PFL 2025 Championship Roadmap: Full Tournament Schedule, Bracket Breakdown & ESPN Broadcast Guide

PFL 2025 Tournament Revolution

The Professional Fighters League unveils its most ambitious season yet with a complete format overhaul for 2025. Moving from a points-based system to a pure single-elimination tournament structure across eight stacked divisions, this season promises the most competitive matchups in PFL history.

New Format Highlights:

• 8 weight classes (Adding middleweight and bantamweight to last year's six divisions)
• 64 elite fighters competing in eight-man brackets
• Winner-take-all format: No points, just advancement
• Three-tier playoff system: First round → Semifinals → Championship Finals

🔥 First Round Fight Cards (All Times ET)

🥊 April 3 - Orlando (Welterweight & Featherweight showcase)

Main Card (ESPN2/ESPN+ 10PM)

• Jason Jackson vs. Andrey Koreshkov (Welterweight)
• Jesus Pinedo vs. Adam Borics (Featherweight)
• Joseph Luciano vs. Logan Storley (Welterweight)
• Jeremy Kennedy vs. Movlid Khaybulaev (Featherweight)

Prelims (ESPN+ 8PM)

• 4 additional welterweight/featherweight matchups

👊 April 11 - Orlando (Women's Flyweight & Bantamweight debut)

Main Card (ESPN2/ESPN+ 11PM)

• Taila Santos vs. Juliana Velasquez (Women's Flyweight)
• 3 high-stakes bantamweight matchups

💥 April 18 - Orlando (Middleweight & Lightweight arrival)

Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+ 7PM):

• Impa Kasanganay vs. Jordan Newman (Middleweight)
• 3 explosive lightweight bouts

🏆 May 1 - Orlando (Light Heavyweight & Heavyweight showdowns)

Featured Main Card Bouts (ESPN2/ESPN+ 10PM):

• Phil Davis vs. Rob Wilkinson (205lbs)
• Valentin Moldavsky vs. Sergey Bilostenniy (265lbs)

Championship Path

Semifinals Schedule

• June 12: Nashville (ESPN/ESPN+)
• June 20: Wichita (ESPN/ESPN+)
• June 27: Chicago (ESPN/ESPN+)

Finals Weekend

1. August 1 (Atlantic City): Welterweight & Featherweight championships
2. August 15 (Charlotte): Bantamweight & Women's Flyweight finals
3. August 21 (Hollywood): Lightweight, Middleweight, LHW & HW title fights

Broadcast Notes

All main cards air on ESPN/ESPN2 with streaming alternatives on ESPN+. Early prelims stream exclusively on ESPN+ starting 2-3 hours before main cards.

This revamped tournament format creates must-see matchups at every stage, with fighters needing just three consecutive wins to claim the PFL championship and $1 million prize in their respective divisions.