MMA: Fabian Edwards and Jake Hadley among six Britons to fight in PFL 2025 tournament
Fabian Edwards and Simeon Powell will fight in the PFL’s 2025 Championship, which will win the final champion a prize of £395,000 ($500,000).
Powell and Edwards are two of six UK competitors in the middleweight, lightweight, lightweight and lightweight divisions.
In the lightweight competition, England’s Alfie Davis and Marc Diakiese will compete.
Former UFC fighter Jake Hadley will compete in the bantamweight championship, which also includes Irish Ciaran Clarke.
Mike Shipman joined Mike Shipman in the middleweight championship, while Northern Ireland’s Karl Moore joined Powell in the lightweight championship.
The first round of battle night will be held on April 3, April 11, April 18 and May 1. Contrary to previous years The round will be eliminated from the beginning.
The new look of the 2025 Championship is part of the overall change in its format this year with the likes of 2025 PFL champion Dakota Ditcheva PFL’s new “PFL Championship Series”.
Opponents have not been announced yet, but the middleweight championship will also include former PFL champions Impa Kasanganay (lightweight) and Sadibou SY (middleweight).
Edwards, 32, is one of the biggest stars of Bellator’s regular battles in 2024 and fought for the now-defeated Bellator middleweight title last October.
Johnny Ebts Beating Edwards in that game Birmingham fighters will now face a new roster of competitors.
Edwards will be one of the favorites to win the game against Shipman and Canadian contender Aaron Jeffery.
Hadley left the UFC after three wins and four losses in the promotion last year, but will be one of the lightweight championship favorites, with PFL European finalist Powell and former Bellator Title Challenger Moore also going to be favorites in lightweight lightweight competitions.
