Finalized PFL Europe Belfast Card Includes McGrillen-Philpott Co-Main Event

The lineup for PFL Europe Belfast is now complete.

The promotion on Monday announced the full card for the event, which takes place at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Ireland on May 10. In addition to a previously-confirmed headliner between Paul Hughes and Bruno Miranda, PFL Europe 1 will also see Lewis McGrillen-Evans square off against Alan Philpott in a bantamweight co-main event.

PFL Europe 1 will also feature the first four bouts of the eight-man lightweight tournament. The card will be broadcast via DAZN in Ireland and the U.K.

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Additionally, several other showcase fights were announced on Monday: John Mitchell vs. Lorenzo Parente at lightweight; Haider Khan vs. Sean McCormac at middleweight; Gemma Auld vs. Sammy Jo Luxton at women's flyweight; Eoin Sheridan vs. Malichi Edwards at welterweight and Corey McLaughlin vs. Nahom Wedi at featherweight.

Hailing from Manchester, England, McGrillen has lost just once in 11 professional outings. He is coming off a second-round TKO of Alexander Luster to win the PFL Europe bantamweight championship in December 2024. “The McGrizzla” has finished all but one of his career victories via knockout or technical knockout.

The well-traveled Philpott will be making his PFL debut against McGrillen. The Northern Ireland native has compiled a 21-16 record with one no contest over the course of a professional tenure that began in 2011. The 32-year-old known as “The Apprentice” has competed for organizations such as ONE Championship, BAMMA and Cage Warriors during that period.