Professional Fighters League (PFL) is set to kick off its 2025 World Tournament TONIGHT (Thurs., April 3, 2025) on the back lot of Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Fla., airing live on ESPN and ESPN+ in the United States.
The single elimination-style format will have eight fighters in eight different weight classes all vying for the $500,000 bonus each division winner gets. Headlining the first event of the tournament will be a Welterweight showdown as former Bellator MMA 170-pound champion, Jason Jackson, takes on Andrey Koreshkov, who at one time held the Welterweight title for Bellator, too.
In the other first round 170-pound scrap, Logan Storley now faces tournament alternate, Joseph Luciano, because Magomed Umalatov missed weight. PFL 1’s main card also features the Featherweights: Jesus Pinedo battles Adam Borics, while Jeremy Kennedy takes on Movlid Khaybulaev.
That’s not all.
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HIGHLIGHTS!
145 lbs.: Jesus Pinedo vs. Adam Borics – Pinedo via first-round TKO
170 lbs.: Joseph Luciano vs. Logan Storley (Magomed Umalatov missed weight) – Storley via unanimous decision
145 lbs.: Jeremy Kennedy vs. Movlid Khaybulaev – Khaybulaev via split-decision
170 lbs.: Mukhamed Berkhamov vs. Thad Jean – Jean via first-round knockout
145 lbs.: Gabriel Braga vs. Fred Dupras – Braga via first-round submission (rear-naked choke)
170 lbs.: Giannis Bachar vs. Masayuki Kikuiri – Kikuiri, second-round TKO (retirement)
145 lbs.: Nathan Kelly vs. Taekyun Kim – Kim via first-round submission (rear-naked choke)
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