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PFL ANNOUNCES FULL CARD FOR 2025 WORLD TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS IN WICHITA ON JUNE 20

2024 PFL Lightweight World Champion Gadzhi Rabadanov Faces Jay-Jay Wilson in Lightweight Semifinal Main EventFormer Bellator World Champion Liz Carmouche Meets Undefeated Elora Dana in Women’s Flyweight Semifinal BoutBantamweights Jake Hadley and Marcirley Alves Will Also Face Off, While Mexico’s Mando Gutierrez Meets Denver’s Justin Wetzell
NEW YORK (Kia 14, 2025) – I teie mahana,, the Professional Fighters League announced the full card for the 2025 PFL World Tournament 6: Whiringa whaiti, which takes place Friday, Pipiri 20, at the historic INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. These high stakes, win-and-you’re-in Semifinals bouts are the last stop on the way to the 2025 PFL World Tournament Finals.

I roto i te hui matua, 2024 PFL Lightweight Champion Gadzhi Rabadanov (25-4-2) faces former title challenger Jay-Jay Wilson (11-1) in the Lightweight Semifinal. I roto i te hui tahi-matua, former Bellator Flyweight Champion Liz Carmouche (23-8) meets undefeated Elora Dana (8-0) in a bout that serves as a 2025 World Tournament Women’s Flyweight Semifinal.

Rounding out the main card are the Bantamweights, Ingarangi o Jake Hadley (12-4) will meet Brazil’s Marcirley Alves (13-4) in the SmartCage, while friends turned foes Mando Gutierrez (11-3)of Mexicoclashes with Denver’s Justin Wetzell (11-2) to see who will advance to the Finals in August.

Tikiti hoki 2025 PFL World Tournament 6: Whiringa whaiti in Wichita start at $40 and are available through =selectaseat.com/pfl

I tua atu, the Early Card is now finalized, featuring Semifinal bouts in the Lightweight and Women’s Flyweight division, in addition to three World Tournament Alternate bouts and three Showcase matchups.

Former Bellator Lightweight Champion Brent primus (16-4, 1 NC) looks for a spot in the Lightweight Finals when he takes on Alfie Davis (18-5-1), who upset PFL fan-favorite Clay Collard in the First Round. A pair of grapplers will put their ground game to the test when Jena Bishop (8-2) takes on rising star Ekaterina Shakalova (9-2) in the Women’s Flyweight Semifinal. Former title challenger Magomed Magomedov (20-4) tutaki Savarjon Khamidov (16-0) in a Bantamweight Alternate bout. Australia’s Antonio Caruso (10-2) will showcase his skills against Brazil’s Vinicius Cenci (8-3) at Lightweight in an Alternate matchup.

Europeans collide asIreland’s Darragh Kelly (7-0)takes on France’s Dylan Salvador (6-2) in a Lightweight Showcase bout, while Bantamweights Matheus Mattos(14-4-1) a Lazard Dayron (8-0-1) tango under the bright lights in a Showcase bout. Mexico o Saray Orozco (8-6) steps up to face Brazil’s Ilara Joanne (12-10) in the first Women’s Flyweight matchup of the night. The action begins with a Welterweight Showcase bout; Mexico o Alan Dominguez (11-6) faces off against Kansas’s own, Nick Meck (8-2) in front of his hometown crowd.

Te 2025 PFL World Tournament airs live on ESPN platforms in the U.S., Canada and across Europe, fans can catch the action live on DAZN, while globally, the tournament will be streamed in 190 countries through 20 premium media partners.

One Shot. The annual single-elimination tournament will feature brackets at Heavyweight, Marama Heavyweight, Whitu, Welterweight, Kōmāmā, Mā whitu, Whā, and Women’s Flyweight. The PFL World Tournament spans an action packed five months. 64 of the best fighters from around the world will compete to win MMA’s toughest testwin three straight times in five months to become PFL Tournament Champion.

The Semifinal fights will be three, five-minute rounds while the Finals are five, rauna e rima-meneti. All events and all fights now allow the use of elbows. The PFL World Tournament will payout over $20 million in total prize money, tae atu ki te $500,000 bonus for every winner.

2025 PFL World Tournament 6: Semifinals Main Card:

ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ (U.S.) | DAZN (Europe & Canada) 

Rāmere, Pipiri 20 – 9 pm ET

Lightweight Semifinal Main Event: Gadzhi Rabadanov(25-4-2) vs.Jay-Jay Wilson(11-1)

Women’s Flyweight Semifinal Co-Main EventLiz Carmouche(23-8) vs.Elora Dana (8-0)

Bantamweight Semifinal BoutJake Hadley(12-4) vs.Marcirley Alves(13-4)

Bantamweight Semifinal BoutMando Gutierrez(11-3) vs.Justin Wetzell (11-2)

2025 PFL World Tournament 6: Semifinals Early Card:

ESPN+ (U.S.) | DAZN (Europe & Canada)

Rāmere, Pipiri 20 – 5:30 pm ET

Lightweight Semifinal Whawhai: Brent primus(16-4, 1 NC)vs. Alfie Davis(18-5-1) 

Women’s Flyweight Semifinal Whawhai: Jena Bishop(8-2) vs.Ekaterina Shakalova (9-2)

Bantamweight Alternate Bout: Magomed Magomedov (20-4) vs.Savarjon Khamidov(16-0)

Lightweight Alternate BoutAntonio Caruso(10-2) vs.Vinicius Cenci(8-3)

KōmāmāShowcaseWhawhai:Darragh Kelly(7-0)vs. Dylan Salvador(6-2)

Bantamweight Showcase BoutMatheus Mattos(14-4-1) vs.Lazard Dayron (8-0-1)

Women’s Flyweight Alternate BoutSaray Orozco(8-6) vs.Ilara Joanne (12-10)

Welterweight Showcase BoutAlan Dominguez(11-6) vs.Nick Meck (8-2)

ORA runga i Whatunga Fight – UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Brunson vs. Machida PRELIMS, KAK 47 Lyon & M-1 Challenge 84

TORONTO – Fight Network, pirimia o te ao 24/7 multi-platform channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, presents a busy weekend in combat sports, highlighted by a live broadcast of the UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Brunson vs. Machida PRELIMS i runga i Rāhoroi, Oketopa. 28 i 8:00 p.m. AND. On the same day, live coverage kicks off at 1:00 p.m. AND ki KAK 47 SuperFight Series followed immediately by the KAK 47 Lyon main card at 3:30 p.m. AND. Ko te tuatahi, one day earlier, M-1 Selection 16 airs live on Friday, Oketopa. 27 i 12:00 p.m. ET followed immediately by M-1 Challenge 84 i 12:30 p.m. AND.

The two-hour UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS begin on Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. ET with four exciting bouts, as welterweights Vicente Luque (11-6-1) a Niko Price (10-0, 1NC) collide, Antonio Carlos Junior (9-2, 1NC) kanohi Jack Marshman (22-6) i roto i te a'ee taumahawaenga, lightweights Hacran Dias (23-5-1) a Jared Gordon (13-1) whawhai, ia Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (17-5) a Max Griffin (13-3) open the telecast with an exciting welterweight matchup.

Ahead of the live PRELIMS, Fight Network will live broadcast the UFC FIGHT NIGHT PREFIGHT SHOW, featuring coverage from the industry’s premier mixed martial arts analysts, as former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans joins fellow analyst Kenny Florian with host Karyn Bryant and reporter Heidi Androl conducting on-site fighter interviews. At the conclusion of Saturday’s live main card on TSN2, te ora UFC FIGHT NIGHT POSTFIGHT SHOW airs at approximately 1:00 a.m. AND, recapping all the exciting action.

On Saturday afternoon, KAK, the world’s premier kickboxing league, travels to Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France. Kia whakakitea ora i 1:00 p.m. AND, te KAK 47 SuperFight Series features undefeated Florent Kaouachi (11-0, 3KO) making his GLORY debut against experienced veteran Abdarhmane Coulibaly (50-21, 23KO) in a light heavyweight affair, 23-year-old featherweight Massaro “The Project” Glunder (30-10-4, 20KO) draws Lyon’s Dylan Salvador (49-13-1, 21KO) for a tough test in enemy territory, Kaua e. 3-ranked super bantamweight contender Anissa Meksen (92-3, 29KO) goes toe-to-toe with No. 8-runga Funda “Findik” Alkayis (29-2, 12KO), Ahaggan “Boom Boom” Yassine (27-6, 19KO) and Estonia’s Maxim Vorovski (30-3-1, 14KO) meet at middleweight, plus top welterweight prospects Alim “Professor” Nabiyev (45-6, 21KO) a Jimmy Vienot (56-12, 27KO) kick off the action.

Te KAK 47 Lyon main card at 3:30 p.m. ET is headlined by reigning GLORY light heavyweight champion Artem Vakhitov (18-5, 5KO) defending his belt against No. 2-ranked challenger Ariel Machado(45-8, 34KO). I roto i te tahi atu mahi, former GLORY welterweight champion “The Best” Cedric Doumbe (67-5-1, 39KO) begins his campaign back to title contention against heavy-handed veteran Yohan “Le Bucheron” Lidon (93-36-1, 56KO), me te-po kotahi, single-elimination featherweight contender tournament, as multiple-time French kickboxing champion Abdellah Ezbiri (43-12-1, 13KO) meets fellow French-Moroccan Azize “The Magician” Hliali (17-14-1, 2KO), while local favorite Fabio Pinca (102-25-3, 42KO) goes up against Uzbekistan’s Anwar Boynazarov (79-20-2, 45KO) on the other side of the bracket.

M-1 Global returns to Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Oketopa. 27, beginning with M-1 Selection 16 ora i 12:00 p.m. AND, featuring Spain’s Solves Enoc Torres (20-10-1) against Russian Andrey Seledtsov (7-4) i roto i te a'ee taumahawaenga, British heavyweight Phil De Fries (12-6) battling Russia’s Anton Vyazigin (8-1), India’s Sascha Sharma (14-3) e anga Zalimbeg Omarov (8-2-1) in a featherweight tilt,Akhmadian Ozdoev (4-0) risking his perfect record against Daniil Prikaza (7-2-1) in a clash of Russian welterweights, atu Maxim Grabovich (5-5) e i runga i Timerlan Sharipov (4-1) in an all-Russian welterweight duel.

Te M-1 Challenge 84 main card airs live at 2:30 p.m. AND, headlined by an M-1 welterweight championship fight between Russian standouts Alexey Kunchenko (16-0) a Sergey Romanov (12-1). I roto i te hui tahi-matua, Brazil's Caio Magalhaes (10-3) throws down with undefeated Russian Artem Frolov (9-0) for the M-1 middleweight crown. Rounding out the stacked line-up, battle-tested American veteran Joe Riggs (46-17) enters hostile territory against Russian middleweight Oleg Olenichev (9-4), Finland’s Janne Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-1) meets Russia’s Bair Shtepin (4-2) in a bantamweight bout and Finnish lightweight prospect Jani Salmi (9-3) titiro ki te ringa Russia o Roman Bogatov (3-0) his first blemish.

The UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS, PREFIGHT SHOW and POSTFIGHT SHOW, plus GLORY 47 SuperFight Series, KAK 47 Lyon and the M-1 Challenge 84 kāri matua, will all be televised live exclusively in Canada, while M-1 Selection 16 airs live in Canada, te U.S. a mo 30 whenua puta noa i Europe, Africa me te Middle Te Tai Rāwhiti.

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