2025 PFL World Tournament 3 Fight Card Results

The third fight card of the 2025 PFL World Tournament took place tonight, Friday April 18 at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The event featured the opening round matchups in the lightweight and middleweight divisions and included three former PFL tournament winners in competition, including Impa Kasanganay who faced former Bellator title challenger Fabian Edwards in the main event contest. Below, we look at the 2025 PFL World Tournament 3 fight car results, reactions, video highlights and more.

2025 PFL World Tournament 3: First Round Main Card Results

Middleweight First Round Bout: Fabian Edwards defeats Impa Kasanganay (via TKO at 2:14 of Round 2)

Lightweight First Round Bout: Gadzhi Rabadanov defeats Marc Diakiese via TKO (0:32 of Round 1)

Middleweight First Round Bout: Dalton Rosta defeats Sadibou Sy via submission ( 3:29 of Round 2 via D’Arce choke)

Lightweight First Round Bout: Jay-Jay Wilson defeats Mads Burnell via TKO (4:42 of Round 3 via ground strikes)

Lightweight First Round Bout: Alfie Davis defeats Clay Collard via TKO (2:12 of Round 1 via spinning elbow)

2025 PFL World Tournament 3: First Round Preliminary Card Results

Middleweight First Round Bout: Josh Silveira defeats Mike Shipman via unanimous decision (29-28 x 3)

Lightweight First Round Bout: Brent Primus defeats Vinicius Cenci via submission (Rear-naked choke at 4:52 of Round 3)

Middleweight First Round Bout: Aaron Jeffery defeats Murad Ramazanov via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Lightweight Alternate Bout: Robert Watley (15-3) vs. Antonio Caruso (10-2)

2025 PFL World Tournament 3 Results

Fabian Edwards vs. Impa Kasanganay

These two got after it early, with neither fighter willing to back down in the striking exchanges. However, Edwards did more damage in the first round, landing some elbows, including one that seemed to open a significant cut above the eye of the 2023 light heavyweight tournament champ.

Edwards did not back away from those elbows in the second round, but it was a left hand, not an elbow, that put Kasangany on wobbly legs. Sensing victory was at hand, Edwards pursued and got the finish via ground strikes.

After two tries at Bellator gold, this might have been Edwards’ biggest win to date.

Gadzhi Rabadanov vs. Marc Diakiese

Gadzhi Rabadanov, the 2024 PFL lightweight tournament winner, took his first step toward repeating as the 155-pound tourney champ, making short work of Marc Diakiese in the co-main event of Friday night’s PFL card.

Diakiese threw a leg kick that Rabadanov caught. The defending PFL champ then pushed that limb to the side, which put his opponent off balance. Diakiese then fell to the mat, where Rabadanov separated him from his consciousness with ground strikes.

The knockout was Rabadanov third straight KO win.

Dalton Rosta vs. Sadibou Sy

The size, strength and pressure of Dalton Rosta were all too much for 2022 welterweight PFL tournament winner Sadibou Sy in their middleweight scrap. Rosta was effective with his pressure in the first round. In the second stanza, he dropped Sy early with a punch and then went to work on the mat looking for a submission, which he found late in the round, forcing Sy to tap to a D’Arce choke.

Jay-Jay Wilson vs. Mads Burnell

Jay-Jay Wilson and his team did an excellent job of game-planning for Mads Burnell. While the first round was a bit of a back-and-forth affair, Wilson prevented Burnell from establishing his forward pressure in the second and third rounds, putting the fight to the mat early in each round and then dominated his opponent with ground strikes to end the scrap with those blows near the end of the third stanza.

Alfie Davis vs. Clay Collard

Clay Collard didn’t like the stoppage, but it’s hard to argue that Alfie Davis deserved the TKO win after catching Collard with a spinning elbow and following up with some additional strikes.

Impressive stuff from Davis, who nearly didn’t make it to the event due to visa issues.

Josh Silveira vs. Mike Shipman

This was a closely contested matchup, but Josh Silveira was the superior fighter on the mat, threatening choke submissions in the first round and landing ground strikes in the third stanza.

Brent Primus vs. Vinicius Cenci

If you’ve seen a Brent Primus fight, you know that his game plan is to dominate his opponent via his wrestling. He did just that to late replacement opponent Vinicius Cenci on Friday night. Cenci did his best to use his striking to score points against Primus, but Primus was too much for Cenci, eventually breaking down Cenci and getting a tap with under ten seconds left in the fight.

Aaron Jeffery vs. Murad Ramazanov

The opening fight on the 2025 PFL World Championship 3 fight card was a grinding affair. Aaron Jeffery was the fighter who controlled where the fight took place, which was against the fence.

Jeffrey’s game plan was to hold Murad Ramazanov against the cage and chip away with strikes in close. Meanwhile, Ramazanov wanted to get the fight to the mat. While Ramazanov was able to get seven takedowns, Jefferey prevented him from doing any damage or establishing much control time.

In the end, Jeffery’s striking earned him a split-decision win in the middleweight matchup.

2025 PFL World Tournament 3 Video Highlights

2025 PFL World Tournament 3 Date:

Friday, April 18

2025 PFL World Tournament 3 Time:

Preliminary Card: 5 p.m. ET

Main Card: 7 p.m. ET

2025 PFL World Tournament 3 How To Watch or Stream:

Preliminary Card: ESPN+

Main Card: ESPN

PFL 2025 World Tournament Changes

The 2025 PFL tournament is different from past events. The previous iterations awarded the winner of each weight division with $1 million. This year, the tournament winners will earn $500,000.

Another difference in 2025 is that the tournament is structured as a single-elimination bracketed event. In the past, fighters earned points in two regular-season bouts, with the highest point earners moving onto the playoffs. This year, eight fighters (and two alternates) have been seeded in a tournament bracket, with the winners moving on to the next round.

Another change is that eight weight divisions are competing rather than six: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight bantamweight, and women’s flyweight.

One of the more substantial changes is that all fights will now allow elbows.

The first-round fights and semifinal fights will be three five-minute rounds, while the finals are five five-minute rounds.

The final first-round event for the 2025 PFL World Tournament is scheduled for May 1. The light heavyweights and heavyweights compete on that night in Orlando. The semifinal events begin on June 12.

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