Prospect Watch: Florim Zendeli
The once-beaten Albanian prospect will take center stage when he meets Logan Storley in the PFL Sioux Falls headliner on Saturday in South Dakota.
Florim Zendeli ranks as one of the more compelling under-30 talents on the Professional Fighters League roster. The once-beaten Albanian prospect will take center stage when he meets Logan Storley in the PFL Sioux Falls headliner on Saturday at the Sanford Pentagon in South Dakota. Zendeli, 27, won the PFL Europe welterweight tournament in 2024, then fought only once in 2025.
He last competed at PFL Champions Series 3, where he laid claim to a three-round unanimous decision over Omar El Dafrawy on Oct. 3. Zendeli returns to a PFL that now employs a traditional ranking system instead of a tournament format.
It should be more conducive to upward mobility. “The tournament was good because you have everybody who is going up as they’re winning, so the two best fighters in the tournament are fighting each other in the finale, but for me, the rankings system is much better for my situation,” Zendeli told Sherdog. com.
“I have time for recovery, time to fight, and you get to see who is where in the rankings, who they’re fighting; and it’s easier to plan, so I like the rankings much more. ” Zendeli understands the reality of his current situation, as he heads into enemy territory against an accomplished opponent. Storley, a former interim Bellator MMA champion, was born in Roslyn, South Dakota, some 165 miles north of Sioux Falls.