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Professional Fighters League has officially revealed the fighters who will compete in the upcoming welterweight and featherweight tournaments.
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The welterweight division is highlighted by former Bellator MMA champion Jason Jackson, who won eight consecutive fights before relinquishing the belt to Ramazan Kuramagomedov in a unanimous decision defeat at Bellator Champions Series Dublin last year. Also part of the field is Magomed Umalatov, who reached the welterweight finals of the 2024 PFL season, where he suffered a third-round technical knockout loss to Shamil Musaev. Former Bellator 170-pound champion Andrey Koreshkov and ex-interim title holder Logan Storley will also be part of the bracket.
Meanwhile, the featherweight field features the return of 2023 PFL champion Jesus Pinedo, who did not compete at all in 2024. Pinedo’s opponent in the 2023 finals, Gabriel Braga, is also part of the 2024 lineup. Another featherweight favorite figures to be Movlid Khaybulaev, who is unbeaten in 23 professional bouts but hasn’t fought since June 2023.
The 2025 PFL World Tournament will begin with events on April 3, April 11, April 18 and May 1 at the backlot of Universal Studios Florida in Orlando. The winner of each bracket will receive a $500,000 bonus, and the tournament as a whole will provide payouts of more than $20 million. Events will be broadcast on the family of ESPN platforms in the United States.
Tournament matchups will be revealed on March 11 as part of a special bracket reveal show, according to a release.
“The PFL World Tournament is the toughest test in MMA, where fighters have one shot to win and advance,” said PFL CEO Peter Murray. “Our welterweight and deatherweight divisions are stacked with world-class talent, each athlete facing a high-stakes, single-elimination path to greatness.”
Welterweight Division— 2025 PFL World Tournament
Jason Jackson – Jamaica
Magomed Umalatov – Russia
Andrey Koreshkov– Russia
Logan Storley – United States
Mukhamed Berkhamov – Russia
Florim Zendeli – Albania
Giannis Bachar – Greece
Masayuki Kikuiri – Japan
Alternate: Dmytrii Hrytsenko – Ukraine
Alternate: Joseph Luciano – Australia
Featherweight Division – 2025 PFL World Tournament
Jesus Pinedo – Peru
Gabriel Braga – Brazil
Adam Borics – Hungary
Movlid Khaybulaev – Russia
Jeremy Kennedy – Canada
Yves Landu – France
Nathan Kelly – Ireland
Tae Kyun Kim – South Korea
Alternate: Frederik Dupras – Canada
Alternate: Nathan Ghareeb – United States
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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