Here's everything you need to know ahead of the 2025 PFL tournament finals event in North Carolina.
The 2025 PFL World Tournament continues Friday in North Carolina to crown winners at lightweight, women’s flyweight and bantamweight.
Here’s how to watch 2025 PFL World Tournament 9: Finals with lineups, fight info and more.
Broadcast and streaming info
2025 PFL World Tournament 9: Finals takes place Friday at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte.
The card streams on ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET and features the finals of the lightweight, women’s flyweight and bantamweight tournaments.
Lightweight final: Gadzhi Rabadanov
- Record: 26-4-2
- Opponent: Alfie Davis (19-5-1)
- Key wins: Kevin Lee, Marc Diakiese, Brent Primus, Jay Jay Wilson
- Misc.: The defending champ from 2024 brings a 12-fight winning streak to the final looking for a repeat. Seven of those first eight wins were decisions, but starting with last season’s playoffs, he’s had four straight knockout wins. Both his 2025 tournament fights were first-round finishes.
Lightweight final: Alfie Davis
- Record: 19-5-1
- Opponent: Gadzhi Rabadanov (26-4-2)
- Key wins: Brent Primus, Clay Collard
- Misc.: Longtime Bellator fighter from England was finished in his PFL debut this past November, but in the 2025 tournament took out Collard with a spinning back elbow in the quarterfinals, then beat ex-Bellator champ Primus to reach the biggest fight of his career.
Women’s flyweight final: Liz Carmouche
- Record: 24-8
- Opponent: Jena Bishop (9-2)
- Key wins: Kana Watanabe (twice), Juliana Velasquez (three times), Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, Jessica Andrade, Valentina Shevchenko (2010)
- Misc.: Carmouche has retribution on her mind. She came to the PFL in 2024 as the Bellator champion, but was upset in the playoffs. She can add to her Hall of Fame-worthy resume with a title in another promotion.
Women’s flyweight final: Jena Bishop
- Record: 9-2
- Opponent: Liz Carmouche (24-8)
- Key wins: Kana Watanabe
- Misc.: Like Carmouche, Bishop is based in San Diego, and like her former Bellator champion opponent, she’s likely at the tail end of her career. At 39 (Carmouche is 41), Bishop has a chance to put a major stamp on her resume in an MMA career she only took up as a pro less than four years ago.
Bantamweight final: Marcirley Alves
- Record: 14-4
- Opponent: Justin Wetzell (12-2)
- Key wins: Jake Hadley, Leandro Higo
- Misc.: Former Jungle Fight champion in Brazil had mixed results when he came to the States with Bellator. But in the PFL tournament, he’s on the cusp of a major accomplishment at just 26 after two decision wins in the bracket.
Bantamweight final: Justin Wetzell
- Record: 12-2
- Opponent: Marcirley Alves (14-4) vs. Justin Wetzell (12-2)
- Key wins: Kasum Kasumov
- Misc.: Wetzell trains in Denver at Elevation Fight Team and brings a five-fight winning streak into the biggest bout of his career.
2025 PFL tournament final odds
- Gadzhi Rabadanov -590, Alfie Davis +390
- Liz Carmouche -370, Jena Bishop +265
- Marcirley Alves -165, Justin Wetzell +130
2025 PFL World Tournament 9: Finals lineup (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Alfie Davis vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov – lightweight tournament championship
- Jena Bishop vs. Liz Carmouche – women’s flyweight tournament championship
- Marcirley Alves vs. Justin Wetzell – bantamweight tournament championship
- Mads Burnell vs. Robert Watley
- Ekaterina Shakalova vs. Juliana Velasquez
- Biaggio Ali Walsh vs. Adryan Grundy
- Sabrina de Sousa vs. Saray Orozco
- Renat Khavalov vs. Vilson Ndregjoni
- Kendly St. Louis vs. Chris Mixan
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