Former Bellator bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis will take on Mitch McKee in the main event of PFL’s upcoming show in Chicago on April 11, the promotion announced Thursday. Jordan Newman vs. Josh Silveira serves as the co-headliner at the Wintrust Arena.
The event will air on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes and go head to head with UFC 327, which takes place on the same day in Miami. The UFC has yet to announce the main event attraction for the numbered show on Paramount+.
Pettis won back-to-back fights since joining the PFL in 2025, winning a decision over Raufeon Stots before stopping Magomed Magomedov with a knockout of the year contender this past October. Pettis, who went 9-5 in the UFC mostly as a flyweight, now holds a pro record of 25-7 that includes Bellator title defenses over Patricio Pitbull and Kyoji Horiguchi.
McKee is undefeated in 10 professional bouts between 2021 and 2022, including a sole appearance under the Bellator banner to beat Tony Ortega via second-round TKO back in 2022. The 28-year-old “Merciless” went 8-0 inside the LFA cage with five knockouts to his credit.
Silveira (15-5), son of ATT head coach Conan Silveira, is a former two-division LFA champion who re-enters the PFL cage after winning a middleweight decision over Murad Ramazanov in August. Newman (8-0), his opponent, is a three-time NCAA Division III All-American wrestler who built his entire career in the Bellator cage prior to his successful PFL debut in August, when he stopped Eslam Abdul Baset.
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