2025 PFL World Tournament: Welterweight and featherweight rosters confirmed

Anticipation is building ahead of this year's PFL World Tournament with the confirmation of the welterweight and featherweight rosters. 

Getting underway on April 3, the PFL will be staging its yearly tournament, but this year will see a new format introduced. 

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The tournament will pay out over $20million in prize money with the winner in each weight division earning a $500,000 bonus. 

Three former Bellator champions set for welterweight tournament 

Big names will be a part of the welterweight tournament with three former Bellator champions in Jason Jackson, Andrey Koreshkov and interim titleholder Logan Storley set to compete.

There will also be PFL Europe representation with last year's welterweight champion, Florim Zendeli, hoping to add another major title to his resume. 

The full welterweight roster for the 2025 PFL World Tournament can be found below. 

• Jason Jackson (18-5) - Jamaica
• Magomed Umalatov (17-1) - Russia
• Andrey Koreshkov (28-5) - Russia
• Logan Storley (16-3) - U.S.A.
• Mukhamed Berkhamov (17-2, 1 NC) - Russia
• Florim Zendeli (10-1) - Albania
• Giannis Bachar (9-2) - Greece
• Masayuki Kikuiri (10-2-1) - Japan
• Alternate - Dmitrii Hrytsenko (9-1) - Ukraine
• Alternate - Joseph Luciano (10-2) - Australia

Former featherweight champion returns in 2025

When it comes to the featherweight tournament, the standout name is 2023 champion Jesus Pinedo who returns after a year's absence from the cage. 

He will be joined by a familiar face in Gabriel Braga who clashed with Pinedo for the PFL featherweight belt two years ago. 

Tae Kyun Kim of South Korea, also joins the tournament as he looks to make an impact in his PFL debut. 

The full featherweight roster for the 2025 PFL World Tournament can be found below. 

• Jesus Pinedo (23-6-1) - Peru
• Gabriel Braga (15-2) - Brazil
• Adam Borics (19-2) - Hungary
• Movlid Khaybulaev (21-0-1, 1 NC) - Russia
• Jeremy Kennedy (19-5) - Canada
• Yves Landu (21-9) - France
• Nathan Kelly (11-3) - Ireland
• Tae Kyun Kim (10-1-0) - South Korea
• Alternate - Frederick Dupras (8-1) - Canada
• Alternate - Nathan Ghareeb (10-3) - U.S.A.