Jason Jackson, Bellator 283 Credit score: Bellator MMA
The PFL has launched new weight lessons for 2025, and their event format has undergone a shift. Gone is the “season” that noticed fighters awarded factors for wins and stoppages. In is a “win and move on,” conventional MMA grand prix model. Including bantamweight and middleweight this 12 months, the PFL will supply eight weight lessons in all, and welterweight is the primary to have its roster introduced.
The eight-man PFL World Event will begin in April, with some acquainted names among the many 170lb ranks. Amongst them, former Bellator MMA welterweight champs Jason Jackson and Andrey Koreshkov, interim Bellator welterweight champ Logan Storley, and 2024 PFL finalist Magomed Umalatov.
Notably, Storley is the one American within the combine. The complete PFL welterweight event roster breaks down as follows:
Florim Zendeli (10-1-1) of Albania
Andrey Koreshkov (28-5) of Russia
Jason Jackson (18-5) of Jamaica
Magomed Umalatov (17-1) of Russia
Mukhamed Berkhamov (17-2, 1NC) of Russia
Giannis Bachar (9-2) of Greece
Logan Storley (16-3) of the USA
Masayuki Kikuiri (10-2-1) of Japan
Opening spherical match-ups have but to be introduced. $500,000 in prize cash await the winner of every event, and whereas that’s down from the $1 million afforded to earlier winners, this 12 months, that whole is on high of handbags gained all through the season. In earlier years, the $1 million purse included all prize cash collected all through the season.
The PFL season kicks off on April 3, 2025 in Orlando, Florida.
