The Global Fight League (GFL) Draft 2025 took place on Friday evening, with MMA Fighting providing detailed results of the first draft picks.
Notable names like Rashad Evans, Anthony Pettis, Tyron Woodley, Paige VanZant, and more were part of the player pool, which consisted of over 420 athletes from 67 countries.
Six teams, including Dubai, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Sao Paulo, made selections managed and coached by prominent figures in the MMA world.
The GFL Draft commenced at 8 p.m. ET, unveiling the picks for each round.
Below are the results of the GFL Draft 2025:
Round 1
1st Pick: Dubai — Tyron Woodley, welterweight
2nd Pick: Los Angeles — Sage Northcutt, lightweight
3rd Pick: London — Gegard Mousasi, middleweight
4th Pick: Miami — Junior dos Santos, heavyweight
5th Pick: Sao Paulo — Fabricio Werdum, heavyweight
6th Pick: New York — Kevin Lee, lightweight
Round 2
1st Pick: New York — Chris Weidman, middleweight
2nd Pick: Sao Paulo — Douglas Lima, middleweight
3rd Pick: Miami — Anthony Pettis, lightweight
4th Pick: London — Alexander Gustafsson, light heavyweight
5th Pick: Los Angeles — Aspen Ladd, women’s bantamweight
6th Pick: Dubai — Abubakar Nurmagomedov, welterweight
Round 3
1st Pick: Dubai — Derek Brunson, middleweight
2nd Pick: Los Angeles — Tony Ferguson, lightweight
3rd Pick: London — Josefine Knutsson, women’s strawweight
4th Pick: Miami — Yoel Romero, light heavyweight
5th Pick: Sao Paulo — Carlos Petruzella, welterweight
6th Pick: New York — Holly Holm, women’s bantamweight
Round 4
1st Pick: New York — Melissa Amaya, women’s strawweight
2nd Pick: Sao Paulo — Camila Reynoso, women’s flyweight
3rd Pick: Miami — Natasha Kuziutina, women’s atomweight
4th Pick: London — Brett Johns, featherweight
5th Pick: Los Angeles — Urijah Faber, bantamweight
6th Pick: Dubai — Ali Isaev, heavyweight
After Round 4, the draft broadcast concluded, revealing the complete team rosters for each franchise.
Team Dubai
Ali Isaev — heavyweight
Todd Duffee — heavyweight
Ronny Markes — light heavyweight
Omari Akhmedov — light heavyweight
Luke Rockhold — middleweight
Derek Brunson — middleweight
Tyron Woodley — welterweight
Abubakar Nurmagomedov — welterweight
Tofiq Musayev — lightweight
Damir Ismagulov — lightweight
Khumoyun Tukhtamurodov — featherweight
Adilet Numatov — featherweight
Timur Valiev — bantamweight
Farbod Iran Nezhad — bantamweight
Arlene Blencowe — women’s bantamweight
Alexa Conners — women’s bantamweight
Randi Field — strawweight
Faine Mesquita — strawweight
Jessica Aguilar — atomweight
Anastasia Nikolakakos — atomweight
Team Los Angeles
Andrei Arlovski — heavyweight
Frank Mir — heavyweight
Rashad Evans — light heavyweight
Da Woon Jung — light heavyweight
Uriah Hall — middleweight
Grant Neal — middleweight
Louis Glismann — welterweight
Lorenz Larkin — welterweight
Tony Ferguson — lightweight
Sage Northcutt — lightweight
Tyler Diamond — featherweight
Chad Mendes — featherweight
Urijah Faber — bantamweight
Ray Borg — bantamweight
Leslie Smith — women’s bantamweight
Aspen Ladd — women’s bantamweight
Cynthia Calvillo — strawweight
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane — strawweight
Jessica Penne — atomweight
Cory McKenna — atomweight
Team London
Tanner Boser — heavyweight
Stuart Austin — heavyweight
Ilir Latifi — light heavyweight
Alexander Gustafsson — light heavyweight
Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz — middleweight
Gegard Mousasi — middleweight
Norman Parke — welterweight
Danny Roberts — welterweight
Tim Wilde — lightweight
Benson Henderson — lightweight
Mike Grundy — featherweight
Brett Johns — featherweight
Josh Hill — bantamweight
Cameron Else — bantamweight
Pannie Kianzad — women’s bantamweight
Julia Budd — women’s bantamweight
Karolina Owczarz — strawweight
Josefine Knutsson — strawweight
Kelly Staddon — atomweight
Chiara Penco — atomweight
Team Miami
Junior dos Santos — heavyweight
Robelis Despaigne — heavyweight
Thiago Santos — light heavyweight
Philipe Lins — light heavyweight
Yoel Romero — middleweight
Hector Lombard — middleweight
Gleison Tibau — welterweight
Dilano Taylor — welterweight
Jeremy Stephens — lightweight
Anthony Pettis — lightweight
Charles Rosa — featherweight
Andre Harrison — featherweight
Marlon Moraes — bantamweight
Eric Shelton — bantamweight
Mariya Agapova — women’s bantamweight
Cat Zingano — women’s bantamweight
Paige VanZant — strawweight
Hannah Goldy — strawweight
Natasha Kuziutina — atomweight
Kayla Kracho — atomweight