PFL Reveals Full First-Round Matchups For New Single-Elimination Tournament

The PFL announced that the company would be altering its former regular-season format in lieu of a new single-elimination world tournament. The new tournament boasts a total of $25 million in purses given out.

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The total weight classes come to eight, and a total of 64 fighters aim to land a shot at winning their respective divisions. The PFL has finally released the full first-round matchups for all weight classes.

Each fight will be “win and move on,” putting some extra pressure on the bouts, but it also adds a level playing field for all the combatants. Though there are fighters in each weight class that have been previous champions, it doesn’t mean they are guaranteed to win.

Middleweight contender Impa Kasanganay spoke to Newsweek Sports in an exclusive interview about the tournament format, stating:

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“I am excited about the clarity of it. The one and done. You win, you move forward. You lose, you stay home. It’s easier for the fans to understand. The people who support us. The fighters get it. Let’s say you knock a person out, the other person gets knocked out… like last time, everybody in the first round, all the light heavyweights got a first-round finishes … I think it takes away the speculation.”

Here are all the upcoming bouts:

Welterweight:

Jason Jackson vs Andrey Koreshkov

Mukhamed Berkhamov vs Florim Zendeli

Magomed Umalatov vs Logan Storley

Giannis Bachar vs Masayuki Kikuiri

Featherweight:

Jesus Pinedo vs Adam Borics

Gabriel Braga vs Yves Landu

Jeremy Kennedy vs Movlid Khaybulaev

Nathan Kelly vs Sang Won Kim

Bantamweight:

Magomed Magomedov vs Leandro Higo

Sarvarjon Khamidov vs Jake Hadley

Ciaran Clarke vs Kasum Kasumov

Zebenzui Ruiz vs Ali Taleb

Women’s Flyweight:

Taila Santos vs Juliana Velasquez

Kana Watanabe vs Jena Bishop

Liz Carmouche vs Ilara Joanne

Elora Dana vs Diana Avsaragova

Middleweight:

Impa Kasanganay vs Fabian Edwards

Josh Silveira vs Mike Shipman

Sadibou Sy vs Dalton Rosta

Aaron Jeffery vs Murad Ramazanov

Lightweight:

Alexander Shabliy vs Brent Primus

Clay Collard vs Alfie Davis

Gadzhi Rabadanov vs Marc Diakiese

Mads Burnell vs Jay Jay Wilson

Light Heavyweight:

Phil Davis vs Rob Wilkinson

Sullivan Cauley vs Marcelo Nunes

Antonio Carlos Jr. vs Karl Moore

Karl Albrektsson vs Simeon Powell

Heavyweight:

Valentin Moldavsky vs Sergey Bilostenniy

Alexander Romanov vs Tim Johnson

Pouya Rahmani vs Abraham Bably

Linton Vassell vs Oleg Popov

The new single-elimination tournament will kick off in April, followed by the semifinals, which start in June. The dates and locations are as follows:

2025 PFL World Tournament 1: First Round – April 3 – Universal Studios Florida, Stage 19

2025 PFL World Tournament 2: First Round – April 11 – Universal Studios Florida, Stage 19

2025 PFL World Tournament 3: First Round – April 18 – Universal Studios Florida, Stage 19

2025 PFL World Tournament 4: First Round – May 1 – Universal Studios Florida, Stage 19

2025 PFL World Tournament 5: Semifinals – June 12 – Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville

2025 PFL World Tournament 6: Semifinals – June 20 – INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita

2025 PFL World Tournament 7: Semifinals – June 27 – Wintrust Arena, Chicago

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