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Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
Date | April 3, 2025 | |||
Venue | Universal Studios Florida | |||
City | Orlando, Florida, United States | |||
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The PFL 1 mixed martial arts event for the 2025 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on April 3, 2025, at the Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida, United States. This event marked the quarterfinal of the single-elimination tournament format in the Welterweight and Featherweight divisions. [1] [2] [3]
The event marked the promotion's first visit to Orlando. [1]
The event featured the quarterfinal of 2025 PFL World Tournament in a welterweight and featherweight divisions. [4] [5]
2024 PFL Europe welterweight winner Florim Zendeli withdrew from the welterweight quarterfinal against Mukhamed Berkhamov and was replaced by Thad Jean, who scheduled to face Joseph Luciano in a alternate bout and was replaced by Sarek Shields. [6]
Subsequently, Yves Landu withdrew from the featherweight quarterfinal against Gabriel Braga and was replaced by Frederick Dupas, who scheduled to face Nathan Ghareeb in a alternate bout. [7]
At weigh-ins, Magomed Umalatov weighed in at 173.6 pounds, 2.6 pounds over the welterweight limit. As a result, he was removed from the Welterweight tournament, with alternate fighter Joseph Luciano took his place against former interim Bellator Welterweight World Champion Logan Storley. [8]
Main card (ESPN2 / ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Jason Jackson | def. | Andrey Koreshkov | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:21 | [a] |
Featherweight | Jesus Pinedo | def. | Ádám Borics | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:43 | [b] |
Welterweight | Logan Storley | def. | Joseph Luciano | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
Featherweight | Movlid Khaybulaev | def. | Jeremy Kennedy | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
Welterweight | Thad Jean | def. | Mukhamed Berkhamov | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:25 | [e] |
Featherweight | Gabriel Braga | def. | Frederik Dupras | Submission (neck crank) | 1 | 4:37 | [f] |
Welterweight | Masayuki Kikuiri | def. | Giannis Bachar | TKO (retirement) | 2 | 5:00 | [g] |
Featherweight | Kim Tae-kyun | def. | Nathan Kelly | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:53 | [h] |
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