PFL 3 (2025)
| PFL 3 | ||||
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The poster for PFL 3 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | April 18, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Universal Studios Florida | |||
| City | Orlando, Florida, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 3 mixed martial arts event for the 2025 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on April 18, 2025, at Soundstage 19 of Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida, United States. This event marked the quarterfinal of the single-elimination tournament format in the Middleweight and Lightweight divisions.[1][2][3]
Background
The event featured the quarterfinal of 2025 PFL World Tournament in a middleweight and lightweight divisions.[4][5]
Fabian Edwards withdrew from the middleweight quarterfinal against 2023 PFL light heavyweight winner Impa Kasanganay for unknown reasons and has briefly been replaced by Jordan Newman, who scheduled to face Khalid Murtazaliev in a alternate bout.[6] Subsequently, it was announced that Edwards pushed back in his original spot.[7]
On April 12, it was announced that Alexandr Shabliy withdrew from the tournament for unknown reasons against former Bellator Lightweight World Champion Brent Primus and was replaced by Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci. In addition, Nick Maximov replaced Jordan Newman against Khalid Murtazaliev in a middleweight alternate bout.[8] Subsequently, the bout between Maximov and Murtazaliev was removed from the event after Maximov withdrew.[9]
A lightweight alternate bout between Antonio Caruso and Robert Watley was cancelled shortly after the event started due to an illness suffered by Watley.[10]
Results
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Fabian Edwards | def. | Impa Kasanganay | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:14 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Gadzhi Rabadanov | def. | Marc Diakiese | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:32 | [b] |
| Middleweight | Dalton Rosta | def. | Sadibou Sy | Submission (brabo choke) | 2 | 3:29 | [c] |
| Lightweight | Jay-Jay Wilson | def. | Mads Burnell | TKO (elbows and punches) | 3 | 4:42 | [d] |
| Lightweight | Alfie Davis | def. | Clay Collard | TKO (spinning back elbow and punches) | 1 | 2:12 | [e] |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Josh Silveira | def. | Mike Shipman | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [f] |
| Lightweight | Brent Primus | def. | Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 4:52 | [g] |
| Middleweight | Aaron Jeffery | def. | Murad Ramazanov | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [h] |
- ^ 2025 PFL Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
Tournament brackets
2025 PFL Middleweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Impa Kasanganay | 2 | |||||||||
| Fabian Edwards | TKO | |||||||||
| Fabian Edwards | ||||||||||
| Josh Silveira | ||||||||||
| Mike Shipman | 3 | |||||||||
| Josh Silveira | UD | |||||||||
| Dalton Rosta | SUB | |||||||||
| Sadibou Sy | 2 | |||||||||
| Dalton Rosta | ||||||||||
| Aaron Jeffery | ||||||||||
| Aaron Jeffery | SD | |||||||||
| Murad Ramazanov | 3 | |||||||||
2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci[a] | 3 | |||||||||
| Brent Primus | SUB | |||||||||
| Brent Primus | ||||||||||
| Alfie Davis | ||||||||||
| Clay Collard | 3 | |||||||||
| Alfie Davis | UD | |||||||||
| Gadzhi Rabadanov | KO | |||||||||
| Marc Diakiese | 1 | |||||||||
| Gadzhi Rabadanov | ||||||||||
| Jay-Jay Wilson | ||||||||||
| Jay-Jay Wilson | TKO | |||||||||
| Mads Burnell | 3 | |||||||||
- ^ Alexandr Shabliy withdrew from the tournament due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Jordan Newman Replaces Fabian Edwards in PFL Middleweight Tournament". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "After Brief Exit, Fabian Edwards Returns to PFL Middleweight Tournament". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "PFL Tournament 3 Update: Vinicius Cenci Replaces Alexandr Shabliy in Bracket". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ Reinsmith, Trent. "2025 PFL World Tournament 3 Full Fight Card". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Live Now! PFL 2025 World Tournament 3 Play-by-Play, Results & Round Scoring". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "2025 PFL World Tournament 3: First Round". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-03-11.