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The entire lineup for the 2025
Professional Fighters League World Tournament is now in
place.
On Wednesday, the promotion announced the rosters for the eight-man
brackets at heavyweight and light heavyweight. Two alternates were
also set for the 205-pound field. Alternates at heavyweight were
not provided.
The heavyweight lineup includes the Oleg Popov,
who fell to Denis
Goltsov in the 2024 PFL finals and Alexander
Romanov, who went 7-3 in the
UFC before being released from the Las Vegas-based
organization. Former Bellator
MMA interim heavyweight king Valentin
Moldavsky will also be a participant.
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Meanwhile, former Bellator champ and longtime UFC veteran Phil Davis
headlines the 205-pound roster. The tournament will also feature a
pair of former PFL champions in Rob
Wilkinson and Antonio
Carlos Jr.
The 2025 PFL World Tournament will begin with events on April 3,
April 11, April 18 and May 1 at the backlot of Universal Studios
Florida in Orlando. The winner of each bracket will receive a
$500,000 bonus, and the tournament as a whole will provide payouts
of more than $20 million. Events will be broadcast on the family of
ESPN platforms in the United States.
Tournament matchups will be announced on March 11 as part of a
special bracket reveal show.
Heavyweight Division – 2025 PFL World
Tournament
Valentin
Moldavsky – Russia
Alexander
Romanov – Moldova
Oleg
Popov – Russia
Linton
Vassell – England
Sergey
Bilostenniy – Russia
Tim
Johnson – United States
Pouya
Rahmani – United Arab Emirates
Abraham
Bably – England
Light Heavyweight Division – 2025 PFL World
Tournament
Phil
Davis – United States
Rob
Wilkinson – Australia
Karl
Moore – Ireland
Marcelo
Nunes – Brazil
Antonio
Carlos Jr. – Brazil
Simeon
Powell – England
Karl
Albrektsson – Sweden
Sullivan
Cauley – United States
Alternate: Alex
Polizzi – United States
Alternate: Rafael
Xavier – Germany