PFL Sioux Falls: Storley vs. Zendeli Preview: Full Fight Card Breakdown
Logan Storley has never lost at the Sanford Pentagon. The former Bellator interim welterweight champion, NCAA Division I All-American wrestler, and South Dakota native is 33 years old and returning to the one arena where he is essentially unbeatable on his record. Standing across from him is Florim Zendeli, the 2024 PFL Europe Welterweight Champion, an Albanian fighter with an 82 percent finish rate and a five-inch reach advantage who arrives as a genuine stylistic threat rather than just a name on a card.
PFL's 2026 season has moved away from the old points-based regular season and playoff format entirely. The promotion now books individual events fight by fight, with regional leagues serving as development pipelines. That shift removes the old points incentive structure but changes nothing about what a win or loss means to a fighter's standing. Every bout on Saturday's card at the Sanford Pentagon carries its own stakes.
Full Fight Card
| Fight | Weight Class | Card Section |
|---|---|---|
| Logan Storley vs. Florim Zendeli | Welterweight | Main Card |
| Gadzhi Rabadanov vs. Aleksandr Chizov | Lightweight | Main Card |
| Simeon Powell vs. Emiliano Sordi | Light Heavyweight | Main Card |
| Renan Ferreira vs. Sergey Bilostenniy | Heavyweight | Main Card |
| Magomed Magomedov vs. Leandro Higo | Bantamweight | Main Card |
| Rasul Magomedov vs. Rafael Xavier | Light Heavyweight | Preliminary Card |
| Cheyanne Bowers vs. Sabrina de Sousa | Women's Flyweight | Preliminary Card |
| Humberto Bandenay vs. Kim Sang-wook | Featherweight | Preliminary Card |
| Maxwell Djantou Nana vs. Karl Williams | Heavyweight | Preliminary Card |
Main Event: Storley vs. Zendeli
Storley came up short in the 2025 PFL Welterweight World Tournament Final, losing a unanimous decision to Thad Jean in August. That loss ended a three-fight winning streak and left him as the most recognizable contender in the division without a belt to show for it. He is ranked fourth among PFL welterweights and a statement performance here puts him back in the conversation for a title shot.
The challenge is legitimate. Zendeli won the 2024 PFL Europe Welterweight Championship by submitting Daniele Miceli in the first round with a rear naked choke and enters on a six-fight winning streak, most recently a unanimous decision over Omar El Dafrawy at PFL Champions Series Dubai in October 2025. His 11-1-1 career record is built on finishes — five by KO/TKO, four by submission, two decisions.
The reach mismatch (77 inches to Storley's 72) is the most obvious variable. Zendeli can use check hooks and straight shots to punish Storley's entries before contact is made, and his four submission wins mean surviving the wrestling is not automatically a safe route. Storley spent 38 of 47 total career minutes controlling position in his last PFL run, which is how he wins — but Zendeli's submission credentials make those ground exchanges two-way streets. Whether Zendeli can turn Storley's control periods into genuine reversal attempts rather than mere survival is the central question of the main event.
Co-Main Event: Rabadanov vs. Chizov
Gadzhi Rabadanov's 12-fight winning streak ended at the worst possible moment. In the 2025 PFL Lightweight World Tournament Final, he lost a 48-47 unanimous decision to Alfie Davis — a fighter who entered at +705 odds, per MMA Junkie. Davis now holds the belt. Rabadanov, who had beaten Kevin Lee, Marc Diakiese, and Brent Primus during that streak, needs a convincing performance to return to the front of the division.
Aleksandr Chizov is making his jump from the PFL European circuit to the main stage. The Latvian won the 2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Championship by stopping Connor Hughes in the third round and is 11 of 13 wins inside the distance. He trains alongside Khamzat Chimaev's group and brings real finishing ability, but the step from PFL Europe finals to facing a man who spent years as the league's dominant lightweight is a significant one. Rabadanov is a prohibitive favorite and a dominant performance here restores his contender standing in a division where Davis now holds top position.
Ferreira vs. Bilostenniy
Renan Ferreira was the 2023 PFL Heavyweight World Champion. He knocked out Ryan Bader in 21 seconds in a cross-promotional fight and carried the kind of knockout power that made him one of the most feared heavyweights outside the UFC. Then Francis Ngannou stopped him in the first round in October 2024. Then Vadim Nemkov took him down and submitted him with an arm-triangle choke at PFL Lyon in December 2025 to claim the heavyweight belt.
Two consecutive stoppages in title-level contexts have raised genuine questions about Ferreira's durability and ground game. Sergey Bilostenniy, the Russian heavyweight who knocked out Karl Williams at the 2025 PFL Finals, gives up seven inches of height and ten inches of reach. But the community splits this fight roughly 60-40 in Ferreira's favor — which reflects how far his standing has moved in the last 18 months. Bilostenniy's willingness to go to the ground could be the deciding factor if Ferreira's submission defense remains a pattern.
Prelim Standout: Bowers vs. de Sousa
Cheyanne Bowers is making her PFL debut at the Sanford Pentagon in front of a Sioux Falls hometown crowd. The women's flyweight has finished five of her seven wins, three by armbar, and will have the building behind her from the opening bell. Her opponent, Sabrina de Sousa, is undefeated at 5-0 with two PFL wins by decision and the background of a three-time IMMAF world champion. De Sousa is the quieter resume but the cleaner recent record. A local debut against an undefeated fighter with genuine credentials makes this the prelim fight most worth watching on the night.