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USA Today
16-05-2025
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- USA Today
PFL loses main event quarterfinal as Jay Jay Wilson injured ahead of Gadzhi Rabadnov fight
Jay Jay Wilson is out of the 2025 PFL World Tournament. After suffering a broken jaw, Wilson (11-1) has withdrawn from his lightweight quarterfinal vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov (25-4-2) that was scheduled to be the main event June 20 at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kan. "Broke my jaw," Wilson posted on his Instagram Stories, along with a photos of an X-ray and himself in a hospital bed. "Unfortunately I will not be fighting June 20th but I'm good." It's unclear what the promotion's plans are for a replacement. A lightweight alternate bout between Antonio Caruso (10-2) and Vinicius Cenci (8-3) had previously been announced for the card. With Rabdanov vs. TBA on one side of the bracket, the other side of the bracket features Alfie Davis (18-5-1) vs. Brent Primus (16-4). The lightweight semifinals are featured alongside the women's flyweight tournament fights. The updated 2025 PFL World Tournament 6 card includes:
USA Today
09-05-2025
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- USA Today
UFC veterans competing in MMA action May 9-10
UFC veterans competing in MMA action May 9-10 Check out which veterans of the UFC are competing in combat sports across the globe this week. This week, the UFC returns to Canada for its May pay-per-view event. UFC 315 takes place at Bell Center in Montreal. The event features two title fights: a welterweight championship fight between Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena, and a women's flyweight championship between Valentina Shevchenko and Manon Fiorot. Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place, featuring several familiar names who have competed under the UFC banner. Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing May 9-10. Scroll below to see how the UFC veterans fared last week, and see the names and details of this weekend's competitors. Upcoming event information from Tapology. Last week's results Karl Williams: Split decision loss vs. Oleg Popov at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Tim Johnson: Submission loss vs. Alexandr Romanov at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Rodrigo Nascimento: Split decision win vs. Abraham Bably at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Alexandr Romanov: Submission win vs. Tim Johnson at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Antonio Carlos Jr.: Split decision win vs. Karl Moore at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Rob Wilkinson: TKO loss vs. Phil Davis at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Phil Davis: TKO win vs. Rob Wilkinson at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Muhammad Mokaev: Knockout win vs. Bolat Zamanbekov at Karate Combat 54 (karate) Sam Alvey: Knockout win vs. Tyrone Spong at Karate Combat 54 (karate) Hunter Azure: Unanimous decision win vs. Alvaro Quiroga at United Fight League 6 Kyle Stewart: Submission loss vs. Randall Wallace at United Fight League 6 Lipeng Zhang: Unanimous decision loss vs. Lucas Gabriel at ONE Fight Night 31 Bruno Souza: Submission win vs. Hector Fajardo at Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 27 Gustavo Lopez: TKO win vs. Simon Bruknar at PML 15 Chase Sherman: May 3 vs. Demarcus Kemp at Off the Hook Boxing Series 1 (boxing) – official results pending Rashad Coulter: May 3 vs. Andres Montoya at Cinco de Mayo Showdown (boxing) – official results pending John Dodson: Unanimous decision loss vs. Takaki Soya at Rizin: Oromo Matsuri Yanis Ghemmouri (12-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Next fight: May 9 vs. Izzeddine Al Durban at 2025 PFL MENA 1 Last MMA fight (also last UFC bout): TKO loss vs. Payton Talbott at UFC 303 on June 29, 2024 Record since UFC exit: 0-0 Michel Prazeres (27-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) Next fight: May 10 vs. Evgeniy Galochkin at ACA 186 Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Renat Lyatifov at ACA 175 on May 17, 2024 Last UFC fight: Submission loss vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC Fight Night 190 on June 26, 2021 Record since UFC exit: 1-2 Maxim Grishin (33-10-2 MMA, 2-3 UFC) Next fight: May 10 vs. Evgeny Egemberdiev at ACA 186 Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision win vs. Oleg Olenichev at ACA 182 on Dec. 15, 2024 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Philipe Lins at UFC on ESPN 46 on June 3, 2023Record since UFC exit: 1-0 (1 NC) Hacran Dias (27-12 -1 MMA, 3-5 UFC) Next fight: May 10 vs. Marat Balaev at ACA 186 Last MMA fight: TKO loss vs. Abdul-Rakhman Temirov at ACA 179 on Sept. 8, 2024 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Jared Gordon at UFC Fight Night 119 on Oct. 28, 2017 Record since UFC exit: 4-6 Mickael Lebout (24-12-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) Next fight: May 10 vs. Amin Ayoub at KSW 106 Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision win vs. Romain Debienne at KSW 101 on Dec. 20, 2024 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Stevie Ray at UFC Fight Night 76 on Oct. 24, 2015 Record since UFC exit: 10-7-1 Cody Pfister (16-10-1 MMA, 1-3 UFC) Next fight: May 10 vs. Chance Beck at Peak Fighting 44 Last MMA fight: Submission loss vs. Chance Beck at Peak Fighting 34 on March 16, 2024 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Scott Holtzman at UFC Fight Night 91 on July 13, 2016 Record since UFC exit: 4-4 MMA, 1-1 kickboxing Jose Johnson (16-10 MMA, 1-3 UFC) Next fight: May 10 vs. Jovanis Rodriguez at WFC 175 Last MMA fight (also last UFC bout): Submission loss vs. Felipe Bunes at UFC Fight Night 249 on Jan. 11, 2025 Record since UFC exit: 0-0 Anthony Hamilton (21-12 MMA, 3-7 UFC)
USA Today
02-05-2025
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- USA Today
2025 PFL 4 video: Phil Davis TKOs Rob Wilkinson for first finish in six years
2025 PFL 4 video: Phil Davis TKOs Rob Wilkinson for first finish in six years Phil Davis hadn't fought in nearly two years when he stepped into the cage Thursday in Orlando, Fla., but it sure didn't look like it. In the 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 main event, Davis (25-7) picked up his first finish since 2019 when he sniped Rob Wilkinson (19-4) with an overhand right and ended the fight with more punches. The stoppage came 51 seconds into Round 2. Davis, 40, advances to the semifinal round where he'll face Sullivan Cauley (7-1), who won by first-round TKO earlier on the card. Thursday's fight was Davis' first since June 16, 2023. It also marked his PFL debut, following the promotion's absorption of Bellator. Davis has now won three of his most recent four outings. Wilkinson, 33, has lost back-to-back fights. Full 2025 PFL 4 results 2024 PFL World Tournament photo gallery
USA Today
01-05-2025
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- USA Today
UFC veterans in MMA, boxing and karate action May 1-4
UFC veterans in MMA, boxing and karate action May 1-4 Check out which veterans of the UFC are competing in combat sports across the globe this week. This week, the UFC travels to Des Moines, Iowa, for a Fight Night event. UFC on ESPN 67 takes place at Wells Fargo Arena. The event features a bantamweight main event between Cory Sandhagen and Deiveson Figueiredo. Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place, featuring several familiar names who have competed under the UFC banner. Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing May 1-4. Scroll below to see how the UFC veterans fared last week, and see the names and details of this weekend's competitors. Upcoming event information from Tapology. Last week's results Carlos Huachin: Unanimous decision win vs. Paulo Portillo at FFC 89 Daniel Lacerda: TKO loss vs. Andrew Garrett at Tuff-N-Uff 143 Joshua Weems: TKO loss vs. Kai Kamaka at Tuff-N-Uff 143 Kai Kamaka: TKO win vs. Joshua Weems at Tuff-N-Uff 143 Gadzhi Omargadzhiev: April 26 vs. Julio Spadaccini at Core FC 1 – official results pending Francisco Figueiredo: April 26 vs. Dzhamaludin Aliev at Core FC 1 – official results pending John Allan: TKO loss vs. James Webb at Cage Warriors 188 Mallory Martin: Unanimous decision win vs. Eva Dourthe at Oktagon 70 Krzysztof Jotko: Unanimous decision win vs. Ion Surdu at Oktagon 70 Chris Camozzi: Unanimous decision win vs. Andrea Bicchi at BKFC 73 (bareknuckle boxing) Shunichi Shimizu: Submission win vs. Tomoya Omura at Roman II Will Chope: Submission loss vs. Maike Oura at Roman II Hatsu Hioki: Unanimous decision win vs. Alexandre Franca Noguiera at Roman II Reginaldo Vieira: Unanimous decision loss vs. Ruslan Amuev at JCK Kings 008 Karl Williams (10-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) Next fight: May 1 vs. Oleg Popov at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Last MMA fight (also last UFC bout): Unanimous decision loss vs. Jhonata Diniz at UFC on ESPN 61 on Aug. 10, 2024 Record since UFC exit: 0-0 Tim Johnson (18-11 MMA, 4-3 UFC) Next fight: May 1 vs. Alexandr Romanov at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Last MMA fight: Submission loss vs. Vadim Nemkov at PFL Road to Dubai on Jan. 25, 2025 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision win vs. Marcelo Golm at UFC Fight Night 125 on Feb. 3, 2018 Record since UFC exit: 6-7 Rodrigo Nascimento (11-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) Next fight: May 1 vs. Abraham Bably at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Last MMA fight (also last UFC bout): Unanimous Decision loss vs. Alexandr Romanov at UFC Fight Night 246 on Nov. 2, 2024 Record since UFC exit: 0-0 Alexandr Romanov (18-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) Next fight: May 1 vs. Tim Johnson at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Last MMA fight (also last UFC bout): Unanimous decision win vs. Rodrigo Nascimento at UFC Fight Night 246 on Nov. 2, 2024 Record since UFC exit: 0-0 Antonio Carlos Junior (16-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC) Next fight: May 1 vs. Karl Moore at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Alex Polizzi at 2024 PFL 5 on June 21, 2024 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Brad Tavares at UFC 257 on Jan. 23, 2021 Record since UFC exit: 6-1 (1 NC) Rob Wilkinson (19-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Next fight: May 1 vs. Phil Davis at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Dovlet Yagshimuradov at 2024 PFL Playoffs on Aug. 16, 2024 Last UFC fight: TKO loss vs. Israel Adesanya at UFC 221 on Feb. 10, 2018 Record since UFC exit: 8-1 (1 NC) MMA, 1-0 boxing, 2-0 kickboxing Phil Davis (24-7 MMA, 9-3 UFC) Next fight: May 1 vs. Rob Wilkinson at 2025 PFL World Tournament 4 Last MMA fight: Split decision loss vs. Corey Anderson at Bellator 297 on June 16, 2023 Last UFC fight: Split decision loss vs. Ryan Bader at UFC on FOX 14 on Jan. 24, 2015 Record since UFC exit: 11-4 Muhammad Mokaev (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) Next fight: May 2 vs. Bolat Zamanbekov at Karate Combat 54 (karate) Last MMA fight: Submission win vs. Joevincent So at Brave CF 91 on Dec. 13, 2024 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision win vs. Manel Kape at UFC 304 on July 27, 2024 Record since UFC exit: 1-0 Sam Alvey (34-18-1 MMA, 10-13-1 UFC) Next fight: May 2 vs. Tyrone Spong at Karate Combat 54 (karate) Last MMA fight: TKO win vs. Cameron Graham at May 27, 2023 Last UFC fight: KO loss vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC on ESPN 40 on Aug. 6, 2022 Record since UFC exit: 1-0 MMA, 3-0 (1 NC) karate Hunter Azure (12-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) Next fight: May 2 vs. Alvaro Quiroga at United Fight League 6 Last MMA fight: Submission win vs. Joel Haro at Fierce FC 36 on Dec. 13, 2024 Last UFC fight: Split decision loss vs. Jack Shore at UFC on ABC 2 on April 10, 2021 Record since UFC exit: 3-2 Kyle Stewart (15-6 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Next fight: May 2 vs. Randall Wallace at United Fight League 6 Last MMA fight: TKO loss vs. Lorenz Larkin at Bellator 280 on May 6, 2022 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Erik Koch at UFC 240 on July 27, 2019 Record since UFC exit: 4-3 Lipeng Zhang (35-13-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) Next fight: May 2 vs. Lucas Gabriel at ONE Fight Night 31 Last MMA fight: TKO win vs. Hiroyuki Tetsuka at ONE Fight Night 28 on Feb. 7, 2025 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Kajan Johnson at UFC Fight Night 66 on May 16, 2015 Record since UFC exit: 26-4-1 Bruno Souza (13-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Next fight: May 2 vs. Hector Fajardo at Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 27 Last MMA fight: Decision win vs. Erick Sanchez at Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 23 on July 26, 2024 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Luis Saldana at UFC on ESPN 33 on March 26, 2022 Record since UFC exit: 3-1 MMA, 3-3 karate Gustavo Lopez (14-8-1 MMA, 1-2-1 UFC) Next fight: May 3 vs. Simon Bruknar at PML 15 Last MMA fight: TKO win vs. Denis Tripansky at PML 13 on Jan. 25, 2025 Last UFC fight: Unanimous draw vs. Alateng Heili at UFC Fight Night 192 on Sept. 18, 2021 Record since UFC exit: 2-2 Chase Sherman (16-12 MMA, 4-11 UFC) Next fight: May 3 vs. Demarcus Kemp at Off the Hook Boxing Series 1 (boxing) Last MMA fight (also last UFC bout): Unanimous decision loss vs. Karl Williams at UFC on ABC 4 on May 13, 2023 Record since UFC exit: 2-1 bareknuckle MMA Rashad Coulter (9-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) Next fight: May 3 vs. Andres Montoya at Cinco de Mayo Showdown (boxing) Last MMA fight: TKO loss vs. Ike Villanueva at Fury FC 40 on Dec. 13, 2019 Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision win vs. Yaozong Hu at UFC Fight Night 141 on Nov. 24, 2018 Record since UFC exit: 0-1 MMA, 0-1 muay Thai, 1-5 boxing, 2-1 bareknuckle boxing John Dodson (24-14 MMA, 10-7 UFC)
Forbes
18-04-2025
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- Forbes
PFL World Championship 3: How To Watch Or Stream Tonight's Fight Card
The third fight card of the 2025 PFL World Tournament takes place tonight, Friday April 18, at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The fight card feature the opening round matchups in the lightweight and middleweight divisions and includes three former PFL tournament winners in competition, including Impa Kasanganay who faces former Bellator title challenger Fabian Edwards in the main event contest. Below, we look at how to watch or stream the 2025 PFL World Tournament 3 fight card. The main event of the PFL World Tournament 3 fight card features 2023 light heavyweight tournament winner, and 2024 PFL 2105-pound tournament finalist, Impa Kasanganay vs. former Bellator title middleweight title challenger Fabian Edwards. Winner of the 2024 lightweight tournament, Gadzhi Rabadanov faces former UFC fighter Marc Diakiese on Friday's main card. Also on the card is 2022 welterweight PFL tournament winner Sadibou Sy. Sy was also a finalist in that weight division in 2023. Another former tournament finalist, Clay Collard, who made it to the lightweight finals in 2023, meets Alfie Davis on the main card. The man Rabadanov defeated in the final last year, Brent Primus also competes on Friday, facing Vinicius Cenci. That fight is on the prelims. Middleweight First Round Bout: Impa Kasanganay (18-5) vs. Fabian Edwards (13-4) Lightweight First Round Bout: Gadzhi Rabadanov (24-4-2) vs. Marc Diakiese (18-7) Middleweight First Round Bout: Sadibou Sy (17-8-2, 1 NC ) vs. Dalton Rosta (9-1) Lightweight First Round Bout: Mads Burnell (20-6) vs. Jay-Jay Wilson (10-1) Middleweight First Round Bout: Josh Silveira (13-4) vs. Mike Shipman (17-4) Lightweight First Round Bout: Brent Primus (15-4-0, 1 NC) vs. Vinicius Cenci (8-2) Middleweight First Round Bout: Aaron Jeffery (15-5) vs. Murad Ramazanov (12-2) Lightweight Alternate Bout: Robert Watley (15-3) vs. Antonio Caruso (10-2) 2025 PFL World Tournament 3 Fight Card Betting Odds Friday, April 18 Preliminary Card: 5 p.m. ET Main Card: 7 p.m. ET Preliminary Card: ESPN+ Main Card: ESPN 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. The final first-round event for the 2025 PFL World Tournament is scheduled for May 1. The light heavyweights and heavyweights compete on that night in Orlando. The semifinal events begin on June 12. Donn Davis Talks 2025 PFL World Tournament Changes, Upsets And More We will have full coverage of the PFL 2025 World Tournament 3 fight card, including event odds before the fights and live results and reactions on fight night.
