and Europe such as Sammy-Jo Luxton, Shanelle Dyer, Khurshed Kakhorov and Jack Grant vying for glory.
There will also be high-profile showcase bouts across the night featuring Lewis McGrillen, Kane Mousah and exciting future stars such as Ben Woolliss and Ibrahim Ibragimov, and after a 16,000 sold-out launch event in Paris in March, this one promises to be an epic night of sporting entertainment, don’t miss it!
The event will be broadcasted on different networks in the U.S. and Europe, etc.
