The Professional Fighters League kicks off its 2025 campaign with a new format debuting at PFL 1 this Thursday in Orlando, Florida.
It’s win and move on, or if you prefer, win or go home, when it comes to the PFL tournament this year. Gone is the season format and convoluted points system, gone as well is the million dollars in prize money. Instead, it’s 500K U.S. to the winner, but on top of their purse for each fight (the PFL’s previous payouts included a fighter’s regular season and playoff purses in their total prize money).
Now called the World Tournament, the PFL has brought in a grand prix format the MMA fans should be very familiar with. As for the names involved, PFL 1 is headlined by a couple of Bellator standouts in Jason Jackson and Andrey Koreshkov, and overall it’s a mix of familiar names from both Bellator (which the PFL has now absorbed) and the Professional Fighters League filling out the docket.
Weigh-ins for PFL 1 take place Wednesday, April 2 in Orlando, FL; results can be found below.
In a major blow to the PFL’s welterweight tournament, Magomed Umalatov missed weight on Wednesday, and has been pulled from his fight with Logan Storley. Instead, Storley faces Joseph Luciano, who had already weighed in for an alternate bout. Umalatov is out of the tournament entirely as a result, after going to the finals last year.
PFL 1 2025: Jackson vs. Koreshkov Weigh-In Results
Main card
Welterweight: Jason Jackson (170.8) vs. Andrey Koreshkov (171) – Welterweight Quarterfinal
Featherweight: Jesus Pinedo (145.6) vs. Ádám Borics (145.4) – Featherweight Quarterfinal
Welterweight: Magomed Umalatov (173.6)* vs. Logan Storley (171) – Welterweight Quarterfinal
Featherweight: Jeremy Kennedy (145.8) vs. Movlid Khaybulaev (145.4) – Featherweight Quarterfinal
Preliminary card
Welterweight: Mukhamed Berkhamov (171) vs. Thad Jean (170.8) – Welterweight Quarterfinal
Featherweight: Gabriel Braga (144.4) vs. Frederik Dupras (145.6) – Featherweight Quarterfinal
Welterweight: Giannis Bachar (170.6) vs. Masayuki Kikuiri (169.4) – Welterweight Quarterfinal
Featherweight: Nathan Kelly (146) vs. Kim Tae-kyun (145.2) – Featherweight Quarterfinal
Welterweight: Sarek Shields (170.8) vs. Joseph Luciano (170.4) – Welterweight Alternate
* Magomed Umalatov missed weight and has been removed from the tournament, replaced by alternate Joseph Luciano (his original opponent, Sarek Shields, will no longer compete at the event)
