Dakota Ditcheva was heading into PFL 4 sitting at the top of the overall flyweight standings. Dakota Ditcheva will be in the co-main event when she takes on Chelsea Hackett at the PFL 4 card in Uncasville, Connecticut. Valentin Moldsky would be headlining the event when he takes on Linton Vassell in a trilogy fight.
Many people had been critical of this match-up for Ditcheva due to her facing the number 7 seed. This was compared to the number 2 ranked fighter in the standings Taila Santos getting the number 3 ranked fighter in Jena Bishop. However, while the fighters may complain about the match-up it wasn’t Dakota Ditcheva who created it.
Dakota Ditcheva Secures the First Round Stoppage
To open the fight Chelsea Hackett would start it off with a front kick. However, it wasn’t until Dakota Ditcheva landed a right head before the crowd started to cheer. The right hand was able to knock down Chelsea Hackett, who would scramble back trying to stay in the fight. Dakota would then try and clinch the fight along the fence, however, Chelsea Hackett was able to reverse the position. However, with the fighters now back at the center Dakota was able to show her dominance once again.
Dakota Ditcheva would be able to get Chelsea Hackett back along the fence. However, this time Dakota would be able to land knees, body shots, and left and right shots without and reply from Hackett. After eating some nasty shots Hackett dropped down off a left hand to the midsection. Due to Hackett not being able to defend against the shots that were coming the ref had no choice but to call the fight off.
Dakota Ditcheva was able to get the TKO victory in the first round.
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