Trey
Waters (right) has signed with the PFL. | 📷: Zuffa/Getty
Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Trey Waters
has signed with
Professional Fighters League and will debut in the SmartCage on
Aug. 7, in Charlotte, North Carolina, for one of the company’s
upcoming Summer Series events, sources tell Sherdog.com.
Homegrown talent Trukon
Carson will take on Waters in a welterweight tilt.
Waters (9-2) will join the PFL after a 2-1 tenure in the UFC, where
he also competed in
Dana White’s Contender Series in 2022, losing to Gabriel
Bonfim by submission.
Carson, 6-1, known as “The Carolina Gamedog,” has had five of his
six professional wins come by way of first-round stoppage, has went
the distance just once in his career, with his most recent win
coming in
Fury FC. Having fought last in March, Carson will get the
biggest step up in competition in taking on Waters, while also
getting an opportunity to breakthrough in the PFL’s welterweight
division.
Former UFC Welterweight Trey Waters Signs With PFL, Books Aug.
7 Debut vs. Trukon Carson
PFL Charlotte will be headlined by a middleweight showcase as
Bryan
Battle (12-3) will collide with Dalton
Rosta (11-3). Joshua
Silveira (15-5) will lock horns with Aaron
Jeffery (16-6); Josh Fremd
(12-6) will toe the line with Jhony
Gregory (11-4) and Jay-Jay
Wilson (12-2) will do battle with Amin Ayoub
(24-7-1).