PFL Europe 1 (2025)
| PFL Europe 1 | ||||
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.jpg) The poster for PFL Europe 1 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | May 10, 2025 | |||
| Venue | SSE Arena | |||
| City | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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PFL Europe 1 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on May 10, 2025, at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1][2][3][4]
Background
[edit]The event marked the promotion's debut in Northern Ireland.[5]
A lightweight bout between former Cage Warriors Featherweight Champion Paul Hughes and Bruno Miranda headlined the event.[6][7]
This event also featured the quarterfinal of the 2025 PFL Europe Tournament in a lightweight division.[8]
Originally scheduled as a middleweight bout, the bout between Haider Khan and Sean McCormac was changed to 195 pounds catchweight, with Khan weighed in at 194.1 pounds and McCormac at 188 pounds and the heavier Khan was fined 20% of his purse by hitting the scales eight pounds over the 186-pound limit.[9]
Results
[edit]| Main card (DAZN) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Paul Hughes | def. | Bruno Miranda | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:42 | |
| Bantamweight | Lewis McGrillen | def. | Alan Philpott | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:17 | |
| Lightweight | Connor Hughes | def. | Sebastien Di Franco | KO (punch) | 2 | 2:46 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Gino van Steenis | def. | Decky McAleenan | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Catchweight (195 lb) | Haider Khan | def. | Sean McCormac | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Aleksandr Chizov | def. | Mark Ewen | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:33 | [c] |
| Lightweight | Claudio Pacella | def. | Gavin Hughes | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Preliminary card (YouTube / DAZN) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Eoin Sheridan | def. | Malichi Edwards | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:53 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Gemma Auld | def. | Sammy-Jo Luxton | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:43 | |
| Featherweight | Corey McLaughlin | def. | Nahom Wedi | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
Brackets
[edit]2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Decky McAleenan | 3 | |||||||||
 Gino van Steenis | UD | |||||||||
| Gino van Steenis | ||||||||||
 Claudio Pacella | ||||||||||
 Gavin Hughes | 3 | |||||||||
| Claudio Pacella | UD | |||||||||
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| Connor Hughes | KO | |||||||||
 Sebastien Di Franco | 1 | |||||||||
| Connor Hughes | ||||||||||
 Aleksandr Chizov | ||||||||||
 Mark Ewen | 1 | |||||||||
| Aleksandr Chizov | TKO | |||||||||
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Guillen, Adam (2025-03-10). "He's Back! Paul Hughes booked to headline PFL's return to Belfast on May 10". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "Paul Hughes set to headline PFL Belfast card after war with Usman Nurmagomedov". MMA Knockout On SI. 2025-03-01. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ Evanoff, Josh (2025-03-10). "Paul Hughes set to headline PFL Europe Belfast on May 10th". | BJPenn.com. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Paul Hughes to Headline PFL Europe Belfast on May 10". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ Anderson, Jay (2025-03-10). "Paul Hughes Set to Headline PFL Europe Belfast on May 10". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "Hughes to headline PFL's Belfast card in May". BBC Sport. 2025-03-10. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "Hughes to fight Miranda in 10 May Belfast bout". BBC Sport. 2025-03-12. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament Bracket Revealed For Belfast". FightBook MMA. 2025-03-14. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "PFL Europe 1 Weigh-in Results: Lightweight Tournament Begins". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "2025 PFL Europe 1: Belfast". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-04-02.