PFL 5 (2025)
| PFL 5 | ||||
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The poster for PFL 5 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | June 12, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | |||
| City | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 5 mixed martial arts event for the 2025 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on June 12, 2025, at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. This event marked the semifinals of the single-elimination tournament format in the Welterweight and Featherweight divisions.[1][2][3]
Background
The event marked the promotion's second visit to Nashville and first since PFL 7 (2024) in August 2024.[4]
The main card event featured the semifinals of 2025 PFL World Tournament in a welterweight and featherweight divisions.[5]
At the weigh-ins, Anthony Ivy weighed in at 175.4 pounds, 4.4 pounds over the welterweight limit and he was fine a percentage of his purse, which went to Magomed Umalatov.[6]
Results
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Thad Jean | def. | Jason Jackson | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Featherweight | Jesus Pinedo | def. | Gabriel Braga | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:16 | [b] |
| Welterweight | Logan Storley | def. | Masayuki Kikuiri | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Featherweight | Movlid Khaybulaev | def. | Kim Tae-kyun | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Ádám Borics | def. | Jeremy Kennedy | Decision (majority) (29–28, 28–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [e] |
| Catchweight (175 lb) | Magomed Umalatov | def. | Anthony Ivy | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:28 | [f] |
| Welterweight | Sarek Shields | def. | Joseph Luciano | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Kendly St. Louis | def. | Mukhamed Berkhamov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 3:21 | |
| Featherweight | Alexei Pergande | def. | Mike Bardsley | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Jason Danner | def. | Nathan Gilmore | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- ^ 2025 PFL Welterweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Featherweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Welterweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Featherweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Featherweight Tournament Alternate bout.
- ^ 2025 PFL Welterweight Tournament Alternate bout; Ivy missed weight (175.4 lb).
Tournament brackets
2025 PFL Welterweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Jason Jackson | SUB | |||||||||
| Andrey Koreshkov | 2 | |||||||||
| Jason Jackson | 3 | |||||||||
| Thad Jean | SD | |||||||||
| Mukhamed Berkhamov | 1 | |||||||||
| Thad Jean[a] | KO | |||||||||
| Thad Jean | ||||||||||
| Logan Storley | ||||||||||
| Joseph Luciano[b] | 3 | |||||||||
| Logan Storley | UD | |||||||||
| Logan Storley | UD | |||||||||
| Masayuki Kikuiri | 3 | |||||||||
| Giannis Bachar | 2 | |||||||||
| Masayuki Kikuiri | TKO | |||||||||
- ^ Florim Zendeli withdrew from the tournament for unknown reasons and was replaced by Thad Jean.
- ^ Magomed Umalatov missed weight (173.6 lb) and he was removed from the tournament. Alternate fighter Joseph Luciano stepped in instead.
2025 PFL Featherweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Jesus Pinedo | TKO | |||||||||
| Ádám Borics | 1 | |||||||||
| Jesus Pinedo | TKO | |||||||||
| Gabriel Braga | 1 | |||||||||
| Gabriel Braga | SUB | |||||||||
| Frederik Dupras[a] | 1 | |||||||||
| Jesus Pinedo | ||||||||||
| Movlid Khaybulaev | ||||||||||
| Jeremy Kennedy | 3 | |||||||||
| Movlid Khaybulaev | SD | |||||||||
| Movlid Khaybulaev | UD | |||||||||
| Kim Tae-kyun | 3 | |||||||||
| Nathan Kelly | 1 | |||||||||
| Kim Tae-kyun | SUB | |||||||||
- ^ Yves Landu withdrew from the tournament due to injury and was replaced by Frederik Dupras.
See also
References
- ^ "PFL Announces Dates And Locations For 2025 World Tournament Semifinals". FightBook MMA. 2025-03-11. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Locations Announced for PFL Tournament Semifinals in June". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
- ^ Leonard, Harvey (2025-03-19). "PFL Reveals Locations For 2025 World Tournament Semifinals". MMA News | UFC News Since 2002. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
- ^ Gonzalez, Gabriel (2025-03-11). "PFL Announces Semifinal Dates in Nashville, Wichita, and Chicago". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Main Card Announced for PFL Semifinals in Nashville on June 12". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "PFL Tournament 5 Weigh-in Results: All Semifinal Bouts Official". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ "2025 PFL World Tournament 5: Semifinals". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-04-10.