The brackets have been set for PFL’s first-ever single-elimination season in North America.
Four weeks of first-round action in the 2025 PFL World Tournament will kick off April 3rd, with all the quarter-final fights taking place at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, USA.
The upcoming events sees PFL move away from the two-part schedule they had utilized for their year-long season since 2018. In previous years, competitors would battle in a two-fight “regular season,” with the top talents then being moved into a four-person, single-elimination bracket.
Instead, this time, the brackets are all single-elimination from the start, giving talent a three-fight path to winning the grand prize of $500,000.
The first week of action will see two divisions PFL has hosted since its inaugural season—featherweight and welterweight—compete. In the main event of the night, recent Bellator Welterweight Champion Jason Jackson will take on Russian vet Andrey Koreshkov.
The co-main event of the show will see 2023 PFL featherweight champ Jesus Pinedo make his return against Adam Borics.
A week later, men’s bantamweight will make its PFL debut alongside the returning women’s flyweight class as part of an April 11th card. Bellator vets Magomed Magomedov and Leandro Higo will face off in the main event, with Magomedov appearing for the first time since a 2024 title loss to Patchy Mix.
Just before that headliner, last year’s flyweight finalist and former UFC title challenger Taila Santos will look to bounce back against Juliana Velasquez.
Finishing up a three-week stretch for PFL events, the middleweight class will return for the first time since 2018 on an April 18th card alongside lightweight fighters. In the main event, 2023 light heavyweight champ Impa Kasanganay will meet two-time Bellator title challenger Fabian Edwards.
The headlining fight is a chance for both to get back into the win column: Kasanganay was denied two-time champ status in the finals last year, and Edwards is returning after a loss to champ Johnny Eblen.
In a rematch from 2022, Alexander Shabliy and Brent Primus will face off in the co-main spot.
And finally, PFL’s heavyweight and light heavyweight classes will be showcased as part of a May 1st card.
The return of 13-fight UFC vet and former Bellator champ Phil Davis will headline the card against 2022 PFL champ Rob Wilkinson. Davis will be making his first appearance since a 2023 split decision loss to Corey Anderson. Wilkinson is coming back after losing in the semi-finals of last year’s light heavyweight bracket.
At heavyweight, Russian contenders Valentin Moldavsky and Sergey Bilostenniy will meet in the co-main spot.
Here’s an updated look at PFL’s schedule:
PFL Opening Round Night 1 – 4/3/25
Bout 10: Jason Jackson (18-5) vs. Andrey Koreshkov (28-5) (PFL Welterweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 9: Jesus Pinedo (23-6-1) vs. Adam Borics (19-2) (PFL Featherweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 8: Magomed Umalatov (17-1) vs. Logan Storley (16-3) (PFL Welterweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 7: Jeremy Kennedy (19-5) vs. Movlid Khaybulaev (21-0-1) (PFL Featherweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 6: Mukhamed Berkhamov (17-2) vs. Florim Zendeli (10-1-1) (PFL Welterweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 5: Gabriel Braga (15-2) vs. Yves Landu (21-9) (PFL Featherweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 4: Giannis Bachar (9-2) vs. Masayuki Kikuiri (10-2-1) (PFL Welterweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 3: Nathan Kelly (11-3) vs. Kim Tae-kyun (10-1) (PFL Featherweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 2: Joseph Luciano (10-2) vs. Thad Jean (8-2) (PFL Welterweight Reserve Bout)
Bout 1: Frederik Dupras (8-1) vs. Nathan Ghareeb (10-3) (PFL Featherweight Reserve Bout)
PFL Opening Round Night 2 – 4/11/25
Bout 10: Magomed Magomedov (20-4) vs. Leandro Higo (23-6) (PFL Bantamweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 9: Taila Santos (22-4) vs. Juliana Velasquez (13-3) (PFL Flyweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 8: Sarvarjon Khamidov (16-0) vs. Jake Hadley (11-4) (PFL Bantamweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 7: Ciaran Clarke (10-0) vs. Kasum Kasumov (16-1) (PFL Bantamweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 6: Jena Bishop (7-2) vs. Kana Watanabe (13-3-1) (PFL Flyweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 5: Liz Carmouche (22-8) vs. Ilara Joanne (12-9) (PFL Flyweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 4: Ali Taleb (12-1) vs. Zebenzui Ruiz (12-3) (PFL Bantamweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 3: Elora Dana (7-0) vs. Diana Avsaragova (6-1) (PFL Flyweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 2: Francesco Nuzzi (10-1) vs. Matheus Mattos (14-3-1) (PFL Bantamweight Reserve Bout)
Bout 1: Ekaterina Shakalova (8-2) vs. Saray Orozco (8-6) (PFL Flyweight Reserve Bout)
PFL Opening Round Night 3 – 4/18/25
Bout 10: Impa Kasanganay (18-5) vs. Fabian Edwards (PFL Middleweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 9: Alexander Shabliy (24-4) vs. Brent Primus (15-4) (PFL Lightweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 8: Gadzhi Rabadanov (24-4-2) vs. Marc Diakiese (18-7) (PFL Lightweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 7: Mads Burnell (20-6) vs. Jay Jay Wilson (10-1) (PFL Lightweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 6: Dalton Rosta (9-1) vs. Sadibou Sy (17-8-2) (PFL Middleweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 5: Josh Silveira (13-4) vs. Mike Shipman (17-4) (PFL Middleweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 4: Clay Collard (25-14) vs. Alfie Davis (17-5-1) (PFL Lightweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 3: Aaron Jeffery (15-5) vs. Murad Ramazanov (12-2) (PFL Middleweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 2: Khalid Murtazaliev (17-3) vs. Jordan Newman (7-0) (PFL Middleweight Reserve Bout)
Bout 1: Sergio Cossio (27-10-1) vs. Robert Watley (15-3) (PFL Lightweight Reserve Bout)
PFL Opening Round Night 4 – 5/1/25
Bout 9: Phil Davis (24-7) vs. Rob Wilkinson (19-3) (PFL Light Heavyweight Quarter Final)
Bout 8: Valentin Moldavsky (13-4) vs. Sergey Bilostenniy (13-3) (PFL Heavyweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 7: Antonio Carlos Junior (16-6) vs. Karl Moore (12-3) (PFL Light Heavyweight Quarter Final)
Bout 6: Karl Albrektsson (14-6) vs. Simeon Powell (10-1) (PFL Light Heavyweight Quarter Final)
Bout 5: Sullivan Cauley (6-1) vs. Marcelo Nunes (11-2) (PFL Light Heavyweight Quarter Final)
Bout 4: Alex Polizzi (11-4) vs. Rafael Xaiver (13-8) (PFL Light Heavyweight Reserve Bout)
Bout 3: Alexandr Romanov (18-3) vs. Tim Johnson (18-11) (PFL Heavyweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 2: Linton Vassell (25-10) vs. Oleg Popov (19-2) (PFL Heavyweight Quarter-Final)
Bout 1: Pouya Rahmani (4-0) vs. Abraham Bably (5-1) (PFL Heavyweight Quarter-Final)
PFL Semi-Final Round Night 1 – 6/12/25
PFL Semi-Final Round Night 2 – 6/20/25
PFL Semi-Final Round Night 3 – 6/27/25
PFL Grand Finals Night 1 – 8/1/25PFL Grand Finals Night 2 – 8/15/25
PFL Grand FInals Night 3 – 8/21/25
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