GFL 2 (2025)

GFL 2
The poster for GFL 2
Promotion	Global Fight League
Date	May 25, 2025 (2025-05-25)
Venue	Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall
City	Los Angeles, California, United States
Event chronology
GFL 1 GFL 2

GFL 2 was a planned mixed martial arts event produced by the Global Fight League was originally scheduled to take place on May 25, 2025, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California, United States. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} On April 9, 2025, California State Athletic Commission executive director Andy Foster confirmed that promotion has formally canceled its debut slate of events. ^[5]

Background

The second event of Global Fight League, a lightweight bout between former interim UFC Lightweight Champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos welterweight winner) Tony Ferguson and Dillon Danis was scheduled to headline the event. ^{[6] [7]}

A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champions Fabrício Werdum and Frank Mir was announced at a TBA date and location by the promotion. ^[8] However in March 2025, the bout was cancelled due to Mir's having to undergo an emergency surgery. ^[9] Werdum was complete at this event against opponent to be announced. ^[10] Subsequently, Werdum revealed at the Mundo da Luta podcast that he will no longer be fighting for the organization. ^[11]

Cancelled fight card

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Tony Ferguson	vs.	Dillon Danis
Light Heavyweight	Ovince Saint Preux	vs.	Alexander Gustafsson
Middleweight	Uriah Hall	vs.	Douglas Lima
Women's Strawweight	Paige VanZant	vs.	Randi Field
Lightweight	Abubakar Nurmagomedov	vs.	Louis Glismann
Women's Strawweight	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	vs.	Viviane Pereira
Heavyweight	Alan Belcher	vs.	Stuart Austin
Light Heavyweight	Thiago Santos	vs.	Devin Clark
Welterweight	Lorenz Larkin	vs.	Carlos Petruzzella
Bantamweight	Jimmie Rivera	vs.	Cameron Else
Women's Strawweight	Natalia Kuziutina	vs.	Jessica Aguilar
Middleweight	Phil Hawes	vs.	Grant Neal
Featherweight	Kai Kamaka III	vs.	Mike Grundy
Light Heavyweight	Jung Da-woon	vs.	Ronny Markes
Women's Strawweight	Ding Miao	vs.	Josefine Lindgren Knutsson

See also

• Martial Arts portal

• List of current GFL fighters

References

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9. Holland, Jesse (2025-03-10). "Former UFC champ rushed into 'emergency surgery,' comeback fight canceled". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
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