PFL Announces Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight Rosters for 2025 World Tournament

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The entire lineup for the 2025 Professional Fighters League World Tournament is now in place.

On Wednesday, the promotion announced the rosters for the eight-man brackets at heavyweight and light heavyweight. Two alternates were also set for the 205-pound field. Alternates at heavyweight were not provided.

The heavyweight lineup includes the Oleg Popov, who fell to Denis Goltsov in the 2024 PFL finals and Alexander Romanov, who went 7-3 in the UFC before being released from the Las Vegas-based organization. Former Bellator MMA interim heavyweight king Valentin Moldavsky will also be a participant.

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Meanwhile, former Bellator champ and longtime UFC veteran Phil Davis headlines the 205-pound roster. The tournament will also feature a pair of former PFL champions in Rob Wilkinson and Antonio Carlos Jr.

The 2025 PFL World Tournament will begin with events on April 3, April 11, April 18 and May 1 at the backlot of Universal Studios Florida in Orlando. The winner of each bracket will receive a $500,000 bonus, and the tournament as a whole will provide payouts of more than $20 million. Events will be broadcast on the family of ESPN platforms in the United States.

Tournament matchups will be announced on March 11 as part of a special bracket reveal show.

Heavyweight Division – 2025 PFL World Tournament

Valentin Moldavsky - Russia
Alexander Romanov - Moldova
Oleg Popov - Russia
Linton Vassell - England
Sergey Bilostenniy - Russia
Tim Johnson - United States
Pouya Rahmani - United Arab Emirates
Abraham Bably - England

Light Heavyweight Division – 2025 PFL World Tournament

Phil Davis - United States
Rob Wilkinson - Australia
Karl Moore - Ireland
Marcelo Nunes - Brazil
Antonio Carlos Jr. - Brazil
Simeon Powell - England
Karl Albrektsson - Sweden
Sullivan Cauley - United States
Alternate: Alex Polizzi - United States
Alternate: Rafael Xavier - Germany