2025-04-10 00:00 - Martial Arts Kleinanzeigen™

PFL Unveils MENA Tourney Lineup Starting May 9 in Saudi Arabia

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بطولة "PFL MENA" | الجمعة، 9 مايو | جدة، المملكة العربية السعودية | مباشر على منصة "STARZPLAY"#نصنع_التاريخ #السعودية pic.twitter.com/ePKvh06IWL — PFL MENA (@PFLMENA) April 4, 2025 The Professional Fighters League is doubling down when it comes to developing lightweight talent.

The tournament-based organization released on Thursday the complete lineup for its May 9 event in Saudi Arabia. PFL MENA 1: 2025 First Round will take place at the Onyx Arena in the nation’s second-largest city of Jeddah, with 145ers and 155ers on tap. The champs of these two single-elimination brackets will receive a belt for winning the tournament as well as a potential opportunity to be called up for the $500,000 Global season.

Fighters only get one shot! Watch the PFL World Tournament LIVE Friday, April 11 at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2..

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PFL World Tournament 2 Weigh-in Results: New Main Event Set; 1 Fighter Heavy

Your new #PFLWorldTournament 2️⃣Main Event

•Josh Rettinghouse is not cleared to fight and is off the card•Marcirley Alves (alternate) replaces Rettinghouse in the main event

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: Leandro Higo vs Marcirley Alves

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: Early Card… pic.twitter.com/cSzjQbWvJu

— PFL (@PFLMMA) April 10, 2025 The Professional Fighters League's 2025 World Tournament continues on Friday, albeit with a new main event, as the first round of the men's bantamweight and women's flyweight tournaments kick off. The new headliner will see bantamweight Leandro Higo take on Marcirley Alves, who is stepping up as an alternate and replacing Josh Rettinghouse after the American was not cleared to fight. A former Bellator standout, Higo (23-6) will take on the 25-year-old Alves (12-4) in his promotional debut. At 36 years of age, this could mark one of the final high-level runs for "Pitbull," who is coming off back-to-back wins ove…

Global Fight League Cancels Debut Events Scheduled for May

It appears that the Global Fight League might be going under before it could even get off the ground.

The fledgling mixed martial arts promotion has canceled its first two events that were scheduled for May 24 and May 25 at the Shrine Auditorium in Las Angeles. The GFL only officially announced the two fight cards — featuring many prominent veterans and a total of 31 bouts — last week. Yahoo! Sports was first to report the cancellation, which was confirmed by California State Athletic Commission executive director Andy Foster.

GFL 1 was supposed to be headlined by a trilogy bout between Urijah Faber and Renan Barao, while GFL 2 was topped by a clash pitting Tony Ferguson against Dillon Danis. The promotion was planning a team-based format with squads based in Los Angeles, New York, London, Dubai, Sao Paulo and Miami. All told, the cards were expected to featured 42 UFC veterans and a number of former UFC and Bellator MMA champions.

GFL fou…