The Professional Fighters League 2025 World Tournament is nearly upon us. The first card of the tournament, which runs from April 3 through August 21, takes place on Thursday night at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. That fight card features the first round of the featherweight and welterweight tournaments. Up for grabs this year is a prize pool of $20 million. Below, we look at the full schedule for the PFL 2025 World Tournament.
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.
PFL World Championship 2024 Fight Card Results – Winners And Losers
PFL 2025 World Tournament Schedule And Locations
First Round
- April 3, 2025 – Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida
- April 11, 2025 – Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida
- April 18, 2025 – Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida
- May 1, 2025 – Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida
Semifinals
- June 12, 2025 – Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
- June 20, 2025 – Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita, KS
- June 27, 2025 – Wintrust Arena, Chicago, IL
Championship Finals
- August 1, 2025 – TBA
- August 15, 2025 – TBA
- August 21, 2025 – TBA
PFL 2025 World Tournament: How to Watch Or Stream
ESPN+ will stream each event and the fight cards will also be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2.
PFL 2025 World Tournament First Round Fight Cards
2025 PFL World Tournament 1: First Round Main Card:
ESPN2 and ESPN+ (U.S.) | DAZN (Europe & Canada)
Thursday, April 3 – 10 pm ET
Welterweight First Round Bout: Jason Jackson (18-5) vs. Andrey Koreshkov (28-5)
Featherweight First Round Bout: Jesus Pinedo (23-6) vs. Adam Borics (19-2)
Welterweight First Round Bout: Magomed Umalatov (17-1)vs. Logan Storley (16-3)
Featherweight First Round Bout: Jeremy Kennedy (19-4)vs. Movlid Khaybulaev (21-0-1)
2025 PFL World Tournament 1: First Round Early Card:
ESPN+ (U.S.) | DAZN (Europe & Canada)
Thursday, April 3 – 7 pm ET
Welterweight First Round Bout: Mukhamed Berkhamov (17-2)vs. Florim Zendeli (10-1-1)
Featherweight First Round Bout: Gabriel Braga (15-2)vs. Yves Landu (21-9)
Welterweight First Round Bout: Giannis Bachar (9-2)vs. Masayuki Kikuiri (10-2-1)
Featherweight First Round Bout: Nathan Kelly (11-3) vs. Taekyun Kim (10-1)
Welterweight Alternate Bout: Joseph Luciano (10-2) vs. Thad Jean (8-0)
Featherweight Alternate Bout: Fred Dupras (8-1) vs. Nathan Ghareeb (10-3)
2025 PFL World Tournament 2: First Round Main Card:
ESPN2 and ESPN+ (U.S.) | DAZN (Europe & Canada)
Friday, April 11 – 11 pm ET
Bantamweight First Round Bout: Magomed Magomedov (20-3)vs. Leandro Higo (23-6)
Women’s Flyweight First Round Bout: Taila Santos (24-4)vs. Juliana Velasquez (13-3)
Bantamweight First Round Bout: Savarjon Khamidov (16-0)vs. Jake Hadley (11-4)
Bantamweight First Round Bout: Ciaran Clarke (10-0)vs. Kasum Kasumov (16-1)
2025 PFL World Tournament 2: First Round Early Card:
ESPN+ (U.S.) | DAZN (Europe & Canada)
Friday, April 11 – 8 pm ET
Women’s Flyweight First Round Bout: Liz Carmouche (22-8)vs. Ilara Joanna (12-9)
Bantamweight First Round Bout: Ali Taleb (11-1)vs. Zebenzui Ruiz (12-3)
Women’s Flyweight First Round Bout: Kana Watanabe (13-3-1)vs. Jena Bishop (7-2)
Women’s Flyweight First Round Bout: Elora Dana (7-0) vs. Diana Avsaragova (6-1)
Bantamweight AlternateBout: Francesco Nuzzi (10-1) vs. Matheus Mattos (14-3-1)
Women’s Flyweight Alternate Bout: Ekaterina Shakalova (8-2) vs. Saray Orozco (8-6)
2025 PFL World Tournament 3: First Round Main Card:
ESPN and ESPN+ (U.S.) | DAZN (Europe & Canada)
Friday, April 18 – 7 pm ET
Middleweight First Round Bout: Impa Kasanganay (18-5) vs. Fabian Edwards (13-4)
Lightweight First Round Bout: Alexander Shabliy (24-4) vs. Brent Primus (15-4-0, 1 NC)
Lightweight First Round Bout: Gadzhi Rabadanov (24-4-2) vs. Marc Diakiese (18-7)
Lightweight First Round Bout: Mads Burnell (20-6) vs. Jay-Jay Wilson (10-1)
2025 PFL World Tournament 3: First Round Early Card:
ESPN+ (U.S.) | DAZN (Europe & Canada)
Friday, April 18 – 4:30 pm ET
Middleweight First Round Bout: Sadibou Sy (17-8-2, 1 NC ) vs. Dalton Rosta (9-1)
Middleweight First Round Bout: Josh Silveira (13-4) vs. Mike Shipman (17-4)
Lightweight First Round Bout: Clay Collard (25-14) vs. Alfie Davis (17-4-1)
Middleweight First Round Bout: Aaron Jeffery (15-5) vs. Murad Ramazanov (12-2)
Middleweight Alternate Bout: Khalid Murtazaliev (17-3) vs. Jordan Newman (7-0)
Lightweight Alternate Bout: Sergio Cossio (27-10-1) vs. Robert Watley (15-3)
2025 PFL World Tournament 4: First Round Main Card:
ESPN2 and ESPN+ (U.S.) | DAZN (Europe & Canada)
Thursday, May 1 – 10 pm ET
Light Heavyweight First Round Bout: Phil Davis (24-7, 1 NC) vs. Rob Wilkinson (19-3,1 NC)
Heavyweight First Round Bout: Valentin Moldavsky (13-4) vs. Sergey Bilostenniy (13-3)
Light Heavyweight First Round Bout: Antonio Carlos Jr (16-6, 2 NC)vs. Karl Moore (12-3)
Light Heavyweight First Round Bout: Karl Albrektsson (14-6) vs. Simeon Powell (10-1)
2025 PFL World Tournament 4: First Round Early Card:
ESPN+ (U.S.) | DAZN (Europe & Canada)
Thursday, May 1 – 7 pm ET
Heavyweight First Round Bout: Alexandr Romanov (18-3) vs. Tim Johnson (18-11)
Heavyweight First Round Bout: Linton Vassell (25-10) vs. Oleg Popov (19-1)
Light Heavyweight First Round Bout: Sullivan Cauley (6-1) vs. Marcelo Nunes (11-2)
Heavyweight First Round Bout: Pouya Rahmani (4-0) vs. Abraham Bably (5-1)
Light Heavyweight Alternate Bout: Alex Polizzi (11-4) vs. Rafael Xavier (13-8)
*Cards are subject to change
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