Dakota Ditcheva was left devastated by the result of the PFL 10 main event.
The 27-year-old MMA star would usually be rooting for fellow Brit Fabian Edwards to get the job done.
However, her ties to his opponent meant she was sitting in the front row, hoping an American would beat Leon Edwards‘ brother.
Dakota Ditcheva and Dalton Rosta made their rumored relationship official as they arrived holding hands ahead of his $500,000 fight with ‘The Assassin’ on Thursday evening.
Watch Dakota Ditcheva react to her boyfriend getting KO’d
Dalton Rosta was up on the scorecards two rounds into his middleweight tournament final fight.
That didn’t matter when Fabian Edwards replicated his brother’s legendary UFC title-winning KO.
Leon Edwards slept Kamaru Usman with a head kick to win the UFC welterweight belt on August 20, 2022.
Exactly three years later, his younger sibling landed the same shot to turn off Rosta’s lights and leave Dakota Ditcheva devastated.
A camera caught her live reaction to the vicious KO. The viral footage shows Ditcheva initially throwing her head back and shouting something before turning away, resting her head on a friend’s shoulder, and covering her eyes.
Fans slam PFL
Dalton Rosta slammed ‘hypocrite’ Fabian Edwards for taking Dakota Ditcheva jabs ahead of their fight.
Post-fight, fans called out PFL for airing the flyweight star’s horrified reaction to her partner getting KO’d.
“That’s cruel promo,” one fan said. While another added: “Was not expecting that from them, devastating.”
“Why TF did the PFL show Dakota Ditcheva’s reaction to her BF getting KO’d,” a third X user asked.
“Nah, PFL is despicable for showing Dakota Ditcheva’s reaction to her partner getting flatlined,” someone else tweeted.
“Why Dakota isn’t in the UFC is beyond me. PFL did her dirty for this,” a fifth person fumed.
“We gotta start doin this in the UFC, I’m tryna see their whole family cry,” another joked.