PFL 2 (2025)

PFL 2
The poster for PFL 2
Promotion	Professional Fighters League
Date	April 11, 2025 (2025-04-11)
Venue	Universal Studios Florida
City	Orlando, Florida, United States
Event chronology
PFL 1 PFL 2 PFL 3

Main article: 2025 in Professional Fighters League

The PFL 2 mixed martial arts event for the 2025 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on April 11, 2025, at the Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida, United States. This event marked the quarterfinal of the single-elimination tournament format in the Women's Flyweight and Bantamweight divisions. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Background

The event featured the quarterfinal of 2025 PFL World Tournament in a women's flyweight and bantamweight divisions. ^{[4] [5]}

Ciarán Clarke withdrew of the bantamweight quarterfinal against Kasum Kasumov for unknown reasons and was replaced by Justin Wetzell. ^[6]

The bantamweight quarterfinal between 2024 PFL MENA bantamweight winner Ali Taleb and Zebenzui Ruiz was removed from the event for visa issues and Taleb was moved to an event on May 24 against Taylor Lapilus. ^[7] The alternate bout between Francesco Nuzzi and Mando Gutierrez was promoted to quarterfinal instead, Nuzzi who scheduled to face Matheus Mattos and was replaced by Vilson Ndregjoni. ^[6]

A week later, it was announced that Magomed Magomedov withdrew of his bout against former LFA Bantamweight Champion Leandro Higo in a bantamweight quarterfinal and was replaced by The Ultimate Fighter 29 alumni Josh Rettinghouse. ^[8] In turn, Rettinghouse was not medically cleared and was replaced by Marcirley Alves. ^[9]

On the fight week, Taila Santos withdrew from the tournament against former Bellator Women's Flyweight World Champion Juliana Velasquez and was replaced by Ekaterina Shakalova. ^[10]

At weigh-ins, Justin Wetzell weighed in at 138.4 pounds, 2.4 pounds over the bantamweight limit, resulting in him being fined a percentage of his purse. ^[11]

Results

Main card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Marcirley Alves	def.	Leandro Higo	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00	[a]
Women's Flyweight	Liz Carmouche	def.	Ilara Joanne	TKO (punches)	1	1:25	[b]
Bantamweight	Mando Gutierrez	def.	Francesco Nuzzi	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:13	[c]
Bantamweight	Justin Wetzell	def.	Kasum Kasumov	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00	[d]
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Women's Flyweight	Ekaterina Shakalova	def.	Juliana Velasquez	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:05	[e]
Bantamweight	Jake Hadley	def.	Matheus Mattos	Submission (twister)	3	2:16	[f]
Women's Flyweight	Jena Bishop	def.	Kana Watanabe	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00	[g]
Women's Flyweight	Elora Dana	def.	Diana Avsaragova	Submission (neck crank)	1	4:48	[h]

1. 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
2. 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
3. 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
4. 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal. Wetzell missed weight (138.4 lbs)
5. 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
6. 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
7. 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
8. 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.

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Tournament brackets

2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Leandro Higo	3
	Marcirley Alves [a]	SD
					Marcirley Alves
					Jake Hadley
	Jake Hadley	SUB
	Matheus Mattos [b]	2
	Kasum Kasumov	3
	Justin Wetzell [c]	UD
					Justin Wetzell
					Mando Gutierrez
	Francesco Nuzzi	1
	Mando Gutierrez [d]	SUB

1. Magomed Magomedov withdrew from the tournament due to injury and was replaced by Josh Rettinghouse. Rettinghouse was not medically cleared and replaced by Marcirley Alves
2. Sarvarjon Khamidov withdrew from the tournament due to visa issues and was replaced by Matheus Mattos.
3. Ciaran Clarke withdrew from the tournament due to injury and was replaced by Justin Wetzell.
4. Ali Taleb and Zebenzui Ruiz withdrew from the tournament due to visa issues and were replaced by Francesco Nuzzi and Mando Gutierrez.

2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Juliana Velasquez	1
	Ekaterina Shakalova [a]	SUB
					Ekaterina Shakalova
					Jena Bishop
	Kana Watanabe	3
	Jena Bishop	UD
	Liz Carmouche	TKO
	Ilara Joanne	1
					Liz Carmouche
					Elora Dana
	Elora Dana	SUB
	Diana Avsaragova	1

1. Taila Santos withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Ekaterina Shakalova.

See also

• Martial Arts portal

• 2025 in Professional Fighters League
• List of PFL events
• List of current PFL fighters

References

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