PFL Schedule For April 2025 Includes Three World Tournament Cards
The Professional Fighters League has not held an event since January of this year when the promotion presented a PFL Champions Series fight card that was headlined by a spectacular title fight between Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes. The promotion is back with a strong slate of events for April 2025. This month, the PFL is scheduled to hold three 2025 World Tournament fight cards featuring first-round matchups in the following weight divisions: welterweight, featherweight, bantamweight, women's flyweight, middleweight, and lightweight. Below, we look at the full PFL schedule for April 2025.
The 2025 PFL tournament is different from past events. The previous iterations awarded the winner of each weight division with $1 million. This year, the tournament winners will earn $500,000.
Another difference in 2025 is that the tournament is structured as a single-elimination bracketed event. In the past, fighters earned points in two regular-season bouts, with the highest point earners moving onto the playoffs. This year, eight fighters (and two alternates) have been seeded in a tournament bracket, with the winners moving on to the next round.
Another change is that eight weight divisions are competing rather than six: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight bantamweight, and women's flyweight.
One of the more substantial changes is that all fights will now allow elbows.
The first-round fights and semifinal fights will be three five-minute rounds, while the finals are five five-minute rounds.
PFL World Championship 2024 Fight Card Results - Winners And Losers
The first round matchups for the welterweight and featherweight divisions take place on Thursday, April 3 from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The prelims begin at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+, while the main card starts at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN+
Welterweight First Round Bout: Jason Jackson (18-5) vs. Andrey Koreshkov (28-5)
Featherweight First Round Bout: Jesus Pinedo (23-6) vs. Adam Borics (19-2)
Welterweight First Round Bout: Magomed Umalatov (17-1)vs. Logan Storley (16-3)
Featherweight First Round Bout: Jeremy Kennedy (19-4)vs. Movlid Khaybulaev (21-0-1)
Welterweight First Round Bout: Mukhamed Berkhamov (17-2)vs. Florim Zendeli (10-1-1)
Featherweight First Round Bout: Gabriel Braga (15-2)vs. Yves Landu (21-9)
Welterweight First Round Bout: Giannis Bachar (9-2)vs. Masayuki Kikuiri (10-2-1)
Featherweight First Round Bout: Nathan Kelly (11-3) vs. Taekyun Kim (10-1)
Welterweight Alternate Bout: Joseph Luciano (10-2) vs. Thad Jean (8-0)
Featherweight Alternate Bout: Fred Dupras (8-1) vs. Nathan Ghareeb (10-3)
The first round matchups for the bantamweight and women's flyweight divisions take place on Friday, April 11 from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The prelims begin at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN+, while the main card starts at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN+
Bantamweight First Round Bout: Magomed Magomedov (20-3)vs. Leandro Higo (23-6)
Women's Flyweight First Round Bout: Taila Santos (24-4)vs. Juliana Velasquez (13-3)
Bantamweight First Round Bout: Savarjon Khamidov (16-0)vs. Jake Hadley (11-4)
Bantamweight First Round Bout: Ciaran Clarke (10-0)vs. Kasum Kasumov (16-1)
Women's Flyweight First Round Bout: Liz Carmouche (22-8)vs. Ilara Joanna (12-9)
Bantamweight First Round Bout: Ali Taleb (11-1)vs. Zebenzui Ruiz (12-3)
Women's Flyweight First Round Bout: Kana Watanabe (13-3-1)vs. Jena Bishop (7-2)
Women's Flyweight First Round Bout: Elora Dana (7-0) vs. Diana Avsaragova (6-1)
Bantamweight AlternateBout: Francesco Nuzzi (10-1) vs. Matheus Mattos (14-3-1)
Women's Flyweight Alternate Bout: Ekaterina Shakalova (8-2) vs. Saray Orozco (8-6)
The first round matchups for the middleweight and lightweight divisions take place on Friday, April 18 from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The prelims begin at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+, while the main card starts at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+
Middleweight First Round Bout: Impa Kasanganay (18-5) vs. Fabian Edwards (13-4)
Lightweight First Round Bout: Alexander Shabliy (24-4) vs. Brent Primus (15-4-0, 1 NC)
Lightweight First Round Bout: Gadzhi Rabadanov (24-4-2) vs. Marc Diakiese (18-7)
Lightweight First Round Bout: Mads Burnell (20-6) vs. Jay-Jay Wilson (10-1)
Middleweight First Round Bout: Sadibou Sy (17-8-2, 1 NC ) vs. Dalton Rosta (9-1)
Middleweight First Round Bout: Josh Silveira (13-4) vs. Mike Shipman (17-4)
Lightweight First Round Bout: Clay Collard (25-14) vs. Alfie Davis (17-4-1)
Middleweight First Round Bout: Aaron Jeffery (15-5) vs. Murad Ramazanov (12-2)
Middleweight Alternate Bout: Khalid Murtazaliev (17-3) vs. Jordan Newman (7-0)
Lightweight Alternate Bout: Sergio Cossio (27-10-1) vs. Robert Watley (15-3)
*Cards are subject to change
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We will have full coverage of the PFL schedule for April 2025 as well as all PFL 2025 World Tournament fight cards including event odds before the fights and live results and reactions on fight night.
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