The third PFL Europe event of the 2025 season took place on Saturday, September 26, with the PFL landing in Nantes, France, 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 started up earlier this year, and PFL Pacific will be on the way.
After the first leg of the third PFL Europe season started up in Belfast in May, and continued through Brussels in July, today's action hosted the lightweight and bantamweight semifinals, as participants competed to see who will fight at the PFL Europe Championships -- scheduled for December 13 in Lyon, France.
The main event saw a lightweight showcase battle that featured Amin Ayoub pulling off the win over Keweny Lopez. The fight opened with a fast-paced opening round that saw Ayoub rock Lopes on a couple of occasions, threatening a guillotine more than once. Lopes, however, looked for a pair of leg locks of his own, landing heavy shots and scrambling nonstop just as much as Ayoub did.
Ayoub started to take over in the second round, however, as he worked the body and reversed positioning following a takedown by Lopes. Ayoub controlled the ground striking in the second round and was relentless with pressure in the third, forcing the referee to step in for a third-round TKO victory.
The event was broadcasted on DAZN in most countries, as well as on the PFL App in the U.S. 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 3 Results & Highlights
Main Card:
- Lightweight Showcase: Amin Ayoub def. Keweny Lopez via TKO (R3, 3:19)
- Light Heavyweight Showcase: Boris Atangana def. Jhony Gregory via TKO (R1, 2:17)
- Bantamweight Semifinal: Baris Adiguziel def. Julien Lopez via TKO (R1, 0:36)
- Lightweight Semifinal: Connor Hughes def. Gino Van Steenis via KO (R1, 2:56)
- Bantamweight Semifinal: Dean Garnett def. Jan Cieplowski via submission (guillotine choke) (R3, 0:38)
- Lightweight Semifinal: Alex Chizov def. Claudio Pacella via split decision (28-29, 29-28 x2)
Preliminary Card:
- Lightweight Showcase: Darragh Kelly def. Bakhtiyor Abduloev via submission (rear-naked choke) (R1, 2:27)
- Middleweight Showcase: Vincent Del Guerra def. Sofiane Aissaoui via TKO (R3, 0:24)
- Lightweight Alternate Bout: Mark Ewen def. Sebastien Di Franco via submission (D'Arce choke) (R1, 3:18)
- Women's Strawweight Showcase: Maria Guedez Jr. def. Kiya O'Sullivan via split decision (30-26, 28-29, 29-28)