On Thursday, Apr. 3, the Professional Fighters League hosted PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 1, live from Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Fla. The event featured the first round of the 2025 PFL men’s welterweight and featherweight tournaments.
In the main event former Bellator champions collided with Jason Jackson beating Andrey Koreshkov. Jackson out-wrestled Koreshkov in the first and second round. In the second, while he had Koreshkov on the ground, Jackson landed a big elbow to back of his opponent’s head. That opened a cut and forced a lengthy break in the action. The blow was deemed accidental and not worthy of a point deduction. Koreshkov was given time to recover, but still looked a little woozy when the fight was restarted. Soon after the restart Jackson landed another takedown and quickly took Koreshkov’s back for the submission.
In the co-main event Jesus Pinedo’s striking proved too much for Ádám Borics. The former PFL season winner blitzed Borics early and put him away with ground and pound.
Before those bouts Logan Storley dominated Joseph Luciano on the ground. These two were planning for different opponents, but wound up together after some weigh-in fails. Movlid Khaybulaev kicked off the main card with a split decision win over Jeremy Kennedy, that’s despite almost getting finished in the first round.
The event aired live on ESPN+ starting at 7 p.m. ET, with the the main card also airing on ESPN2 at 10 p.m. ET. Check below for full results.
Jesus Pinedo def. Ádám Borics by TKO (punches). Round 1, 3:43 – featherweight first round
Logan Storley def. Joseph Luciano by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) – welterweight first round
Movlid Khaybulaev def. Jeremy Kennedy via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) – featherweight first round
Thad Jean def. Mukhamed Berkhamov by TKO (punches). Round 1, 4:25 – welterweight first round
Gabriel Braga def. Frederik Dupras by submission (rear naked choke). Round 1, 4:37 – featherweight first round
Masayuki Kikuiri def. Giannis Bachar by TKO (corner retirement). Round 2, 5:00 – welterweight first round
Tae Kyun Kim def. Nathan Kelly by submission (rear naked choke). Round 1, 4:53 – featherweight first round