By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist
PFL 2 (2025) was this past week and PFL 1 (2025) was the week before that. Also, UFC 314 was this past week as well. Who won and who lost?
Let’s get to the rundown.
PFL 1 (2025)
Welterweight Winners
Masayuki Kikuiri (11-2-1) stopped Giannis Bachar (9-3) by TKO Round 2 5:00
Thad Jean (9-0) stopped Mukhamed Berkhamov (16-2, 1 NC) by TKO Round 1 4:25
Logan Storely (17-3) beat Joseph Luciano (9-3) by Decision
Jason Jackson (19-5) submitted Andrey Koreshkov (28-6) in Round 2 4:21
Jackson will fight Jean and Storely will fight Kikuiri on June 12,
2025 at PFL 5 (2025).
Featherweight Winners
Kim Tae-kyun (11-1) submitted Nathan Kelly (11-4) in Round 1 4:53 Gabriel Braga (16-2) submitted Frederik Dupras (8-2) in Round 1 4:37bMovlid Khaybulaev (22-0) beat Jeremy Kennedy (19-6) by Split Decision Jesus Pinedo (24-6-1) stopped Adam Borics (19-3) in Round 1 3:43
Pinedo will fight Braga and Khaybulaev will fight Kim on June 12, 2025
at PFL 5 (2025).
PFL 2 (2025)
Flyweight Winners
Elora Dana (8-0) submitted Diana Avsaragova (6-2) in Round 1 4:48 Jena Bishop (8-2) beat Kana Watanabe (13-4-1) by Decision Ekaterina Shakalova (9-2) submitted Juliana Velasquez (13-4) in Round 1 2:05
Liz Carmouche (23-8) stops Ilara Joanne (12-10) in Round 1 1:25
Carmouche will fight Dana and Shakalova will fight Bishop in the future.
Bantamweight Winners
Jake Hadley (12-4) submitted Matheus Mattos (14-4-1) in Round 3 2:16
Justin Wetzell (11-2) beat Kasum Kasumov (15-2) by Decision
Mando Gutierrez (11-3) submitted Francesco Nuzzi (10-2, 1 NC) in Round 1 4:13
Marcirley Alves (13-4) beat Leandro Higo (23-7) by Split Decision
Alves will fight Hadley and Gutierrez will fight Wetzell in the future.
UFC 314
GOOD- Dominick Reyes stops Nikita Krylov
Reyes knocked out Krylov with a powerful punch 2:24 into Round 1.
Reyes improves to 15-4 while Krylov drops to 30-10.
GOOD- Jean Silva submits Bryce Mitchell
They had some nice back and forth exchanges until Silva locked in a
Ninja Choke 3:52 into the second round.
Silva improves to 16-2 (12 straight wins) while Mitchell drops to 17-3.
GOOD- Yair Rodriguez vs. Patricio Pitbull
This wasn’t a great outing by Pitbull. Rodriguez fought well, though.
Rodriguez improves to 20-5 with 1 No Contest while Pitbull drops to 36-8.
GOOD- Paddy Pimblett stops Michael Chandler
Pimblett looked great in this fight. Chandler could never get things going.
Pimblett improves to 23-3 while Chandler drops to 23-10.
GOOD- Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes
Volkanovski won the vacant UFC Featherweight Championship with this
decision win. He’s now a two-time champion. Lopes looked good but Volkanovski showed that he’s on a different level.
Volkanovski improves to 27-4 while Lopes drops to 26-7.
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