Highly-Touted Belgian prospect to face ex-UFC champ in PFL Brussels headliner

Patrick Habirora is a star on the rise in PFL. | PFL
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Undefeated
Professional Fighters League prospect Patrick
Habirora will look to add a significant feather to his cap when
he returns to action in his home country.

The promotion announced on Monday that Habirora will lock horns
with former
UFC lightweight champion Benson
Henderson in the
PFL Brussels main event at ING Arena in Brussels, Belgium, on
May 23. Henderson will be returning to active competition for the
first time since March 2023. Habirora vs. Henderson will be
contested at 170 pounds.

Prospect vs. Veteran

Habirora has been victorious in his first eight professional
outings, finishing all but one via knockout or technical knockout.
In 2025, he scored first-round KO victories against UFC veterans
Danny
Roberts and Kevin
Jousset in his two PFL appearances.

A former UFC lightweight champion, Henderson hasn’t competed in MMA
since March 2023, when he suffered a first-round submission loss to
Usman
Nurmagomedov at Bellator 292. Since then “Smooth” has stayed
busy with a variety of combat sports ventures, including
appearances in grappling, boxing and Karate Combat. Most recently,
Henderson lost to Aljamain
Sterling via technical fall at Real American Freestyle 6 this
past Saturday.