PFL 9 (2025)
| PFL 9 | ||||
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| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | August 15, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Bojangles Coliseum | |||
| City | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 9 mixed martial arts event for the 2025 season of the Professional Fighters League will be held on August 15, 2025, at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. This event will mark the finals of the single-elimination tournament format in the Lightweight, Bantamweight and Women's Flyweight divisions.[1][2]
Background
[edit]The event will mark the promotion's first visit to Charlotte and the state of North Carolina.[3]
The event will be feature the finals of 2025 PFL World Tournament in the lightweight, bantamweight and women's flyweight divisions.[4]
Fight card
[edit]| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Gadzhi Rabadanov | vs. | Alfie Davis | [a] | |||
| Women's Flyweight | Liz Carmouche | vs. | Jena Bishop | [b] | |||
| Bantamweight | Marcirley Alves | vs. | Justin Wetzell | [c] | |||
| Lightweight | Mads Burnell | vs. | Robert Watley | ||||
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Women's Flyweight | Juliana Velasquez | vs. | Ekaterina Shakalova | ||||
| Lightweight | Biaggio Ali Walsh | vs. | TBA | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Sabrina de Sousa | vs. | Saray Orozco | ||||
| Bantamweight | Renat Khavalov | vs. | Vilson Ndregjoni | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Chelsea Hackett | vs. | Ashley Thiner | ||||
- ^ 2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament Final.
- ^ 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Final.
- ^ 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Final.
Tournament brackets
[edit]2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci[a] | 3 | |||||||||
 Brent Primus | SUB | |||||||||
| Brent Primus | 3 | |||||||||
 Alfie Davis | UD | |||||||||
| Clay Collard | 3 | |||||||||
| Alfie Davis | UD | |||||||||
| Alfie Davis | ||||||||||
 Gadzhi Rabadanov | ||||||||||
| Gadzhi Rabadanov | KO | |||||||||
 Marc Diakiese | 1 | |||||||||
| Gadzhi Rabadanov | TKO | |||||||||
| Kevin Lee[b] | 1 | |||||||||
 Jay-Jay Wilson | TKO | |||||||||
 Mads Burnell | 3 | |||||||||
- ^ Alexandr Shabliy withdrew from the tournament due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci.
- ^ Jay-Jay Wilson withdrew from the tournament due to a jaw injury and was replaced by Kevin Lee.
2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Leandro Higo | 3 | |||||||||
| Marcirley Alves[a] | SD | |||||||||
| Marcirley Alves | UD | |||||||||
| Jake Hadley | 3 | |||||||||
| Jake Hadley | SUB | |||||||||
| Matheus Mattos[b] | 3 | |||||||||
| Marcirley Alves | ||||||||||
| Justin Wetzell | ||||||||||
| Kasum Kasumov | 3 | |||||||||
| Justin Wetzell[c] | UD | |||||||||
| Justin Wetzell | UD | |||||||||
 Mando Gutierrez | 3 | |||||||||
 Francesco Nuzzi | 1 | |||||||||
| Mando Gutierrez[d] | SUB | |||||||||
- ^ Magomed Magomedov withdrew from the tournament due to injury and was replaced by Josh Rettinghouse. In turn, Rettinghouse was not medically cleared and replaced by Marcirley Alves
- ^ Sarvarjon Khamidov withdrew from the tournament due to visa issues and was replaced by Matheus Mattos.
- ^ Ciaran Clarke withdrew from the tournament due to injury and was replaced by Justin Wetzell.
- ^ Ali Taleb and Zebenzui Ruiz withdrew from the tournament due to visa issues and were replaced by Francesco Nuzzi and Mando Gutierrez.
2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Juliana Velasquez | 1 | |||||||||
 Ekaterina Shakalova[a] | SUB | |||||||||
| Ekaterina Shakalova | 2 | |||||||||
| Jena Bishop | SUB | |||||||||
 Kana Watanabe | 3 | |||||||||
| Jena Bishop | UD | |||||||||
| Jena Bishop | ||||||||||
| Liz Carmouche | ||||||||||
| Liz Carmouche | TKO | |||||||||
| Ilara Joanne | 1 | |||||||||
| Liz Carmouche | UD | |||||||||
| Elona Dana | 3 | |||||||||
| Elora Dana | SUB | |||||||||
| Diana Avsaragova | 1 | |||||||||
- ^ Taila Santos withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Ekaterina Shakalova.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "PFL Announces Dates and Locations For 2025 World Tournament Finals". Professional Fighters League. 2025-04-03. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
- ^ "PFL 2025 World Tournament Finals Set for Atlantic City on August 1". FightBook MMA. 2025-07-08. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ "PFL Announces World Tournament Finals in Atlantic City, Charlotte, and Hollywood FL". Cageside Press. 2025-04-03. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ Critchfield, Tristen. "Card Nearly Finalized for PFL World Tournament 9 in Charlotte on Aug. 15". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-07-16.