The 2019 PFL welterweight champion will leplace the 2023 PFL welterweight champion on the promotion’s upcoming card that pins its champions and fighters against their Bellator counterparts. With Magomed Magomedkerimov out with an undisclosed injury, Ray Cooper III has stepped in to fight Bellator welterweight champion Jason Jackson at the PFL vs. Bellator: Champions event Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia, a promotion official told MMA Junkie on Monday. The bout will be contested at a contracted weight of 182 pounds. Cooper (25-10-1) has only competed once since July 2022, as he angled to elevate to middleweight, a non-season weight division for PFL