Dakota Ditcheva out of Denise Kielholtz fight at PFL Dubai due to injury

Dakota Ditcheva was pressured to withdraw from her combat in opposition to Denise Kielholtz at PFL: Street to Dubai as a consequence of harm. The occasion is scheduled to happen on the Coca-Cola Enviornment on February 7.

The flyweight bout was anticipated to see unbeaten Ditcheva (15-0) kick off 2026 after struggling a damaged hand in her earlier bout in July in opposition to Sumiko Inaba. The 27-year-old British blended martial artist and former Muay Thai fighter was set to face 36-year-old Dutch former Bellator Kickboxing champion Kielholtz (8-5), who was making her return to motion.

In a social media put up, Ditcheva wrote that she is “really heartbroken” and revealed she “cried two days straight” after injuring herself, then once more when the withdrawal was formally introduced. She added that she had been trying ahead to the combat as an early begin to 2026, particularly after solely preventing as soon as final 12 months.

“Nothing makes me happier than being in that cage,” Ditcheva mentioned. “Nonetheless, that being mentioned, I do know it simply WASN’T MEANT TO BE.”

She additionally expressed gratitude for her brothers, who supported her all through coaching and the journey to Dubai, calling it “a vacation I’ll bear in mind for a lifetime,” concluding with, “I will likely be again earlier than it.”

PFL additionally shared an up to date combat card on social media, noting, “Dakota Ditcheva won’t be preventing; she is out with an harm,” however didn’t reveal the character of the harm.

In the primary occasion, PFL light-weight champion Usman Nurmagomedov (20-0-0, 1 NC) defends his title in opposition to Alfie Davis (20-5-1). The co-main occasion options Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0) going through Shamil Musaev (20-0-1) for the inaugural PFL welterweight title.