April 12, 2025
The longtime training partner of the Pitbull brothers, Leandro Higo made his professional MMA debut in January 2006 and has gone on to become a noteworthy name at bantamweight. Entering his PFL debut tonight with a 23-6 record, the Brazilian jiu-j...
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Liz Carmouche might just be the early favorite to take home the PFL World Tournament crown thanks to her years of championship-level experience in MMA. Carmouche has won 22 of her 30 career MMA fights, which includes a 7-0 Bellator record and incl...
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Francesco Nuzzi’s path into MMA came through studies of multiple disciplines from a young age, including karate, kickboxing and jiu-jitsu. Making his professional debut in 2016, Nuzzi has gone 10-1, with seven finishes and a regional bantamweight...
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Kasum Kasumov began wrestling in high school, and coming from Dagestan, that has proven to be perhaps his greatest strength in the cage. A Master of Sports and champion in Combat Sambo, Kasumov had over 50 amateur fights – with his only loss comin...
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Juliana Velasquez is one of the most experienced fighters competing in this women’s flyweight tournament, having gone from training judo in her native Brazil to winning gold in Bellator. Velasquez defeated Ilima-Lei Macfarlane for the Bellator Wor...
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Though he’s 30 years old, Matheus Mattos has competed in professional MMA since he was a teenager – and now he finally gets the opportunity to make his PFL debut tonight. Mattos has found success in his career, entering tonight with a 14-3-1 recor...
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A judoka since the age of seven, Kana Watanabe has gone from a member of the Japan Judo National Team to being one of the top women’s 125-pound fighters in the world today. A fourth-degree black belt, Watanabe enters with a 13-3-1 record, which in...
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Having debuted professionally just a few years ago, Elora Dana has proven to be quite impressive early on in her career. Dana has put her Brazilian jiu-jitsu on display to her advantage, scoring four submissions and amassing a 7-0 record entering...
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Jason Jackson made a name for himself on the regional scene early on in his MMA career before receiving the chance to compete on a big stage with Bellator. He went 8-2 in the promotion, including victories over Benson Henderson and Douglas Lima be...
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Jesus Pinedo took the MMA world by storm in 2023, when he made an underdog run into the PFL Playoffs with an upset finish of Brendan Loughnane before going on to become World Champion with a win over Gabriel Braga. The 30-fight veteran has won sev...
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Logan Storley grew up dominating the world of wrestling, going on to become a multiple-time champion in high school and a four-time NCAA All-American at the University of Minnesota. The Kill Cliff FC product found success in Bellator, going 10-2 i...
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With over a decade of MMA experience, Jeremy Kennedy has built a name for himself around the world. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and former Bellator title challenger, Kennedy is 19-5 in his career, with nine finishes and wins over the likes of...
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Mukhamed Berkhamov brings his Combat Sambo expertise to the PFL World Tournament, looking to secure welterweight gold in a major MMA promotion after winning a regional welterweight title. Berkhamov, who defeated Magomed Umalatov in his very first...
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Gabriel Braga began his MMA career 12-0 and found himself on the doorstep of a PFL world title before a stunning upset loss to Jesus Pinedo in the 2023 PFL Featherweight World Championship fight. After dealing with the tragic loss of his father, B...
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Greece’s Giannis Bachar brings his striking repertoire to the PFL, making his debut tonight in the World Tournament. Bachar, a former regional welterweight champion, is 9-2 with eight knockouts to his credit – four of which came in the first round...
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With the Irish faithful on his side, Nathan Kelly steps into a PFL tournament for the first time after finding plenty of success in his MMA career already. Having debuted back in 2018, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist was 3-0 in Bellator and was...
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Usman Nurmagomedov’s background is a prestigious one, coming out of the legendary Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov MMA School, having trained under the likes of American Kickboxing Academy coach Javier Mendez and cousin Khabib Nurmagomedov, and with traini...
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A protegee of the legendary Fedor Emelianenko, Vadim Nemkov is unbeaten in his last 13 fights, which saw him rise up and become Bellator light heavyweight champion and Light Heavyweight Grand Prix champion. Nemkov, a former Sambo world champion, h...
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Akhmed Magomedov, a protegee of the legendary Khabib Nurmagomedov, racked up over 70 amateur bouts before making his professional MMA debut in April 2017. He enters this fight with a 10-1 record, with six finishes, four of which have come via the...
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Ibragim Ibragimov’s combat sports journey began with wrestling at six years old, going on to make his amateur MMA debut at just 14. Now, at 20, Ibragimov is already a solid 8-0 with a regional lightweight title to his name. Ibragimov is 2-0 in the...
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