The fighters competing on this year’s PFL heavyweight and light heavyweight tournaments are set.
PFL announced on Wednesday the eight fighters that will be competing in each respective weight class, along with alternate names for the 205-pound division.
At heavyweight, most notably former interim Bellator champion Valentin Moldavsky and recent signee in UFC veteran Alexander Romanov will be participating. And at light heavyweight, former Bellator champion and UFC veteran Phil Davis will be competing alongside former PFL champions Rob Wilkinson and Antonio Carlos Jr.
Below is the full list of fighters set to participate in the two biggest weight classes for the PFL 2025 tournaments.
Heavyweight:
- Valentin Moldavsky (13-4)
- Alexander Romanov (18-3)
- Oleg Popov (19-2)
- Linton Vassell (25-10)
- Sergey Bilostenniy (13-3)
- Tim Johnson (18-11)
- Pouya Rahmani (4-0)
- Abraham Bably (5-1)
Light heavyweight:
- Phil Davis (24-7)
- Rob Wilkinson (19-3)
- Karl Moore (12-3)
- Marcelo Nunes (11-2)
- Antonio Carlos Jr. (16-6)
- Simeon Powell (10-1)
- Karl Albrektsson (14-6)
- Sullivan Cauley (6-1)
** Alex Polizzi (11-4) and Rafael Xavier (13-8) will serve as alternates.
The PFL 2025 tournaments kick off on April 3, April 11, April 18, and May 1 at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla. The completed brackets will be unveiled March 11 through a bracket reveal show on YouTube.
Fighters will need to win three consecutive bouts to win their respective tournaments. The tournaments winners will each receive a $500,000 bonus.
