PFL 6 (2025)
| PFL 6 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL 6 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | June 20, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Intrust Bank Arena | |||
| City | Wichita, Kansas, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 6 mixed martial arts event for the 2025 season of the Professional Fighters League will be hold on June 20, 2025, at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas, United States. This event will mark the semifinals of the single-elimination tournament format in the Lightweight, Bantamweight and Women's Flyweight divisions.[1][2][3]
Background
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The event will mark the promotion's debut in Wichita and the state of Kansas.[4]
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The event will be feature the semifinals of 2025 PFL World Tournament in a women's flyweight, bantamweight and lightweight divisions.[5]
Jay-Jay Wilson was scheduled to face 2024 PFL lightweight winner Gadzhi Rabadanov in a lightweight semifinal bout at the main event. However, Wilson withdrew from the bout due to suffering a broken jaw.[6] On May 28, the promotion announced that Kevin Lee signs with PFL and will replace Wilson against Rabadanov instead.[7]
Fight card
[edit]| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Gadzhi Rabadanov | vs. | Kevin Lee | [a] | |||
| Women's Flyweight | Liz Carmouche | vs. | Elora Dana | [b] | |||
| Lightweight | Mansour Barnaoui | vs. | Archie Colgan | [c] | |||
| Bantamweight | Jake Hadley | vs. | Marcirley Alves | [d] | |||
| Bantamweight | Justin Wetzell | vs. | Mando Gutierrez | [e] | |||
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Brent Primus | vs. | Alfie Davis | [f] | |||
| Women's Flyweight | Ekaterina Shakalova | vs. | Jena Bishop | [g] | |||
| Bantamweight | Magomed Magomedov | vs. | Sarvarjon Khamidov | [h] | |||
| Lightweight | Antonio Caruso | vs. | Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci | [i] | |||
| Lightweight | Mike Hamel | vs. | Darragh Kelly | ||||
| Bantamweight | Matheus Mattos | vs. | Lazaro Dayron | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Saray Orozco | vs. | Ilra Joanne | [j] | |||
| Welterweight | Alan Dominiguez | vs. | Nick Meck | ||||
- ^ 2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ Bellator Lightweight title eliminator.
- ^ 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament Alternate bout.
- ^ 2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament Alternate bout.
- ^ 2025 PFL Women's Flyweight Tournament Alternate bout.
Brackets
[edit]2025 PFL Lightweight Tournament
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci[a] | 3 | |||||||||
 Brent Primus | SUB | |||||||||
| Brent Primus | ||||||||||
 Alfie Davis | ||||||||||
| Clay Collard | 3 | |||||||||
| Alfie Davis | UD | |||||||||
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 Gadzhi Rabadanov | KO | |||||||||
 Marc Diakiese | 1 | |||||||||
| Gadzhi Rabadanov | ||||||||||
 Jay-Jay Wilson | ||||||||||
| Jay-Jay Wilson | TKO | |||||||||
 Mads Burnell | 3 | |||||||||
- ^ Alexandr Shabliy withdrew from the tournament due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci.
2025 PFL Bantamweight Tournament
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Leandro Higo | 3 | |||||||||
| Marcirley Alves[a] | SD | |||||||||
| Marcirley Alves | ||||||||||
| Jake Hadley | ||||||||||
| Jake Hadley | SUB | |||||||||
| Matheus Mattos[b] | 3 | |||||||||
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| Kasum Kasumov | 3 | |||||||||
| Justin Wetzell[c] | UD | |||||||||
| Justin Wetzell | ||||||||||
 Mando Gutierrez | ||||||||||
 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 | ||||||||||
| Jena Bishop | ||||||||||
 Kana Watanabe | 3 | |||||||||
| Jena Bishop | UD | |||||||||
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| Liz Carmouche | TKO | |||||||||
| Ilara Joanne | 1 | |||||||||
| Liz Carmouche | ||||||||||
| Elona Dana | ||||||||||
| Elora Dana | SUB | |||||||||
| Diana Avsaragova | 1 | |||||||||
- ^ Taila Santos withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Ekaterina Shakalova.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "PFL Announces Dates And Locations For 2025 World Tournament Semifinals". FightBook MMA. 2025-03-11. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Locations Announced for PFL Tournament Semifinals in June". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
- ^ Leonard, Harvey (2025-03-19). "PFL Reveals Locations For 2025 World Tournament Semifinals". MMA News | UFC News Since 2002. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
- ^ Gonzalez, Gabriel (2025-03-11). "PFL Announces Semifinal Dates in Nashville, Wichita, and Chicago". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Full Card Announced for PFL World Tournament 6 in Wichita". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ King, Nolan. "PFL loses main event semifinal as Jay Jay Wilson injured ahead of Gadzhi Rabadnov fight". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ^ Bohn, Mike. "Kevin Lee signs with PFL, steps into lightweight semifinal vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "2025 PFL World Tournament 6: Semifinals". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-06-02.