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The year 2025 is the 7th year in the history of the Professional Fighters League (PFL), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
Background
On January 7, 2025, PFL chairman Donn Davis announced that elbows will be legal in the promotion, after the PFL had banned elbows for the regular season and playoffs. Elbows were typically allowed in non-season and non-playoff fights only.[1]
On January 9, 2025, it was announced that 2025 season PFL no longer will operate its regular season with points-based results to determine playoff qualification and seeding.[2]
On January 15, 2025, PFL revealed that hold eight tournaments in 2025, confirming the $500,000 pay for each winner. In total, it will distribute more than $20 million dollars to the fighters. The tournaments will take place at heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight, bantamweight and women's flyweight divisions.[3][4][5]
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Events list
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Title fights
- For the Bellator Lightweight World Championship. Nurmagomedov was deducted 1 point in round 3 due to repeated groin kicks.
- For the PFL Middleweight World Championship.
2025 PFL World Tournament
2025 PFL Heavyweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Valentin Moldavsky | UD | |||||||||
| Sergey Bilostenniy | 3 | |||||||||
| Valentin Moldavsky | 1 | |||||||||
 Alexander Romanov | NC | |||||||||
| Alexander Romanov | SUB | |||||||||
 Timothy Johnson | 1 | |||||||||
| Alexander Romanov | ||||||||||
| Oleg Popov | ||||||||||
 Abraham Bably | 3 | |||||||||
 Rodrigo Nascimento[a] | SD | |||||||||
| Rodrigo Nascimento | 3 | |||||||||
| Oleg Popov | UD | |||||||||
| Oleg Popov | SD | |||||||||
 Karl Williams[b] | 3 | |||||||||
- Pouya Rahmani withdrew from the tournament due to visa issues and was replaced by Rodrigo Nascimento.
- Linton Vassell withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Karl Williams.
2025 PFL Light Heavyweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Phil Davis | TKO | |||||||||
 Rob Wilkinson | 2 | |||||||||
| Phil Davis | 3 | |||||||||
| Sullivan Cauley | UD | |||||||||
| Alex Polizzi[a] | 1 | |||||||||
| Sullivan Cauley | TKO | |||||||||
| Sullivan Cauley | ||||||||||
| Antônio Carlos Júnior | ||||||||||
 Karl Moore | 3 | |||||||||
| Antônio Carlos Júnior | SD | |||||||||
| Antônio Carlos Júnior | UD | |||||||||
| Simeon Powell | 3 | |||||||||
 Karl Albrektsson | 2 | |||||||||
| Simeon Powell | TKO | |||||||||
2025 PFL Middleweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Impa Kasanganay | 1 | |||||||||
| Fabian Edwards | TKO | |||||||||
| Fabian Edwards | UD | |||||||||
| Josh Silveira | 3 | |||||||||
| Mike Shipman | 3 | |||||||||
| Josh Silveira | UD | |||||||||
| Fabian Edwards | ||||||||||
| Dalton Rosta | ||||||||||
| Dalton Rosta | SUB | |||||||||
| Sadibou Sy | 2 | |||||||||
| Dalton Rosta | SD | |||||||||
 Aaron Jeffery | 3 | |||||||||
| Aaron Jeffery | SD | |||||||||
| Murad Ramazanov | 3 | |||||||||
2025 PFL Welterweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Jason Jackson | SUB | |||||||||
| Andrey Koreshkov | 2 | |||||||||
| Jason Jackson | 3 | |||||||||
 Thad Jean | SD | |||||||||
| Mukhamed Berkhamov | 1 | |||||||||
| Thad Jean[a] | KO | |||||||||
| Thad Jean | UD | |||||||||
| Logan Storley | 5 | |||||||||
| Joseph Luciano[b] | 3 | |||||||||
| Logan Storley | UD | |||||||||
| Logan Storley | UD | |||||||||
 Masayuki Kikuiri | 3 | |||||||||
 Giannis Bachar | 2 | |||||||||
| Masayuki Kikuiri | TKO | |||||||||
- Magomed Umalatov missed weight (173.6 lb) and he was removed from the tournament. Alternate fighter Joseph Luciano stepped in instead.
2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci[a] | 3 | |||||||||
| Brent Primus | SUB | |||||||||
| Brent Primus | 3 | |||||||||
| Alfie Davis | UD | |||||||||
| Clay Collard | 3 | |||||||||
| Alfie Davis | UD | |||||||||
| Alfie Davis | ||||||||||
| Gadzhi Rabadanov | ||||||||||
| Gadzhi Rabadanov | KO | |||||||||
 Marc Diakiese | 1 | |||||||||
| Gadzhi Rabadanov | TKO | |||||||||
| Kevin Lee[b] | 1 | |||||||||
 Jay-Jay Wilson | TKO | |||||||||
 Mads Burnell | 3 | |||||||||
- Alexandr Shabliy withdrew from the tournament due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci.
2025 PFL Featherweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Jesus Pinedo | TKO | |||||||||
 Ádám Borics | 1 | |||||||||
| Jesus Pinedo | TKO | |||||||||
| Gabriel Braga | 1 | |||||||||
| Gabriel Braga | SUB | |||||||||
| Frederik Dupras[a] | 1 | |||||||||
| Jesus Pinedo | 5 | |||||||||
| Movlid Khaybulaev | SUB | |||||||||
| Jeremy Kennedy | 3 | |||||||||
| Movlid Khaybulaev | SD | |||||||||
| Movlid Khaybulaev | UD | |||||||||
 Kim Tae-kyun | 3 | |||||||||
| Nathan Kelly | 1 | |||||||||
| Kim Tae-kyun | SUB | |||||||||
2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Leandro Higo | 3 | |||||||||
| Marcirley Alves[a] | SD | |||||||||
| Marcirley Alves | UD | |||||||||
| Jake Hadley | 3 | |||||||||
| Jake Hadley | SUB | |||||||||
| Matheus Mattos[b] | 3 | |||||||||
| Marcirley Alves | ||||||||||
| Justin Wetzell | ||||||||||
| Kasum Kasumov | 3 | |||||||||
| Justin Wetzell[c] | UD | |||||||||
| Justin Wetzell | UD | |||||||||
 Mando Gutierrez | 3 | |||||||||
 Francesco Nuzzi | 1 | |||||||||
| Mando Gutierrez[d] | SUB | |||||||||
- Magomed Magomedov withdrew from the tournament due to injury and was replaced by Josh Rettinghouse. In turn, Rettinghouse was not medically cleared and replaced by Marcirley Alves
2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Juliana Velasquez | 1 | |||||||||
 Ekaterina Shakalova[a] | SUB | |||||||||
| Ekaterina Shakalova | 2 | |||||||||
| Jena Bishop | SUB | |||||||||
| Kana Watanabe | 3 | |||||||||
| Jena Bishop | UD | |||||||||
| Jena Bishop | ||||||||||
| Liz Carmouche | ||||||||||
| Liz Carmouche | TKO | |||||||||
| Ilara Joanne | 1 | |||||||||
| Liz Carmouche | UD | |||||||||
| Elora Dana | 3 | |||||||||
| Elora Dana | SUB | |||||||||
| Diana Avsaragova | 1 | |||||||||
- Taila Santos withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Ekaterina Shakalova.
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2025 PFL Africa Tournament
2025 PFL Africa Heavyweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Paul-Emmanuel Gnaze[a] | 1 | |||||||||
| Abraham Bably | KO | |||||||||
| Abraham Bably | ||||||||||
 Joffie Houlton | ||||||||||
| Joffie Houlton[b] | DQ | |||||||||
 Abdoullah Kane | 1 | |||||||||
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 Justin Clarke | TKO | |||||||||
 Jashell Ticha Awa | 1 | |||||||||
| Justin Clarke | ||||||||||
| Maxwell Djantou Nana | ||||||||||
| Maxwell Djantou Nana | UD | |||||||||
| Mickaël Groguhe | 3 | |||||||||
2025 PFL Africa Welterweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Shido Boris Esperanca | ||||||||||
 Ibrahima Mané | ||||||||||
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| Ayinda Octave | ||||||||||
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 Sanon Sadeck | ||||||||||
 Yabna N'Tchalá | ||||||||||
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| Osvaldo
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| Emilios
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2025 PFL Africa Featherweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Patrick Ocheme | ||||||||||
 Mohamed Camara | ||||||||||
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| Elbert Lukas Steyn | ||||||||||
 Abderrahman Errachidy | ||||||||||
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| Wasi Adeshina | ||||||||||
| Jean-Jacques Lubaya | ||||||||||
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| Wilker
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 Dwight Joseph | ||||||||||
2025 PFL Africa Bantamweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Nkosi Ndebele | TKO | |||||||||
 Mahmoud Atef | 1 | |||||||||
| Nkosi Ndebele | ||||||||||
 Simbarashe Hokonya | ||||||||||
| Frans Mlambo[a] | 3 | |||||||||
| Simbarashe Hokonya | UD | |||||||||
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| Shannon van Tonder | 3 | |||||||||
| Boule Godogo | SD | |||||||||
| Boule Godogo | ||||||||||
 Karim Henniene | ||||||||||
| Asiashu Tshitamba[b] | 3 | |||||||||
| Karim Henniene | SD | |||||||||
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2025 PFL Europe Tournament
2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Decky McAleenan | 3 | |||||||||
 Gino van Steenis | UD | |||||||||
| Gino van Steenis | ||||||||||
| Claudio Pacella | ||||||||||
| Gavin Hughes | 3 | |||||||||
| Claudio Pacella | UD | |||||||||
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| Connor Hughes | KO | |||||||||
 Sebastien Di Franco | 1 | |||||||||
| Connor Hughes | ||||||||||
 Aleksandr Chizov | ||||||||||
 Mark Ewen | 1 | |||||||||
| Aleksandr Chizov | TKO | |||||||||
2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Mahio Campanella | UD | |||||||||
| Matiss Zaharovs | 3 | |||||||||
| Mahio Campanella | ||||||||||
 Gustavo Oliveira | ||||||||||
| Anas Azizoun | 1 | |||||||||
| Gustavo Oliveira | KO | |||||||||
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| Dean Garnett | UD | |||||||||
 Tuomas Grönvall[a] | 3 | |||||||||
| Dean Garnett | ||||||||||
 Jan Ciepłowski | ||||||||||
| Jan Ciepłowski | TKO | |||||||||
| Julien Lopez | 1 | |||||||||
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2025 PFL MENA Tournament
2025 PFL MENA Welterweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Omar Hussein | 3 | |||||||||
 Mohammad Alaqraa | UD | |||||||||
| Mohammad Alaqraa | ||||||||||
 Mohamed Zarey | ||||||||||
| Mohamed Zarey | UD | |||||||||
| Ayman Galal | 3 | |||||||||
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| Badreddine Diani | UD | |||||||||
| Ahmad Abdelbast Darwish | 3 | |||||||||
| Badreddine Diani | ||||||||||
 Amir Fazli | ||||||||||
 Rostem Akman | 2 | |||||||||
| Amir Fazli | KO | |||||||||
2025 PFL MENA Lightweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Mohsen Mohammadseifi | UD | |||||||||
| Ahmed El Sisy | 3 | |||||||||
| Mohsen Mohammadseifi | ||||||||||
| Mohammad Fahmi | ||||||||||
 Georges Eid | 1 | |||||||||
| Mohammad Fahmi | SUB | |||||||||
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| Salah Eddine Hamli | SUB | |||||||||
 Abbas Khan | 3 | |||||||||
| Salah Eddine Hamli | ||||||||||
| Souhil Taïri | ||||||||||
| Abdullah Saleem | TKO | |||||||||
| Souhil Taïri | 2 | |||||||||
2025 PFL MENA Featherweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Akram Nasri[a] | 3 | |||||||||
| Islam Reda | SUB | |||||||||
| Islam Reda | ||||||||||
| Taha Bendaoud | ||||||||||
| Drissi Boualem[b] | 1 | |||||||||
| Taha Bendaoud | SUB | |||||||||
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 Izzeddine Al-Derbani | – | |||||||||
| Yanis Ghemmouri | BYE[c] | |||||||||
| Yanis
Ghemmouri | ||||||||||
| Assem Ghanem | ||||||||||
| Hussein Salem | 3 | |||||||||
| Assem Ghanem | UD | |||||||||
2025 PFL MENA Bantamweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Xavier Alaoui | UD | |||||||||
| Ziad Ayman Mokhtar | 3 | |||||||||
| Xavier Alaoui | ||||||||||
| Islam Youssef | ||||||||||
| Benyamin Ghahraman[a] | 2 | |||||||||
| Islam Youssef[b] | KO | |||||||||
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| Moktar Benkaci | TKO | |||||||||
| Marcel Adur | 1 | |||||||||
| Moktar Benkaci | ||||||||||
| Nawras Abzakh | ||||||||||
| Nawras Abzakh | KO | |||||||||
| Ali Yazbeck | 2 | |||||||||
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References
External links
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