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USA Today
16-04-2025
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USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, April 15: UFC 314 results in multiple upward shifts
USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, April 15: UFC 314 results in multiple upward shifts UFC 314 was a major card – with major impacts. Coming out of Saturday's fight card in Miami, multiple fighters shifted upward in the official USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings including Paddy Pimblett, Jean Silva, Virna Jandiroba, and Dominick Reyes. Additionally, another impactful (though lesser so) fight card took place in the Sunshine State. 2025 PFL World Tournament 2 featured wins from Liz Carmouche and Ekaterina Shakalova. Check out all the latest pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings.
USA Today
12-04-2025
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2025 PFL World Tournament 2 video: Liz Carmouche steamrolls Ilara Joanne in 85 seconds
Even after all these years, Liz Carmouche is still doing her thing – and doing it well. At Friday's 2025 PFL World Tournament 2 event in Orlando, Fla., Carmouche (23-8) made quick work of Ilara Joanne (12-10), as she finished the Brazilian fighter with ground-and-pound strikes for a stoppage at 1:25 of Round 2. Carmouche quickly dragged the fight to the canvas where she unloaded a barrage of body elbows and hammerfists until Joanne covered up and referee Josh Rutgers intervened. With the win, Carmouche advances to the women's flyweight semifinal June 20 vs. Elora Dana (8-0) in Wichita, Kan. Liz Carmouche unleashes a relentless barrage of brutal body shots for the WIN!#PFLWorldTournament LIVE NOW 🇺🇸 ESPN2 / ESPN+ 🌎 — PFL (@PFLMMA) April 12, 2025 Carmouche, 41, moves to 10-1 since UFC release in 2019. She won Bellator gold and defended it three times prior to the PFL merger. In the 2024 season format, she went 3-0 ahead of the final, which she missed weight for and lost to Taila Santos in. Up-to-the-minute 2025 PFL 2 results include: For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for 2025 PFL World Tournament 2.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
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2025 PFL World Tournament 2 video: Ekaterina Shakalova runs through Juliana Velasquez in upset
Ekaterina Shakalova never counted herself out. While the oddsmakers may have, Shakalova (9-2) proved them all wrong when she submitted former Bellator champion Juliana Velasquez (13-4) on Friday at 2025 PFL World Tournament 2. The tap came at 2:05 of Round 1. With the upset victory, Ukraine's Shakalova advances to the semifinal round where she will face Jena Bishop on June 20 in Wichita, Kan. She bounces back from a loss to Aspen Ladd in May 2024. After the fight, Shakalova celebrated by dancing and eating a cinnamon roll in the cage. 💣 BRACKET. BUSTED. 💣 🇺🇦 Ekaterina Shakalova just stunned the world#PFLWorldTournament LIVE NOW 🇺🇸 ESPN+ 🌎 — PFL (@PFLMMA) April 12, 2025 No necks and no cinnamon rolls are safe around Ekaterina Shakalova!#PFLWorldTournament LIVE NOW 🇺🇸 ESPN+ 🌎 — PFL (@PFLMMA) April 12, 2025 Velasquez, 38, has now lost four of her most recent five fights after a 12-0 start. Up-to-the-minute 2025 PFL 2 results include: Ekaterina Shakalova def. Juliana Velasquez via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round Jake Hadley def. Matheus Mattos via submission (twister) – Round 3, 2:16 Jena Bishop def. Kana Watanabe via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Elora Dana def. Diana Avsaragova via submission (neck crank) – Round 1, 4:48 For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for 2025 PFL World Tournament 2. This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: 2025 PFL World Tournament 2 video: Ekaterina Shakalova runs through Juliana Velasquez in upset
USA Today
12-04-2025
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- USA Today
2025 PFL World Tournament 2 video: Ekaterina Shakalova runs through Juliana Velasquez in upset
Ekaterina Shakalova never counted herself out. While the oddsmakers may have, Shakalova (9-2) proved them all wrong when she submitted former Bellator champion Juliana Velasquez (13-4) on Friday at 2025 PFL World Tournament 2. The tap came at 2:05 of Round 1. With the upset victory, Ukraine's Shakalova advances to the semifinal round where she will face Jena Bishop on June 20 in Wichita, Kan. She bounces back from a loss to Aspen Ladd in May 2024. After the fight, Shakalova celebrated by dancing and eating a cinnamon roll in the cage. No necks and no cinnamon rolls are safe around Ekaterina Shakalova!#PFLWorldTournament LIVE NOW 🇺🇸 ESPN+ 🌎 — PFL (@PFLMMA) April 12, 2025 Velasquez, 38, has now lost four of her most recent five fights after a 12-0 start. Up-to-the-minute 2025 PFL 2 results include: For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for 2025 PFL World Tournament 2.
USA Today
12-04-2025
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- USA Today
2025 PFL World Tournament 2 video: Jake Hadley pulls off incredible Scottish twister in first fight after UFC release
Jake Hadley immediately turned some heads in his PFL debut. In his first fight following his UFC release, Hadley (12-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) defeated Matheus Mattos (14-4-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) on Friday at 2025 PFL 2 in Orlando, Fla via a rare Scottish twister submission at 2:16 of Round 3. The victory advanced Hadley to the semifinal of the promotion's bantamweight tournament. He'll compete June 20 in Wichita, Kansas. With the win, bounces back into the win column after a 1-3 stretch that led to his UFC exit. Mattos, a Patricio 'Pitbull' training partner, falls into a two-fight skid. Up-to-the-minute 2025 PFL 2 results include: For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for 2025 PFL World Tournament 2.
