PFL 2 (2025)
| PFL 2 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | April 11, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Universal Studios Florida | |||
| City | Orlando, Florida, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 2 mixed martial arts event for the 2025 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on April 11, 2025, at the Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida, United States. This event marked the quarterfinal of the single-elimination tournament format in the Women's Flyweight and Bantamweight divisions.[1][2][3]
Background
[edit]The event featured the quarterfinal of 2025 PFL World Tournament in a women's flyweight and bantamweight divisions.[4][5]
Ciarán Clarke withdrew of the bantamweight quarterfinal against Kasum Kasumov for unknown reasons and was replaced by Justin Wetzell.[6]
The bantamweight quarterfinal between 2024 PFL MENA bantamweight winner Ali Taleb and Zebenzui Ruiz was removed from the event for visa issues and Taleb was moved to an event on May 24 against Taylor Lapilus.[7] The alternate bout between Francesco Nuzzi and Mando Gutierrez was promoted to quarterfinal instead, Nuzzi who scheduled to face Matheus Mattos and was replaced by Vilson Ndregjoni.[6]
A week later, it was announced that Magomed Magomedov withdrew of his bout against former LFA Bantamweight Champion Leandro Higo in a bantamweight quarterfinal and was replaced by The Ultimate Fighter 29 alumni Josh Rettinghouse.[8] In turn, Rettinghouse was not medically cleared and was replaced by Marcirley Alves.[9]
On the fight week, Taila Santos withdrew from the tournament against former Bellator Women's Flyweight World Champion Juliana Velasquez and was replaced by Ekaterina Shakalova.[10]
At weigh-ins, Justin Wetzell weighed in at 138.4 pounds, 2.4 pounds over the bantamweight limit, resulting in him being fined a percentage of his purse.[11]
Results
[edit]| Main card (ESPN2 / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Marcirley Alves | def. | Leandro Higo | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Women's Flyweight | Liz Carmouche | def. | Ilara Joanne | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:25 | [b] |
| Bantamweight | Mando Gutierrez | def. | Francesco Nuzzi | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:13 | [c] |
| Bantamweight | Justin Wetzell | def. | Kasum Kasumov | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Women's Flyweight | Ekaterina Shakalova | def. | Juliana Velasquez | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:05 | [e] |
| Bantamweight | Jake Hadley | def. | Matheus Mattos | Submission (twister) | 3 | 2:16 | [f] |
| Women's Flyweight | Jena Bishop | def. | Kana Watanabe | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [g] |
| Women's Flyweight | Elora Dana | def. | Diana Avsaragova | Submission (neck crank) | 1 | 4:48 | [h] |
- ^ 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal. Wetzell missed weight (138.4 lbs)
- ^ 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
Brackets
[edit]2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Leandro Higo | 3 | |||||||||
| Marcirley Alves [a] | SD | |||||||||
| Marcirley Alves | ||||||||||
 Jake Hadley | ||||||||||
| Jake Hadley | SUB | |||||||||
| Matheus Mattos [b] | 2 | |||||||||
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 Kasum Kasumov | 3 | |||||||||
 Justin Wetzell [c] | UD | |||||||||
| Justin Wetzell | ||||||||||
 Mando Gutierrez | ||||||||||
 Francesco Nuzzi | 1 | |||||||||
| Mando Gutierrez [d] | SUB | |||||||||
- ^ Magomed Magomedov withdrew from the tournament due to injury and was replaced by Josh Rettinghouse. Rettinghouse was not medically cleared and replaced by Marcirley Alves
- ^ Sarvarjon Khamidov withdrew from the tournament due to visa issues and was replaced by Matheus Mattos.
- ^ Ciaran Clarke withdrew from the tournament due to injury and was replaced by Justin Wetzell.
- ^ Ali Taleb and Zebenzui Ruiz withdrew from the tournament due to visa issues and were replaced by Francesco Nuzzi and Mando Gutierrez.
2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Juliana Velasquez | 1 | |||||||||
 Ekaterina Shakalova[a] | SUB | |||||||||
| Ekaterina Shakalova | ||||||||||
| Jena Bishop | ||||||||||
 Kana Watanabe | 3 | |||||||||
| Jena Bishop | UD | |||||||||
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| Liz Carmouche | TKO | |||||||||
| Ilara Joanne | 1 | |||||||||
| Liz Carmouche | ||||||||||
| Elora Dana | ||||||||||
| Elora Dana | SUB | |||||||||
| Diana Avsaragova | 1 | |||||||||
- ^ Taila Santos withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Ekaterina Shakalova.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Lee, Alexander K. (2025-02-11). "PFL announces location for start of 2025 World Tournament". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ Anderson, Jay (2025-02-11). "PFL Announces Four Orlando Dates for 2025 World Tournament". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "PFL Reveals First Four Dates for 2025 World Tournament". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ Heck, Mike (2025-03-11). "PFL reveals all first-round matchups for 2025 World Tournament". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ Anderson, Jay (2025-03-11). "PFL Announces Entire Slate of Opening-Round World Tournament Match-Ups". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ a b Kerman, Garrett (2025-03-27). "PFL World Tournament 2: Bantamweight Shake-Up Adds Exciting New Matchups". Sportscasting. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "Taylor Lapilus : on connaît le nom de l'adversaire qu'il affrontera pour ses débuts au PFL". ActuMMA (in French). 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL fights announced in the past week (March 24-30)". MMA Junkie. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
- ^ Anderson, Jay (2025-04-10). "PFL 2 Loses Main Event Fighter, Leandro Higo Now Faces Marcirley Alves". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Taila Santos Withdraws from PFL Flyweight Tournament; Card Gets New Headliner". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "PFL World Tournament 2 Weigh-in Results: New Main Event Set; 1 Fighter Heavy". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ "2025 PFL World Tournament 2: First Round". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-03-11.