The opening round of PFL’s first-ever World Tournament is officially set for all weight classes involved.
PFL announced the first-round contests during a bracket reveal show on Tuesday night. The winner of each tournament claims the season championship, along with a $500,000 prize.
All of the tournament action kicks off on April 3 with welterweight and featherweight first-round matchups taking place. Former Bellator welterweight champions Jason Jackson and Andrey Koreshkov battle in the main event. The entirety of the opening round action takes place at Universal Studios in Orlando.
Check out all of the first-round matchups for the PFL 2025 World Tournament below.
PFL World Tournament 1, Main Card, April 3 at 10 p.m. ET, 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, 7 p.m. ET, 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 at 11 p.m. ET, 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, 8 p.m. ET, 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 at 7 p.m. ET, 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, 4:30 p.m. ET, 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 at 10 p.m. ET, 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, 7 p.m. ET, 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
