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The PFL has announced that its eight Welters are competing for a tournament prize for $ 500,000.
The former title holders of Bellator Jason Jackson, Andrey Koreshkov and Logan Storley are the head of a field which includes the support of 170 pounds from the World PFL tournament. The finalist of the PFL 2024 tournament, the finalist of the PFL tournament, Magomed Umalatov, champion of the PFL Europe 2024 Florim Zendeli, Ultimate Fighter 32 Giannis Bashar, distribution member, veteran of the PFL and Bellator, Mukamed Kukhamov, and the recent competitor of Bellator Masayuki Kikuiri.
The tournament should start on April 3 in Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, the winner receiving a prize of $ 500,000 in addition to the status of champion of 2025.
Jackson (18-5) again seeks to claim gold after losing the Bellator Welter weight title against Ramazan Kuramagomedov last June. Before this setback, “The Ass-Kicking Machine” had recorded eight consecutive victories, including a victory over Yaroslav Amosov to become champion.
Also champion of Bellator, Koreshkov (28-5) has won six of his last seven fights and is 1-1 in PFL so far, beating Goiti Yamauchi in his last outing to bounce a defeat in Umalatov.
Storley (16-3) is the third of the former Bellator titles to participate in the next PFL season, although it only succeeded in a provisional share of a head of head everywhere on Michael Page before Losing a unification fight against Amosov. The American alternated victories and defeats in his last five fights.
Zendeli (8-1-1) arrives hot from the submission to the first round of Daniele Miceli which earned him a crown of the PFL Europe 2024 tournament. He received a prize of $ 100,000 for this victory and now pursues a reward still larger.
TUF 32Bashar (9-2) failed to pass the first round of the reality TV competition, losing to the possible finalist Robert Valentin. Apart from this show, Bashar won eight consecutive fights. In its most recent release before TuffBashar eliminated Oriel Brown in 50 seconds to win a vacant Welter Welter weight title.
Berkhamov (17-2) and Kikuiri (10-2-1) are completed, both fought under the PFL / Bellator banner in 2024. Berkhamov won a shared decision on the double champion of the PFL Ray Cooper III during From the past the last in August, while Kikuiri went 2-0 inside the Bellator cage with the Knockouts of Herman Terrado and Alexey Shurkevich.
