The PFL has a show this week in Orlando, the second event of its World Tournament, but the league has also been busy plotting future dates.
Despite barely being into the second week of the season, the league has now announced the main card of PFL Nashville on June 12, which will play host to the featherweight and welterweight semifinals. In the main event, Jason Jackson (18-5) faces Thad Jean (9-0), the latter arguably being the breakout star of last week’s PFL 1.
Jean knocked out Mukhamed Berkhamov to maintain his perfect record, then made a move on PFL women’s flyweight star Dakota Ditcheva in his post-fight interview. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, or so they say.
2023 PFL Featherweight Champion Jesus Pinedo (24-6) faces Gabriel Braga (16-2) in the rubber match of their trilogy in the night’s co-main event. Those fights are joined by Logan Storley (17-3) vs. Masayuki Kikuiri (11-2-1) and Movlid Khaybulaev (22-0-1) vs. Taekyun Kim (11-1).
All four fights are semifinals in the PFL World Tournament in their respective weight classes. Since the PFL is using a grand prix style format with brackets this year, none of the match-ups come as a surprise.
On Thursday, the PFL also announced the full 2025 PFL MENA 1 card. Taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on May 9, that breaks down as follows:
Featherweight Quarter-Final bout:
Abdullah Al-Qahtani (10-2) vs. Islam Reda (12-1)
Lightweight Quarter-Final bout:
Mohsen Mohammadseifi (7-2) vs. Ahmed El Sisy (6-1, 1 NC)
Lightweight Quarter-Final bout:
Salah Eddine Hamli (8-0) vs. Abbas Khan (8-3)
Featherweight Quarter-Final bout:
Izzedine Al Derbani (15-5) vs. Yanis Ghemmouri (12-3)
Flyweight Showcase bout:
Malik Basahel (0-0) vs. Mountasser Boutouta (1-0)
Featherweight Quarter-Final bout:
Abdelrahman Alyhasat (5-0) vs. Taha Bendaoud (4-0)
Featherweight Quarter-Final bout:
Hussein Salem (12-5) vs. Assem Ghanem (6-0)
Lightweight Quarter-Final bout:
Georges Eid (10-5, 1 NC) vs. Mohammad Fahmi (4-0)
Lightweight Showcase bout:
Ahmed Makki (1-3-1) vs. Hasham Elnamer (3-0)
Lightweight Quarter-Final bout:
Abdullah Saleem (5-0, 1 NC) vs. Souhil Tairi (7-6-1)
Featherweight Showcase bout:
Youssef Alhosani (4-1) vs. Neder Jeffel (2-0)
Amateur Catchweight 166lbs Showcase bout:
Abdulaziz Bin Moammar (10-3 AM) vs. Fares Hamdani (2-0 AM)
