# 2025 in Professional Fighters League

The year 2025 is the 7th year in the history of the Professional Fighters League (PFL), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

## Background

On January 7, 2025, PFL chairman Donn Davis announced that elbows will be legal in the promotion, after the PFL had banned elbows for the regular season and playoffs. Elbows were typically allowed in non-season and non-playoff fights only.
On January 9, 2025, it was announced that 2025 season PFL no longer will operate its regular season with points-based results to determine playoff qualification and seeding.
On January 15, 2025, PFL revealed that hold eight tournaments in 2025, confirming the $500,000 pay for each winner. In total, it will distribute more than $20 million dollars to the fighters. The tournaments will take place at heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight, bantamweight and women's flyweight divisions.

## Events list

| # | Event | Date | Venue | Location |
| 1 | PFL Champions Series 1: Nurmagomedov vs. Hughes | January 25, 2025 | Coca-Cola Arena | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 2 | PFL 1 | April 3, 2025 | Universal Studios Florida | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| 3 | PFL 2 | April 11, 2025 | Universal Studios Florida | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| 4 | PFL 3 | April 18, 2025 | Universal Studios Florida | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| 5 | PFL 4 | May 1, 2025 | Universal Studios Florida | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| 6 | PFL MENA 1 | May 9, 2025 | Onyx Arena | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 7 | PFL Europe 1 | May 10, 2025 | SSE Arena | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 8 | PFL 5 | June 12, 2025 | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| 9 | PFL 6 | June 20, 2025 | Intrust Bank Arena | Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| 10 | PFL 7 | June 27, 2025 | Wintrust Arena | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |

## Title fights

* ↑ For the Bellator Lightweight World Championship. Nurmagomedov was deducted 1 point in round 3 due to repeated groin kicks.

## 2025 PFL World Tournament
### 2025 PFL Heavyweight Tournament

* Quarter-finals
* Valentin Moldavsky
* Sergey Bilostenniy
* Alexander Romanov
* Timothy Johnson
* Abraham Bably
* Pouya Rahmani
* Oleg Popov
* Linton Vassell

### 2025 PFL Light Heavyweight Tournament

* Quarter-finals
* Phil Davis
* Rob Wilkinson
* Marcelo Nunes
* Sullivan Cauley
* Karl Moore
* Antônio Carlos Júnior
* Karl Albrektsson
* Simeon Powell

### 2025 PFL Middleweight Tournament

* Quarter-finals
* Impa Kasanganay
* Fabian Edwards
* Mike Shipman
* Josh Silveira
* Dalton Rosta
* Sadibou Sy
* Aaron Jeffery
* Murad Ramazanov

### 2025 PFL Welterweight Tournament

* Quarter-finals
* Jason Jackson
* Andrey Koreshkov
* Florim Zendeli
* Mukhamed Berkhamov
* Logan Storley
* Magomed Umalatov
* Masayuki Kikuiri
* Giannis Bachar

### 2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament

* Quarter-finals
* Alexandr Shabliy
* Brent Primus
* Clay Collard
* Alfie Davis
* Gadzhi Rabadanov
* Marc Diakiese
* Jay-Jay Wilson
* Mads Burnell

### 2025 PFL Featherweight Tournament

* Quarter-finals
* Ádám Borics
* Jesus Pinedo
* Yves Landu
* Gabriel Braga
* Movlid Khaybulaev
* Jeremy Kennedy
* Nathan Kelly
* Kim Tae-kyun

### 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament

* Quarter-finals
* Leandro Higo
* Magomed Magomedov
* Jake Hadley
* Sarvarjon Khamidov
* Kasum Kasumov
* Ciarán Clarke
* Zebenzui Ruiz
* Ali Taleb

### 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament

* Quarter-finals
* Taila Santos
* Juliana Velasquez
* Jena Bishop
* Kana Watanabe
* Liz Carmouche
* Ilara Joanne
* Elora Dana
* Diana Avsaragova

## 2025 PFL Europe Tournament
### 2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament

* Quarter-finals
* Decky McAleenan
* Gino van Steenis
* Gavin Hughes
* Claudio Pacella
* Connor Hughes
* Sebastien Di Franco
* Mark Ewen
* Aleksandr Chizov