PFL 7 (2025)
| PFL 7 | ||||
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The poster for PFL 7 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | June 27, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Wintrust Arena | |||
| City | Chicago, Illinois, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 7 mixed martial arts event for the 2025 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on June 27, 2025, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, United States. This event marked the semifinals of the single-elimination tournament format in the Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight and Middleweight divisions.[1][2][3]
Background
The event marked the promotion's third visit to Chicago and first since PFL 3 (2024) in April 2024.[4]
The event featured the semifinals of 2025 PFL World Tournament in a middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions.[5]
A bantamweight bout between former Bellator Bantamweight World Champion Sergio Pettis and former interim champion Raufeon Stots took place at this event.[6] The pairing was previously scheduled to meet for the bantamweight title and the Grand Prix at Bellator 279 in April 2022, but Pettis was forced to pull out due to sustaining an injury that required surgery.[7]
Results
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Fabian Edwards | def. | Josh Silveira | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Light Heavyweight | Sullivan Cauley | def. | Phil Davis | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Bantamweight | Sergio Pettis | def. | Raufeon Stots | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Dalton Rosta | def. | Aaron Jeffrey | Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Light Heavyweight | Antônio Carlos Júnior | def. | Simeon Powell | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Valentin Moldavsky | vs. | Alexander Romanov | No Contest (accidental groin strike) | 1 | 4:26 | [e] |
| Lightweight | Ronnie Gibbs | def. | Biaggio Ali Walsh | Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 2:45 | |
| Heavyweight | Oleg Popov | def. | Rodrigo Nascimento | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [f] |
| Light Heavyweight | Rafael Xavier | def. | Karl Albrektsson | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:27 | [g] |
- ^ 2025 PFL Middleweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Middleweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal. An accidental groin strike rendered Romanov unable to continue; the judges picked him to advance to the finals.
- ^ 2025 PFL Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Light Heavyweight Tournament Alternate bout.
Tournament brackets
2025 PFL Heavyweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Valentin Moldavsky | UD | |||||||||
| Sergey Bilostenniy | 3 | |||||||||
| Valentin Moldavsky | 1 | |||||||||
| Alexander Romanov | NC | |||||||||
| Alexander Romanov | SUB | |||||||||
| Timothy Johnson | 1 | |||||||||
| Alexander Romanov | ||||||||||
| Oleg Popov | ||||||||||
| Abraham Bably | 3 | |||||||||
| Rodrigo Nascimento[a] | SD | |||||||||
| Rodrigo Nascimento | 3 | |||||||||
| Oleg Popov | UD | |||||||||
| Oleg Popov | SD | |||||||||
| Karl Williams[b] | 3 | |||||||||
- ^ Pouya Rahmani withdrew from the tournament due to visa issues and was replaced by Rodrigo Nascimento.
- ^ Linton Vassell withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Karl Williams.
2025 PFL Light Heavyweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Phil Davis | TKO | |||||||||
| Rob Wilkinson | 2 | |||||||||
| Phil Davis | 3 | |||||||||
| Sullivan Cauley | UD | |||||||||
| Alex Polizzi[a] | 1 | |||||||||
| Sullivan Cauley | TKO | |||||||||
| Sullivan Cauley | ||||||||||
| Antônio Carlos Júnior | ||||||||||
| Karl Moore | 3 | |||||||||
| Antônio Carlos Júnior | SD | |||||||||
| Antônio Carlos Júnior | UD | |||||||||
| Simeon Powell | 3 | |||||||||
| Karl Albrektsson | 2 | |||||||||
| Simeon Powell | TKO | |||||||||
- ^ Marcelo Nunes withdrew from the tournament before event started and was replaced by Alex Polizzi.
2025 PFL Middleweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Impa Kasanganay | 1 | |||||||||
| Fabian Edwards | TKO | |||||||||
| Fabian Edwards | UD | |||||||||
| Josh Silveira | 3 | |||||||||
| Mike Shipman | 3 | |||||||||
| Josh Silveira | UD | |||||||||
| Fabian Edwards | ||||||||||
| Dalton Rosta | ||||||||||
| Dalton Rosta | SUB | |||||||||
| Sadibou Sy | 2 | |||||||||
| Dalton Rosta | SD | |||||||||
| Aaron Jeffery | 3 | |||||||||
| Aaron Jeffery | SD | |||||||||
| Murad Ramazanov | 3 | |||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "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. "PFL Announces Full Chicago Lineup in June; Adds Sergio Pettis-Raufeon Stots". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ Guillen, Adam (2025-05-15). "Former teammates Sergio Pettis and Raufeon Stots collide at PFL 7 on June 27 in Chicago". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
- ^ "Bellator 279 card: Sergio Pettis out of Bantamweight World Grand Prix with injury, Juan Archuleta steps in". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "2025 PFL World Tournament 7: Semifinals". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-06-02.