PFL 2025 World Tournament 1 Results: Winners And Losers
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.
PFL World Championship 2024 Fight Card Results - Winners And Losers
Magomed Umalatov, who was one of the betting favorites to win the welterweight tournament is out of the competition after he missed weight on Wednesday. Umalatov, who was a -330 betting favorite to beat Logan Storley in their opening round matchup, weighed in at 173.6 pounds for the welterweight bout. As a result, Joseph Luciano will face Storley in tonight's action.
Umalatov was a finalist in last year's PFL welterweight tournament. He lost to Shamil Musaev in that matchup. Musaev knocked out Umalatov in the third round of that scrap.
Welterweight First Round Bout: Jason Jackson vs. Andrey Koreshkov
Featherweight First Round Bout: Jesus Pinedo vs. Adam Borics
Welterweight First Round Bout: Joseph Luciano vs. Logan Storley
Featherweight First Round Bout: Jeremy Kennedy vs. Movlid Khaybulaev
Welterweight First Round Bout: Mukhamed Berkhamov vs. Thad Jean
Featherweight First Round Bout: Gabriel Braga vs. Fred Dupras
Welterweight First Round Bout: Giannis Bachar vs. Masayuki Kikuiri
Featherweight First Round Bout: Nathan Kelly vs. Taekyun Kim
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Prelims: 8:00 p.m. ET
Main Card: 10:00 p.m. ET
Universal Studio in Orlando, Florida
Prelims: ESPN+
Main Card: ESPN2 and ESPN+
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We will have everything you need to know about the 2025 PFL World Championship 1 fight card live on Thursday night, including results, reactions, winners and losers, video highlights and more.
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