Three names are confirmed for the brand new period of the Skilled Fighters League in 2025.
PFL has deserted its season format for extra conventional tournaments in 2025, just like the early Bellator model of occasions, and the primary fighters confirmed within the grand prix are Impa Kasanganay, Taila Santos, and Marc Diakiese.
The promotion will nonetheless announce the opposite 59 fighters to the roster, and is anticipated to disclose the complete brackets in February. The eight match winners will pocket $500,000 every.
Kasanganay (18-5) received the 2023 mild heavyweight season after a 5-0 run below the PFL banner that yr. Kasanganay made his approach to one other season ultimate in 2024, however misplaced to Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov.
Santos (22-4) additionally made it to the PFL finals in her first yr since leaving the UFC, however got here up quick in opposition to Dakota Ditcheva for the million-dollar examine in November 2024. Santos, who as soon as challenged Valentina Shevchenko for UFC gold, is 3-1 in PFL.
Diakiese (18-7) parted methods with the UFC after competing 15 occasions contained in the octagon between 2016 and 2023, strolling away after finishing his take care of a win over Kaue Fernandes in Brazil and heaving beat the likes of Joe Duffy and Lando Vannata within the firm. The 31-year-old veteran received a call over Tim Wilde in his Bellator debut this previous September.
PFL will maintain tournaments in each male division from bantamweight to heavyweight, plus girls’s flyweight division.
