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Alfie Davis Upsets Rabadanov to Win PFL Lightweight Tournament, Seeks Title Shot

Davis’s call for a divisional title opportunity spotlights the gap between the PFL’s cash-prize tournaments and its separate belt hierarchy.

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Overview

  • Alfie Davis defeated Gadzhi Rabadanov by unanimous decision (48-47 across all judges) to claim the 2025 PFL Lightweight World Tournament championship.
  • The underdog victory snapped Rabadanov’s 12-fight win streak and earned Davis the $500,000 grand prize.
  • In his postfight interview, Davis called for a showdown with the winner of October’s Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Paul Hughes lightweight title fight and suggested integrating the belt into next year’s tournament.
  • Under the PFL’s current format, winning a World Tournament does not automatically confer divisional champion status or guarantee a title shot.
  • On the same card at Bojangles Coliseum, Liz Carmouche captured the women’s flyweight tournament crown with a third-round knockout of Jena Bishop and Marcirley Alves secured the bantamweight title by unanimous decision over Justin Wetzell.