PFL semifinal predictions: Who moves on at heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight?
Check out our staff members' picks and analysis for the PFL heavyweight, light heavyweight and middleweight semifinals in Chicago.
The PFL semifinals continue this week with heavyweights, light heavyweights and middleweights looking for trips to the finals.
2025 PFL World Tournament 7 (ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.
Oleg Popov vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Alexandr Romanov
Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Simeon Powell
Aaron Jeffery vs. Dalton Rosta
Sullivan Cauley vs. Phil Davis
Fabian Edwards vs. Josh Silveira
Individual staff member semifinal picks
Readers 85-53: Edwards 75, Davis 86, Rosta 56, Powell 63, Romanov 65, Popov 81
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