The second PFL Europe event of the 2025 season took place on Saturday, July 5, with the PFL's first venture to Brussels, and MMA News has you covered with all the action!
PFL Europe was the initial expansion effort of the Professional Fighters League (PFL), an effort that has since grown out to MENA in 2024. PFL Africa and PFL Pacific will start up this year as well, with the former's first event taking place in two weeks' time.
After the first leg of the third PFL Europe season started up in Belfast in May, today's action continued to see who would advance to the playoffs card, now set for September 26 in France -- and that will show who we'll see at this year's PFL Europe Championships (also in France) this December.
The card, which took place at the ING Arena, saw seven Belgian fighters compete throughout the 16-fight card -- a mix of bantamweight tournament and showcase bouts. And in the main event, Patrick Habirora blew the roof off the venue in his home country with a first-round knockout of UFC veteran Danny Roberts, who was making his PFL debut.
The event was broadcast on DAZN in most countries, as well as being the first PFL Europe card broadcasted in the U.S. on the new PFL app. If you missed any of the action, MMA News has you covered below with the full results and all the highlights below.
2025 PFL Europe 2 Results & Highlights
Main Card:
- Welterweight Showcase Main Event: Patrick Habirora def. Danny Roberts via KO (R1, 4:32)
- Bantamweight Showcase Co-Main Event: Taylor Lapilus def. Ali Taleb via unanimous decision
- Featherweight Showcase: Gaetano Pirrello def. Salvatore Liga via submission (D'Arce choke) (R1, 3:22)
- Light Heavyweight Showcase: Boris Atangana def. Bruno Santos via TKO (R1, 0:56)
- Welterweight Showcase: Chequina Noso Pedro def. Khamzat Abaev via unanimous decision
Preliminary Card:
- Bantamweight Showcase: Movsar Ibragimov def. Gerardo Fanny via submission (Von Flue choke) (R2, 1:42)
- Featherweight Showcase: Ibragim Ibragimov def. Mathys Duragrin via unanimous decision
- Bantamweight Tournament Bout: Dean Garnett def. Tuomas Grönvall via unanimous decision
- Bantamweight Tournament Bout: Mahio Campanella def. Matiss Zaharovs via unanimous decision
- Lightweight Showcase: Catalin Safta def. Nicolas Di Franco via split decision
- Bantamweight Tournament Bout: Gustavo Oliveira def. Anas Azizoun via KO (R1, 3:25)
- Bantamweight Tournament Bout: Jan Ciepłowski def. Julien Lopez via TKO (R1, 3:43)
- Women's Flyweight Showcase: Paulina Wiśniewska def. Jessica Cunha via submission (rear-naked choke) (R1, 4:12)
- Featherweight Showcase: Adam Meskini def. Tiziano Ferranti via TKO (R2, 4:56)
- Bantamweight Showcase: Levi Batchelor def. Fahdi Khaled via technical submission (Ezekiel choke) (R3, 4:56)
- 163-Pound Catchweight Showcase: Salvo Giudice def. Brice Belghazi via submission (rear-naked choke) (R3, 2:14)