The PFL isn’t wasting any time getting their 2025 World Tournament up and running. Shortly after announcing the location and venues of this year’s semi-final events, league officials also announced the entire slate of opening-round match-ups.
PFL representatives revealed the pairings in a press release issued on Monday.
The opening round of the $500,000 World Tournament kicks off on April 3, 2025 and runs through May 1, with four dates in total all held at Universal Studios, Florida. Events will air on ESPN/ESPN2 and ESPN+ in the U.S., and DAZN in Europe and Canada.
Match-ups, including alternates and prelims, can be found below.
2025 PFL World Tournament 1: First Round Main Card
Thursday, April 3
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
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
Friday, April 11
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
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 Alternate Bout: 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
Friday, April 18
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
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
Thursday, May 1
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
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)
