| PFL 3 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL 3 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | April 18, 2025 (2025-04-18) | |||
| Venue | Universal Studios Florida | |||
| City | Orlando, Florida, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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ThePFL 3mixed martial arts event for the 2025 season of theProfessional Fighters League was held on April 18, 2025, at Soundstage 19 ofUniversal Studios Florida inOrlando, Florida, United States. This event marked the quarterfinal of the single-elimination tournament format in theMiddleweight andLightweight divisions.[1][2][3]
The event featured the quarterfinal of 2025 PFL World Tournament in a middleweight and lightweight divisions.[4][5]
Fabian Edwards withdrew from the middleweight quarterfinal against2023 PFL light heavyweight winnerImpa Kasanganay for unknown reasons and has briefly been replaced by Jordan Newman, who scheduled to face Khalid Murtazaliev in a alternate bout.[6] Subsequently, it was announced that Edwards pushed back in his original spot.[7]
On April 12, it was announced thatAlexandr Shabliy withdrew from the tournament for unknown reasons against formerBellator Lightweight World ChampionBrent Primus and was replaced by Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci. In addition,Nick Maximov replaced Jordan Newman against Khalid Murtazaliev in a middleweight alternate bout.[8] Subsequently, the bout between Maximov and Murtazaliev was removed from the event after Maximov withdrew.[9]
A lightweight alternate bout between Antonio Caruso and Robert Watley was cancelled shortly after the event started due to an illness suffered by Watley.[10]
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Fabian Edwards | def. | Impa Kasanganay | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:14 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Gadzhi Rabadanov | def. | Marc Diakiese | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:32 | [b] |
| Middleweight | Dalton Rosta | def. | Sadibou Sy | Submission (brabo choke) | 2 | 3:29 | [c] |
| Lightweight | Jay-Jay Wilson | def. | Mads Burnell | TKO (elbows and punches) | 3 | 4:42 | [d] |
| Lightweight | Alfie Davis | def. | Clay Collard | TKO (spinning back elbow and punches) | 1 | 2:12 | [e] |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Josh Silveira | def. | Mike Shipman | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [f] |
| Lightweight | Brent Primus | def. | Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 4:52 | [g] |
| Middleweight | Aaron Jeffery | def. | Murad Ramazanov | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [h] |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Impa Kasanganay | 2 | |||||||||
 Fabian Edwards | TKO | |||||||||
| Fabian Edwards | ||||||||||
| Josh Silveira | ||||||||||
| Mike Shipman | 3 | |||||||||
| Josh Silveira | UD | |||||||||
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| Dalton Rosta | SUB | |||||||||
 Sadibou Sy | 2 | |||||||||
| Dalton Rosta | ||||||||||
 Aaron Jeffery | ||||||||||
| Aaron Jeffery | SD | |||||||||
 Murad Ramazanov | 3 | |||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci[a] | 3 | |||||||||
| Brent Primus | SUB | |||||||||
| Brent Primus | ||||||||||
| Alfie Davis | ||||||||||
| Clay Collard | 3 | |||||||||
| Alfie Davis | UD | |||||||||
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| Gadzhi Rabadanov | KO | |||||||||
 Marc Diakiese | 1 | |||||||||
| Gadzhi Rabadanov | ||||||||||
 Jay-Jay Wilson | ||||||||||
| Jay-Jay Wilson | TKO | |||||||||
 Mads Burnell | 3 | |||||||||
