The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has officially announced the first-round matchups for its inaugural World Tournament, featuring fighters across all participating weight divisions.
PFL unveiled the initial tournament bouts during a special bracket reveal show on Tuesday evening. The champion in each tournament bracket will be awarded the season title and a grand prize of $500,000.
The tournament action commences on April 3rd, showcasing first-round clashes in the welterweight and featherweight categories. The main event will highlight a welterweight showdown between former Bellator champions Jason Jackson and Andrey Koreshkov. All fights in the opening round will be held at Universal Studios in Orlando.
PFL World Tournament 1 – April 3, Universal Studios, Orlando
Main Card, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Jason Jackson vs. Andrey Koreshkov – welterweight
Jesus Pinedo vs. Adam Borics – featherweight
Magomed Umalatov vs. Logan Storley – welterweight
Jeremy Kennedy vs. Movlid Khaybulaev – featherweight
Preliminary Card, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN+
Mukhamed Berkhamov vs. Florim Zendeli – welterweight
Gabriel Braga vs. Yves Landu – featherweight
Giannis Bachar vs. Masayuki Kikuiri – welterweight
Nathan Kelly vs. Taekyun Kim – featherweight
Joseph Luciano vs. Thad Jean – welterweight alternate bout
Fred Dupras vs. Nathan Ghareeb – featherweight alternate bout
PFL World Tournament 2 – April 11
Main Card, 11 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Magomed Magomedov vs. Leandro Higo – bantamweight
Taila Santos vs. Juliana Velasquez – women’s flyweight
Savarjon Khamidov vs. Jake Hadley – bantamweight
Ciaran Clarke vs. Kasum Kasumov – bantamweight
Preliminary Card, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN+
Liz Carmouche vs. Ilara Joanna – women’s flyweight
Ali Taleb vs. Zebenzui Ruiz – bantamweight
Kana Watanabe vs. Jena Bishop – women’s flyweight
Elora Dana vs. Diana Avsaragova – women’s flyweight
Francesco Nuzzi vs. Matheus Mattos – bantamweight alternate bout
Ekaterina Shakalova vs. Saray Orozco – women’s flyweight alternate bout
PFL World Tournament 3 – April 18
Main Card, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
Impa Kasanganay vs. Fabian Edwards – middleweight
Alexander Shabliy vs. Brent Primus – lightweight
Gadzhi Rabadanov vs. Marc Diakiese – lightweight
Mads Burnell vs. Jay-Jay Wilson – lightweight
Preliminary Card, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+
Sadibou Sy vs. Dalton Rosta – middleweight
Josh Silveira vs. Mike Shipman – middleweight
Clay Collard vs. Alfie Davis – lightweight
Aaron Jeffery vs. Murad Ramazanov – middleweight
Khalid Murtazaliev vs. Jordan Newman – middleweight alternate bout
Sergio Cossio vs. Robert Watley – lightweight alternate bout
PFL World Tournament 4 – May 1
Main Card, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Phil Davis vs. Rob Wilkinson – light heavyweight
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Sergey Bilostenniy – heavyweight
Antonio Carlos Jr vs. Karl Moore – light heavyweight
Karl Albrektsson vs. Simeon Powell – light heavyweight
Preliminary Card, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN+
Alexandr Romanov vs. Tim Johnson – heavyweight
Linton Vassell vs. Oleg Popov – heavyweight
Sullivan Cauley vs. Marcelo Nunes – light heavyweight
Pouya Rahmani vs. Abraham Bably – heavyweight
Alex Polizzi vs. Rafael Xavier – light heavyweight alternate bout
