PFL Paris 2025 (cancelled)

PFL Europe 2
The poster for PFL Europe 2
Promotion	Professional Fighters League
Date	May 23, 2025 (2025-05-23)
Venue	Accor Arena
City	Paris, France
Event chronology
PFL Europe 1 PFL Europe 2 PFL 5

Main article: 2025 in Professional Fighters League

PFL Europe 2 was a proposed mixed martial arts event scheduled to be produced by the Professional Fighters League on May 23, 2025, at the Accor Arena in Paris, France. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Background

The event was to mark the promotion's third visit to Paris and first since PFL Europe 1 (2024) in March 2024. ^[4] However, in early May, the organization announced that the show was cancelled. ^[5]

A lightweight bout between Mansour Barnaoui and undefeated Archie Colgan was scheduled to headline the event. ^[6]

This event was also to feature the quarterfinal of the 2025 PFL Europe Tournament in a bantamweight division. ^[7]

Manchester United legend Patrice Evra was scheduled to makes his amateur PFL debut against opponent to be announced at this event. ^[8]

Announced card

Main card (DAZN)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Mansour Barnaoui	vs.	Archie Colgan
Bantamweight	Taylor Lapilus	vs.	Ali Taleb
Welterweight	Patrice Evra	vs.	TBA
Lightweight	Patrick Habirora	vs.	Nicolas Di Franco
Bantamweight	Mahio Campanella	vs.	Matiss Zaharovs				[a]
Bantamweight	Dean Garnett	vs.	Alexander Luster				[b]
Featherweight	Ibragim Ibragimov	vs.	Mathys Duragrin
Featherweight	Adam Meskini	vs.	Tiziano Ferranti
Bantamweight	Anas Azizoun	vs.	Gustavo Oliveira				[c]
Bantamweight	Julien Lopez	vs.	Jan Ciepłowski				[d]
Women's Flyweight	Paulina Wiśniewska	vs.	Borena Tsertsvadze
Welterweight	Salvo Giudice	vs.	Brice Belghazi
Featherweight	Zebenzui Ruiz	vs.	Asaël Adjoudj

1. 2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
2. 2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
3. 2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
4. 2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.

^[9]

Brackets

2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Mahio Campanella
	Matiss Zaharovs
	Anas Azizoun
	Gustavo Oliveira
	Dean Garnett
	Alexander Luster
	Jan Ciepłowski
	Julien Lopez

See also

• Martial Arts portal

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

References

1. Staff (2025-03-27). "Mansour Barnaoui vs. Archie Colgan Announced for PFL Paris, Taylor Lapilus to Debut". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
2. Sherdog.com. "PFL Europe to Bring Pair of Lightweight Showcase Matches to Paris Card in May". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
3. "PFL Europe Paris to Feature Two Huge Bouts at Accor Arena on 24 May". FightBook MMA. 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
4. "PFL Europe Returns to Paris: French and Belgian Stars Announced for Accor Arena on 24 May". Professional Fighters League. 2025-03-25. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
5. Barry, Corral (2025-05-07). "Evra's MMA debut on hold as PFL Paris delayed". BBC. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
6. "Mansour Barnaoui vs. Archie Colgan headlines PFL Europe in Paris in May". MMA Junkie. 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
7. "PFL Europe 2025 Bantamweight Tournament Revealed For PFL Europe Paris on 24 May". FightBook MMA. 2025-04-04. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
8. Heck, Mike (2025-04-25). "Former Manchester United captain Patrice Evra signs with PFL, debut set". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
9. "2025 PFL Europe 2: Paris". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-04-02.