Professional Fighters League has officially revealed the
fighters who will compete in the upcoming welterweight and
featherweight tournaments.
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The welterweight division is highlighted by former Bellator
MMA champion Jason
Jackson, who won eight consecutive fights before relinquishing
the belt to Ramazan
Kuramagomedov in a unanimous decision defeat at Bellator
Champions Series Dublin last year. Also part of the field is
Magomed
Umalatov, who reached the welterweight finals of the 2024 PFL
season, where he suffered a third-round technical knockout loss to
Shamil
Musaev. Former Bellator 170-pound champion Andrey
Koreshkov and ex-interim title holder Logan
Storley will also be part of the bracket.
Meanwhile, the featherweight field features the return of 2023 PFL
champion Jesus
Pinedo, who did not compete at all in 2024. Pinedo’s opponent
in the 2023 finals, Gabriel
Braga, is also part of the 2024 lineup. Another featherweight
favorite figures to be Movlid
Khaybulaev, who is unbeaten in 23 professional bouts but hasn’t
fought since June 2023.
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 revealed on March 11 as part of a
special bracket reveal show, according to a release.
“The PFL World Tournament is the toughest test in MMA, where
fighters have one shot to win and advance,” said PFL CEO Peter
Murray. “Our welterweight and deatherweight divisions are stacked
with world-class talent, each athlete facing a high-stakes,
single-elimination path to greatness.”
Welterweight Division— 2025 PFL World
Tournament
Jason
Jackson – Jamaica
Magomed
Umalatov – Russia
Andrey
Koreshkov– Russia
Logan
Storley – United States
Mukhamed
Berkhamov – Russia
Florim
Zendeli – Albania
Giannis
Bachar – Greece
Masayuki
Kikuiri – Japan
Alternate: Dmytrii
Hrytsenko – Ukraine
Alternate: Joseph
Luciano – Australia
Featherweight Division – 2025 PFL World
Tournament
Jesus
Pinedo – Peru
Gabriel
Braga – Brazil
Adam
Borics – Hungary
Movlid
Khaybulaev – Russia
Jeremy
Kennedy – Canada
Yves
Landu – France
Nathan
Kelly – Ireland
Tae
Kyun Kim – South Korea
Alternate: Frederik
Dupras – Canada
Alternate: Nathan
Ghareeb – United States