PFL Africa 4 Benin - Finals 2025: Ndebele vs. Godogo is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that will take place on December 20, 2025, at the Sofitel Dome in Cotonou, Benin.
Fight card
Main card (Vice TV / PFL App)
Bantamweight Nkosi Ndebele vs. Boule Godogo 2025 PFL Africa Bantamweight Tournament Final
Welterweight Shido Boris Esperança vs. Yabna N'Tchala 2025 PFL Africa Welterweight Tournament Final
Lightweight Jean Do Santos vs. Cornel Thompson
Heavyweight Justin Clarke vs. Abraham Bably 2025 PFL Africa Heavyweight Tournament Final
Featherweight Alain Majorique vs. Wasi Adeshina 2025 PFL Africa Featherweight Tournament Final
Welterweight Eliezer Kubanza vs. Francois Mozou Ahizi
Preliminary card (Vice TV / PFL App)
Women's Strawweight Juliet Ukah vs. Mariam Gaber
Light Heavyweight Styve Ngono vs. Mélèdje Yedoh
Heavyweight Abdoullah Kane vs. Jashell Ticha Awa
Welterweight Mouhamed Ba vs. British Boloyoang
Bantamweight Boule Godogo vs. Thimna Mhlauli 2025 PFL Africa Bantamweight Tournament Alternate bout
Women's Strawweight Shelda Chipito vs. Miracle Andrew
Background
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is set to make history in Africa as the full card is announced for the PFL Africa Finals in Cotonou, Benin this December 20 at the iconic Sofitel Dome.
Four PFL Africa Champions will be crowned across the Heavyweight, Welterweight, Featherweight, and Bantamweight divisions. Each division winner will claim a $100,000 prize, representing one of the highest payouts for professional athletes in Africa, and earn the title of the inaugural PFL Africa Tournament Champion.
Headlining the card are elite Bantamweights Nkosi “King of Many Nations” Ndebele (10-3) of South Africa who faces Boule Godogo (4-1), born in Congo but fighting out of South Africa, for tournament gold.
Following a last-minute main event shake-up, Karim Henniene is OUT alternate Boule Godogo steps UP into the title fight against Nkosi Ndebele!
In the co-main event, Angola’s Shido Boris Esperança (11-1), with a 82% finish rate, will collide with striking ace Yabna N’Tchala (13-2-1) of Guinea-Bissau in the PFL Africa Welterweight Finals.
Prior to the co-main, Benin’s own Jean Do Santos (9-1) makes his PFL debut after securing the AKO Lightweight title with an impressive 8-second jumping knee knockout of his opponent. He faces Nigeria’s Cornel Thompson (10-3) in a Lightweight Showcase Bout against neighboring rival nations.
In the Heavyweight division, South Africa meets the Ivory Coast as undefeated Justin Clarke (4-0), who boasts a 100% finish rate, takes on Abraham Bably (7-2), who has 5 out of 7 finishes, for PFL gold. Undefeated Cameroonian Alain Majorique (6-0) will look across the cage at Nigeria’s Wasi Adeshina (9-3) who is on a five-fight win streak, in the Featherweight finals.
African Women’s MMA will also be spotlighted on the card with two female showcase bouts at Strawweight. Opening the night, 2025 IMMAF African Championships Gold Medalist and 2025 IMMAF Worlds Silver Medalist, Shelda Chipito (0-0) of Zambia, makes her professional debut after coming up from the amateur circuit where she had a decorated 9-4 record. She will face Miracle Andrew (1-1) of Nigeria. Meanwhile, undefeated Nigerian stand out Juliet Ukah (7-0) takes on boxer turned MMA contender, Mariam Gaber (3-0) of Egypt, where she went 5-1-1 in boxing.
This event will mark the promotion's debut in Benin, which will become the third country in the Africa region (after South Africa and Rwanda).
The event will be feature the finals of 2025 PFL Africa Tournament in a heavyweight, welterweight, featherweight and bantamweight divisions.
