PFL reveals all first-round matchups for 2025 World Tournament

The opening round of PFL’s first-ever World Tournament is officially set for all weight classes involved.

PFL announced the first-round contests during a bracket reveal show on Tuesday night. The winner of each tournament claims the season championship, along with a $500,000 prize.

All of the tournament action kicks off on April 3 with welterweight and featherweight first-round matchups taking place. Former Bellator welterweight champions Jason Jackson and Andrey Koreshkov battle in the main event. The entirety of the opening round action takes place at Universal Studios in Orlando.

Check out all of the first-round matchups for the PFL 2025 World Tournament below.

PFL World Tournament 1, Main Card, April 3 at 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, Main Card, April 11 at 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, Main Card, April 18 at 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, Main Card, May 1 at 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