Skilled Fighters League (PFL) right this moment introduced the launch of its new-look 2025 World Event, that includes eight weight lessons comprised of eight fighters competing to assert the title of PFL Event Champion. The motion will get underway on April 3 with semifinals beginning on June 12 and finals starting on August 1.
All event fights will air dwell on ESPN and ESPN+ in the US.
“The PFL World Event is sustained innovation by PFL, and we’re thrilled to current to world MMA followers an much more thrilling product,” Peter Murray, PFL CEO mentioned. “One shot, single elimination, nothing extra thrilling in all of sports activities.”
The one-elimination event options brackets at Heavyweight, Gentle Heavyweight, Middleweight, Welterweight, Light-weight, Featherweight, Bantamweight, and Girls’s Flyweight. 64 of the promotion’s finest fighters from all over the world might want to win three straight instances in 5 months to turn into PFL Event Champion.
The opening spherical fights and the semifinals shall be three, five-minute rounds whereas the finals consist of 5, five-minute rounds. All occasions and all fights now enable the usage of elbows, as beforehand reported. The PFL World Event can pay out over $20 million in whole prize cash, together with a $500,000 bonus for each winner.
The entire five-month World Event dates are as follows:
Opening RoundApril 3, 2025April 11, 2025April 18, 2025
SemifinalsJune 12, 2025 June 20, 2025 June 27, 2025
ChampionshipsAugust 1, 2025August 15, 2025 August 21, 2025
A full event roster reveal of all 64 rivals and corresponding matchups shall be launched in February.
