PFL MMA brings stacked fight card to Chicago tonight

The Professional Fighters League is back with a big fight card in Chicago as the semifinals for the PFL MMA 2025 tournament comes to an end of live ESPN with the preliminary fights being shown on ESPN +. Taking place inside the Wintrust Arena PFL MMA World Tournament 7 will showcase 9 blockbuster fights including a main event between Fabian Edwards and Josh Silveira.  The Co Main event will put two wrestlers as old school veteran Phil Davis takes on the relatively green Sullivan Cauley.

A pair of former training partners in Sergio Pettis and Raufeon Stots are set to compete against one another.  Both ranked int he top 40 in the world as Bantamweights they previously trained together as teammates at Duke Roufus Sport MMA Academy.  Both Stots and Pettis are former Bellator MMA Champions.

All 9 fights are action packed with Dalton Rosta and Aaron Jeffery set to rematch with the winner advancing to the tournament finals. Big Brother Brazil star Antonio Carlos Jr will face top UK fighter Simeon Powell while two highly regarded heavyweights in Valentin Moldavsky and Alexandr Romanov will battle each other inside of the smart cage.  Biaggio Ali Walsh the grandson of Muhammad Ali will look to stay undefeated against Ronnie Gibbs and the nights prelims features heavyweights Rodrigo Nascimento against Oleg Popov and top Light Heavyweights Rafael Xavier against Karl Alberktsson.

Cris Cyborg who won the PFL MMA Championships by defeating 2x PFL MMA Tournament winner Larissa Pacheco had this to say about PFL MMA Chicago, “Chicago is such a great market for MMA fans and I love seeing PFL bring an event with fan friendly tickets available where families can still enjoy the sport of Mixed Martial Arts together with live fights.”