PFL 1 is almost here. Thursday night, Stage 19 of Universal Orlando is the site of the opening card of this year’s PFL World Tournament. Universal Orlando will serve as the host venue of all four quarterfinal shows over the next month.
It begins with the quarterfinal phase of the tournament at welterweight and featherweight. As is the norm, PFL 1 will be seen gavel-to-gavel on ESPN+ inside the United States and on ESPN2 if you’re watching on linear television.
Live coverage of the event will begin at a later time this week, 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on ESPN+. Wednesday morning, the official weigh-ins for Thursday evening’s card took place in Orlando.
Magomed Umalatov Bounced From Welterweight Bracket at PFL 1 Weigh-Ins
Initially, the card was to kick off at 7 pm ET and feature 10 fights of quarterfinal and tournament alternate action. As of Wednesday’s official weigh-ins, however, this is no longer the case, with the number of bouts down to eight. The featherweight quarterfinals were to have featured a contest between Magomed Umalatov (17-1 MMA, 0-0 PFL 2025) and Logan Storley (16-3 MMA, 0-0 PFL 2025.)
Umalatov exceeded the welterweight nontitle maximum today by clocking in at 173.6 lbs. As such, the contest has been canceled from the card. Storley, who tipped the scales at 171 lbs, will now square off against tournament alternate Joseph Luciano (10-2 MMA, 0-0 PFL 2025), who weighed-in at 170.4 lbs.
Luciano was supposed to have faced off against Sarek Shields (6-2 MMA, 0-0 PFL 2025), who has been removed from the show in light of the card reshuffling.
Your updated #PFLWorldTournament Welterweight bracket
•Magomed Umalatov is OUT.
•Alternate Joseph Luciano steps in
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗽: Logan Storley vs. Joseph Luciano𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: Early Fight Card 8PM ESPN+ | Main Card 10 PM | ESPN 2 pic.twitter.com/44QssRd6vs
— PFL (@PFLMMA) April 2, 2025
PFL 1 Main Event Cleared for Takeoff After Weigh-Ins Wednesday
The main event of the evening is officially on for Thursday night. A welterweight quarterfinal matching Jason Jackson (18-5 MMA, 0-0 PFL 2025) and Andrey Koreshkov (28-5 MMA, 0-0 PFL 2025) will take place on-schedule after both fighters weighed in at 170.8 lbs and 171 lbs even, respectively.
PFL 1 Co-Main Event Also a Go
Immediately beforehand, the co-main event will also proceed as scheduled thanks to Jesus Pinedo (23-6-1 MMA, 0-0 PFL 2025) and Adam Borics (19-2 MMA, 0-0 PFL 2025) weighing in within the 146-lb nontitle maximum at 145.6 and 145.4.
PFL 1 Weigh-In Results
Late Card: (Tomorrow, 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT, ESPN2 & ESPN+)
PFL 1 Main Event: Jason Jackson (170.8 lbs) vs. Andrey Koreshkov (171 lbs) Welterweight
Co-Main Event: Jesus Pinedo (145.6 lbs) vs. Adam Borics (145.4 lbs) Featherweight
Joseph Luciano (170.4 lbs) vs. Logan Storley (171 lbs) Welterweight
Jeremy Kennedy (145.8 lbs) vs. Movlid Khaybulaev (145.4) Featherweight
Early Card (Tomorrow, 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT, ESPN+)
Featured Early Fight: Mukhamed Berkhamov (171 lbs) vs. Thad Jean (170.8 lbs) Welterweight
Co-Featured Early Fight: Frederik Dupras (145.6 lbs) vs. Gabriel Braga (144.4 lbs)
Masayuki Kikuiri (169.4 lbs) vs. Giannis Bachar (170.6 lbs) Welterweight
Nathan Kelly (146 lbs) vs. Tae Kyun Kim (145,2 lbs) Featherweight
