Dakota Ditcheva Defeats Denise Kielholtz at PFL New York
Dakota Ditcheva defeated Denise Kielholtz by unanimous decision at PFL New York on July 31, 2026. The judges scored the flyweight bout 30–27 across all three cards at UBS Arena.
Three rounds produced a clear verdict
Ditcheva and Kielholtz went the distance, and all three judges awarded each round to Ditcheva. The result was a unanimous decision, not a stoppage, and the official PFL listing provides the scores and event details.
Kielholtz brought extensive kickboxing experience into the matchup. Ditcheva’s victory added another win to her PFL record against a well-known striker, with the judges’ cards establishing how the bout was officially settled.
A result on a major PFL card
The event took place at UBS Arena and featured Usman Nurmagomedov defending his lightweight title in the main event. Ditcheva’s decision was one of the card’s prominent non-title outcomes.
PFL’s official results provide the source for the winner and unanimous scores. The report stays with those confirmed details rather than projecting future title implications or suggesting that the decision was closer than the cards indicate.
Usman Nurmagomedov headlined the same card and stopped Archie Colgan with strikes at 3:42 of round one to retain the lightweight title. Ditcheva’s bout followed a different path: the three 30–27 scorecards made her a unanimous-decision winner over Kielholtz.
