PFL Adds Lightweight Title Eliminator to June 20 Card

𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Your updated #PFLWorldTournament 6️⃣ Fight Card!

- 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗽: Mansour Barnaoui vs. Archie Colgan has been added to the fight card

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- The winner of this fight becomes the #1 contender for the PFL Lightweight World Title and will be… pic.twitter.com/k229GX3BfD

— PFL (@PFLMMA) June 9, 2025

The World Tournament semifinals won’t be the only high stakes action on tap for Professional Fighters League on June 20.

The promotion announced on Monday that a lightweight clash between Mansour Barnaoui and Archie Colgan has been added to PFL World Tournament 6, which takes place at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita Kansas. As an added incentive, the winner of the contest will become the No. 1 contender for 155-pound champion Usman Nurmagomedov.

Fighters only get one shot! Watch the Semifinals of the PFL World Tournament LIVE Thursday, June 12 at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+

A native of Paris, Barnaoui is coming off back-to-back submission victories over Yusuke Yachi and Alfie Davis. The 32-year-old known as “Afro-Samurai” is a former Road FC title holder and has finished 21 of his 22 professional triumphs inside the distance.

Colgan, meanwhile, is undefeated in 11 professional outings. The 29-year-old Colorado native enjoyed a 2-0 campaign in 2024 in which he bested Manoel Sousa and Thibault Gouti under the Bellator banner.

The announcement came as a surprise to lightweight contender Paul Hughes, who dropped a hard-fought majority decision to Nurmagomedov on Jan. 25. After scoring a 42-second stoppage of Bruno Miranda at PFL Europe 1, “Big News” expected to get a rematch with the Dagestani champion.

“Hey quit with the rage bait,” Hughes wrote in reply to the PFL announcement on X.

Hey quit with the rage bait

— Paul Hughes MMA (@paulhughesmma) June 9, 2025

In addition to the title eliminator, PFL World Tournament 6 features semifinal bouts at lightweight, women’s flyweight and bantamweight. The main card airs on ESPN and ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, while prelims begin on ESPN+ at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.