The Global Fight League (GFL) unveiled its complete 120-person roster on Friday night, presenting a finalized list of who will fight as part of their opening season.
A long list of fighters—most of which come from past experience in the UFC or PFL—have been moved into six 20-person teams who are expected to fight over the course of 2025 to earn their squads points in a regular season and subsequent playoffs.
The talent was selected from a pool of more than 300 talents who have been announced over the past few weeks, with some last-minute additions like former UFC title challenger Tony Ferguson being announced just hours before Friday’s broadcast went live.
The fighters will represent Dubai, Los Angeles, London, Miami, Sao Paulo, and New York.
Dubai had the first pick of Friday’s broadcast, with the team selecting former UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley to join their roster. If Woodley competes in 2025, he’ll be fighting under MMA rules for the first time in over four years and searching for his first win since 2018.
Other early picks gave a spotlight to names like Gegard Mousasi, Kevin Lee, and Fabricio Werdum.
The nearly three-hour broadcast laid out the full rosters by the end, although it didn’t come without some issues. Timur Valiev, a fighter who has announced for Team Dubai, previously claimed in a recent social media post that he didn’t sign a deal with the GFL. A variety of other fighters who went undrafted—Razhabali Shaydullaev, Matheus Scheffel, Tariq Ismail, and Stephen Costello—also similarly said they never inked a deal with the GFL despite being announced for the draft.
GFL plans to kick off its first season in April and host an event every month for six months, per Friday’s broadcast. No official broadcast details or event locations have been revealed just yet.
Here’s a look at the full lineups announced on Friday night:
Dubai: Tyron Woodley, Abubakar Nurmagomedov, Derek Brunson, Ali Isaev, Omari Akhmedov, Ronny Markes, Todd Duffee, Luke Rockhold, Tofiq Musayev, Damir Ismagulov, Khumoyun Tukhtamurdov, Adilet Nurmatov, Alexa Conners, Arlene Blencowe, Farbod Iran Nezhad, Timur Valiev, Randi Field, Faine Mesquita, Jessica Aguilar, Anastasia Nikolakakos.
Los Angeles: Sage Northcutt, Aspen Ladd, Tony Ferguson, Urijah Faber, Cory McKenna, Jessica Penne, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, Cynthia Calvillo, Leslie Smith, Ray Borg, Chad Mendes, Tyler Diamond, Lorenz Larkin, Louis Glismann, Grant Neal, Uriah Hall, Jung Da-woon, Rashad Evans, Frank Mir, Andrei Arlovski
London: Gegard Mousasi, Alexander Gustafsson, Josefine Knutsson, Brett Johns, Chiara Penco, Kelly Staddon, Karolina Dwczarz, Julia Budd, Pannie Kianzad, Cameron Else, Josh Hill, Mike Grundy, Benson Henderson, Tim Wilde, Danny Roberts, Norman Parke, Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz, Ilir Latifi, Stuart Austin, Tanner Boser
Miami: Junior dos Santos, Anthony Pettis, Yoel Romero, Natasha Kuziutina, Kayla Hracho, Hannah Goldy, Paige VanZant, Cat Zingano, Mariya Agapova, Eric Shelton, Marlon Moraes, Andre Harrison, Charles Rosa, Jeremy Stephens, Dilano Taylor, Gleison Tibau, Hector Lombard, Philipe Lins, Thiago Santos, Robelis Despaigne
Sao Paulo: Fabricio Werdum, Douglas Lima, Carlos Petruzella, Camilia Reynoso, Joice Mara, Pamela Mara, Viviane Pereira, Alejandra Lara, Paula Bittencourt, Raphael Assuncao, Renan Barao, Julio Arce, Maike Linhares, Patricky Pitbull, Lucas Martins, Alex Oliviera, Alan Patrick, Antonio Carlos Junior, Mauricio Rua, Bruno Cappelozza
New York: Kevin Lee, Chris Weidman, Holly Holm, Melissa Amaya, Bi Nguyen, Marissa Messer-Belenchia, Miao Ding, Liana Jojua, Jimmie Rivera, Zviad Lazishvili, Lance Palmer, Kai Kamaka III, Sidney Outlaw, Neiman Gracie, Dillon Danis, Phillip Hawes, Devin Clark, Ovince St. Preux, Alan Belcher, Aleksei Oleynik
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