The opening spherical of PFL’s first-ever World Match is formally set for all weight courses concerned.
PFL introduced the first-round contests throughout a bracket reveal show on Tuesday night time. The winner of every event claims the season championship, together with a $500,000 prize.
All the event motion kicks off on April 3 with welterweight and featherweight first-round matchups going down. Former Bellator welterweight champions Jason Jackson and Andrey Koreshkov battle in the primary occasion. The whole lot of the opening spherical motion takes place at Common Studios in Orlando.
Take a look at all the first-round matchups for the PFL 2025 World Match under.
PFL World Match 1, Fundamental 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 Match 2, Fundamental Card, April 11 at 11 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Magomed Magomedov vs. Leandro Higo – bantamweight
Taila Santos vs. Juliana Velasquez – girls’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 – girls’s flyweight
Ali Taleb vs. Zebenzui Ruiz – bantamweight
Kana Watanabe vs. Jena Bishop – girls’s flyweight
Elora Dana vs. Diana Avsaragova – girls’s flyweight
Francesco Nuzzi vs. Matheus Mattos – bantamweight alternate bout
Ekaterina Shakalova vs. Saray Orozco – girls’s flyweight alternate bout
PFL World Match 3, Fundamental Card, April 18 at 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
Impa Kasanganay vs. Fabian Edwards – middleweight
Alexander Shabliy vs. Brent Primus – light-weight
Gadzhi Rabadanov vs. Marc Diakiese – light-weight
Mads Burnell vs. Jay-Jay Wilson – light-weight
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 – light-weight
Aaron Jeffery vs. Murad Ramazanov – middleweight
Khalid Murtazaliev vs. Jordan Newman – middleweight alternate bout
Sergio Cossio vs. Robert Watley – light-weight alternate bout
PFL World Match 4, Fundamental Card, Might 1 at 10 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Phil Davis vs. Rob Wilkinson – gentle heavyweight
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Sergey Bilostenniy – heavyweight
Antonio Carlos Jr vs. Karl Moore – gentle heavyweight
Karl Albrektsson vs. Simeon Powell – gentle 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 – gentle heavyweight
Pouya Rahmani vs. Abraham Bably – heavyweight
Alex Polizzi vs. Rafael Xavier – gentle heavyweight alternate bout
