PFL Announces First Round Matchups for 2025 World Tournament

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The Professional Fighters League has officially announced the matchups for the opening round of its inaugural World Tournament across all participating weight classes.

PFL unveiled the first-round pairings on Tuesday night during a bracket reveal show. The tournament winner in each division will be crowned season champion and awarded a $500,000 prize.

The tournament commences on April 3rd, featuring welterweight and featherweight bouts in the first round. The main event will showcase a clash between former Bellator welterweight champions Jason Jackson and Andrey Koreshkov. All first-round fights will be held at Universal Studios in Orlando.

PFL World Tournament 1, Main Card, April 3, ESPN2

Jason Jackson vs. Andrey Koreshkov – welterweight

Jesus Pinedo vs. Adam Borics – featherweight

Magomed Umalatov vs. Logan Storley – welterweight

Jeremy Kennedy vs. Movlid Khaybulaev- featherweight

Preliminary Card, April 3, ESPN+

Mukhamed Berkhamov vs. Florim Zendeli – welterweight

Gabriel Braga vs. Yves Landu – featherweight

Giannis Bachar vs. Masayuki Kikuiri – welterweight

Nathan Kelly vs. Taekyun Kim – featherweight

Joseph Luciano vs. Thad Jean – welterweight alternate bout

Fred Dupras vs. Nathan Ghareeb – featherweight alternate bout

PFL World Tournament 2, Main Card, April 11, ESPN2

Magomed Magomedov vs. Leandro Higo – bantamweight

Taila Santos vs. Juliana Velasquez – women’s flyweight

Savarjon Khamidov vs. Jake Hadley – bantamweight

Ciaran Clarke vs. Kasum Kasumov – bantamweight

Preliminary Card, April 11, ESPN+

Liz Carmouche vs. Ilara Joanna – women’s flyweight

Ali Taleb vs. Zebenzui Ruiz – bantamweight

Kana Watanabe vs. Jena Bishop – women’s flyweight

Elora Dana vs. Diana Avsaragova – women’s flyweight

Francesco Nuzzi vs. Matheus Mattos – bantamweight alternate bout

Ekaterina Shakalova vs. Saray Orozco – women’s flyweight alternate bout

PFL World Tournament 3, Main Card, April 18, ESPN

Impa Kasanganay vs. Fabian Edwards – middleweight

Alexander Shabliy vs. Brent Primus – lightweight

Gadzhi Rabadanov vs. Marc Diakiese – lightweight

Mads Burnell vs. Jay-Jay Wilson – lightweight

Preliminary Card, April 18, ESPN+

Sadibou Sy vs. Dalton Rosta – middleweight

Josh Silveira vs. Mike Shipman – middleweight

Clay Collard vs. Alfie Davis – lightweight

Aaron Jeffery vs. Murad Ramazanov – middleweight

Khalid Murtazaliev vs. Jordan Newman – middleweight alternate bout

Sergio Cossio vs. Robert Watley – lightweight alternate bout

PFL World Tournament 4, Main Card, May 1, ESPN2

Phil Davis vs. Rob Wilkinson – light heavyweight

Valentin Moldavsky vs. Sergey Bilostenniy – heavyweight

Antonio Carlos Jr vs. Karl Moore – light heavyweight

Karl Albrektsson vs. Simeon Powell – light heavyweight

Preliminary Card, May 1, ESPN+

Alexandr Romanov vs. Tim Johnson – heavyweight

Linton Vassell vs. Oleg Popov – heavyweight

Sullivan Cauley vs. Marcelo Nunes – light heavyweight

Pouya Rahmani vs. Abraham Bably – heavyweight

Alex Polizzi vs. Rafael Xavier – light heavyweight alternate bout

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