"Since making his PFL debut on the 2023 installment of the Challenger Series, Braga has served as one of the best 145ers to not win a tourney. In his three attempts to claim a tournament title, Braga has been knocked out in the playoffs each time, with two of those three defeats coming to Jesus Pinedo."
"At the tender age of 40, Jena Bishop (9-3) will come into this event in Chicago after her first clean knockout loss. She battled Liz Carmouche to a third-round KO defeat in August 2025 for the tournament championship, in a bracket she pushed through with victories over Kana Watanabe and Ekaterina Shakalova."
"Chechnya's Baydulaev has won his last 13 outings, nine by submission, dating back to 2019. Her unbeaten flyweight adversary, Borena Tsertsvadze (6-0), has never competed outside of her native Georgia. Her stateside debut will come on the heels of a pair of first-round stoppage wins over Khanim Bashirova and Mobina Babanataj last year."
The PFL Chicago event on April 11 will feature three new matchups pairing ranked fighters with unranked competitors. Gabriel Braga, a featherweight who has reached PFL tournament playoffs three times without winning, faces debuting Mehdi Baydulaev, who has won his last 13 fights with nine submissions. Forty-year-old Jena Bishop, coming off her first knockout loss in a tournament championship fight, battles undefeated Georgian flyweight Borena Tsertsvadze in her stateside debut. At welterweight, Egyptian Omar El Dafrawy transitions from PFL's Middle East division to face Tongan newcomer James Vake, who returns after competing in 2023.
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