Shane Burgos Withdraws from PFL Debut with Injury; Replaced by Sheymon Moraes

Shane Burgos’ highly anticipated Professional Fighters League debut will have to wait—at least for a while.

Burgos, an 11-fight Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran, was surprisingly not re-signed by the organization after his July win over Charles Jourdain and joined the PFL shortly thereafter. The 31-year-old New Yorker’s premiere was then slated for the 2022 Season Championships on Nov. 25. However, according to a PFL press release Monday, Burgos has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout with Marlon Moraes due to an unspecified injury. Burgos will be replaced by Sheymon Moraes, a fellow UFC veteran who has been with the PFL since 2019.

The new pairing will be a rematch, as the two Brazilians met in 2015 under the banner of PFL’s predecessor World Series of Fighting, with Marlon defending his WSOF featherweight title successfully via third-round submission.

The 2002 Season PFL Championships take place on Nov. 25, at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and will be available on ESPN+ pay-per-view. The 12-fight bill is set to be headlined by the women’s lightweight title fight between Kayla Harrison and Larissa Pacheco, and includes championship fights in six other divisions: men’s featherweight, heavyweight, men’s lightweight, welterweight and light heavyweight.