PFL Europe 3 (2025)
| PFL Europe 3 | ||||
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The poster for PFL Europe 3 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | September 26, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Zénith Nantes Métropole | |||
| City | Nantes, France | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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PFL Europe 3: Nantes 2025 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on September 26, 2025, at Zénith Nantes Métropole in Nantes, France.[1][2]
Background
The event marked the promotion's first visit to Nantes and fourth held in France, since PFL Europe 4 (2024) in December 2024.[3] The promotion was originally scheduled an event in France on May 23, but the event was cancelled and shifted to July 5 in Belgium instead.[4]
The event was scheduled to be headline by a welterweight bout between Abdoul Abdouraguimov and promotional newcomer Kevin Jousset.[5][6] However, Abdouraguimov withdrew from the event due to personal reasons and the bout was cancelled. As a results, a lightweight bout between Amin Ayoub and Donovan Desmae was promoted to new main event status.[7] In turn, Desmae was forced to withdrew due to being hospitalised on August 23 and waa replaced by Keweny Lopes.[8]
The event was featured the semifinals of 2025 PFL Europe Tournament in a lightweight and bantamweight divisions. Mahio Campanella withdrew from the event against Gustavo Oliveira and was replaced by Baris Adiguzel.[9] In turn, Oliveira was forced to withdrew due to a cut sustained in training and was replaced by Julien Lopez.[10]
Results
| Main card (DAZN / PFL App) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Amin Ayoub | def. | Keweny Lopes | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:19 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Boris Mbarga Atangana | def. | Jhony Gregory | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:17 | |
| Bantamweight | Baris Adiguzel | def. | Julien Lopez | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:36 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Connor Hughes | def. | Gino van Steenis | KO (head kick) | 1 | 2:56 | [b] |
| Bantamweight | Dean Garnett | def. | Jan Ciepłowski | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 0:38 | [c] |
| Lightweight | Aleksandr Chizov | def. | Claudio Pacella | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Preliminary card (DAZN / PFL App) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Darragh Kelly | def. | Bakhtiyar Abdulaev | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:29 | |
| Middleweight | Vincent del Guerra | def. | Sofiane Aïssaoui | TKO (front kick to the body and punches) | 3 | 0:24 | |
| Lightweight | Mark Ewen | def. | Sebastien Di Franco | Submission (brabo choke) | 1 | 3:18 | [e] |
| Women's Strawweight | María Guédez Jr. | def. | Kiya O'Sullivan | Decision (split) (30–26, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament Alternate bout.
Tournament brackets
2025 PFL Europe Lightweight Tournament
2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Mahio Campanella | UD | |||||||||
| Matiss Zaharovs | 3 | |||||||||
| Baris Adiguzel[b] | KO | |||||||||
| Julien Lopez[c] | 1 | |||||||||
| Anas Azizoun | 1 | |||||||||
| Gustavo Oliveira | KO | |||||||||
| Baris Adiguzel | ||||||||||
| Dean Garnett | ||||||||||
| Dean Garnett | UD | |||||||||
| Tuomas Grönvall[a] | 3 | |||||||||
| Dean Garnett | SUB | |||||||||
| Jan Ciepłowski | 3 | |||||||||
| Jan Ciepłowski | TKO | |||||||||
| Julien Lopez | 1 | |||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "PFL Europe Comes to Nantes, France on Friday 26 September With Abdoul "Lazy King" Abdouraguimov to Headline in his Home Town at Zenith Nantes Metropole". Professional Fighters League. 2025-06-30. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ Angelini, Olivier (2025-06-30). "Abdoul "Lazy King" Abouraguimov de retour au PFL Nantes le 26 septembre". Ouest-France | Boxemag (in French). Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "'The Lazy King' to Headline PFL Europe Event in Hometown on Sept. 26". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ Barry, Corral (2025-05-07). "Evra's MMA debut on hold as PFL Paris delayed". BBC. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
- ^ Josh (2025-06-30). "Abdoul Abdouraguimov de retour au PFL à Nantes". La Sueur (in French). Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "Abdoul Abdouraguimov et Kévin Jousset face à face dans le combat principal du PFL Europe à Nantes". L'Équipe (in French). 2025-08-14. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ Critchfield, Tristen. "'The Lazy King' Withdraws from PFL Nantes; New Main Event Confirmed". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ^ "Nouveau rebondissement au PFL Nantes : l'adversaire d'Amin Ayoub hospitalisé, le remplaçant est déjà connu". ActuMMA (in French). 2025-09-25. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ Critchfield, Tristen. "Full Card Announced for PFL Europe Nantes on Sept. 26". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ^ PFL Europe [@PFLEurope] (September 24, 2025). "#PFLNantes Update: Gustavo Oliveira is forced to withdraw from his bantamweight semifinal bout with Baris Adiguzel due to a cut sustained in training" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ^ "2025 PFL Europe 3: Nantes". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-08-28.