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Jason Jackson and Andrey Koreshkov | Cooper Neill, PFL MMA Fighting has results for PFL 1: Jackson vs. Koreshkov, the PFL event taking place on Thursday night at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando. Thursday’s event kicks off PFL’s 2025 World Tournament. While the promotion previously used a season format with playoffs, PFL shifted to a more traditional grand prix format for 2025. Thursday’s event features the first round of the welterweight and featherweight divisions. In the main event, former Bellator welterweight champions Jason Jackson and Andrey Koreshkov face off, while in the co-main event, 2023 PFL featherweight champion Jesus Pinedo meets longtime Bellator contender Adam Borics. Check out the full PFL 1 results below. Main Card (10 p.m. ET, ESPN2 and ESPN+) Jason Jackson vs. Andrey Koreshkov Jesus Pinedo vs. Adam Borics Logan Storley vs. Joseph Luciano Jeremy Kennedy vs. Movlid Khaybulaev Preliminary Card (8 p.m. ET, ESPN+) Thad Jean def. Mukhamed Berkhamov via TKO (punches) — Round 1, 4:25 Gabriel Braga def. Fred Dupras via submission (rear-naked choke) — Round 1, 4:37 Masayuki Kikuiri def. Giannis Bachar via TKO (retirement) — Round 2, 5:00 Tae Hyun Kim def. Nathan Kelly via technical submission (rear-naked choke) — Round 1, 4:53

Brandon Royval | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Brandon Royval and Manel Kape are finally going to face off. On Thursday, MMA Fighting confirmed that Royval and Kape will square off in a highly-anticipated flyweight bout at UFC 317, on June 28 in Las Vegas. Laerte Viana was first to report the news. In March, Royval and Kape were expected to headline UFC Vegas 103, however, Royval withdrew from the matchup do to lingering issues from multiple concussions. Instead, Kape faced short-notice replacement Asu Almabayev, stopping him via TKO in the third round. Now, with Royval healthy again, the two will settle their business in the T-Mobile Arena. The matchup looks to be a pivotal one for the flyweight division and could determine the next challenger for 125-pound champion Alexandre Pantoja. Currently the No. 1-ranked flyweight, Royval has won two fights since losing a decision to champion Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 296, while Kape has won six of his past eight bouts since he also lost a decision to Pantoja. UFC 317 is the promotion’s annual International Fight Week card. This is the first major bout announced for the event, though more are sure to follow in the coming weeks. Damon Martin and Mike Heck contributed to this report.

Jailton Almeida | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Alexander Volkov and Jailton Almeida are building up plenty of bad blood. But will it lead to an in-octagon collision? Not if Volkov has anything to say about it. The longtime UFC heavyweight contender took to social media to address a bout rumored (per MMA reporter Léo Guimaraes) to take place at a UFC event in Atlanta on June 14. Volkov is No. 3 at heavyweight in the UFC’s official rankings, with Almeida three spots behind at No. 6. According to Volkov, it doesn’t make sense for him to fight Almeida given where they currently stand. Alexander Volkov reacts to rumors of a fight between him and Jailton Almeida being in the works:"I don't plan to fight Almeida in July yet. Why? Because I don't see any point in fighting the 6th ranked fighter...Let's wait for a more interesting offer." … pic.twitter.com/jBGqD56CDD— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) April 3, 2025 MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz has confirmed that while Almeida’s side is interested in making the bout happen, Volkov’s team is yet to sign on. Almeida can’t make it clearer he wants a fight with Volkov as he took to social media to respond to Volkov’s comments. I already said yes to the UFC! And you Volkov? June, 14. Atlanta Georgia!I just wanna fight! This talk about ranking positions dont make sense, you just didnt fight me and you are coming from a defeat, thats the only fight avaiable@Mickmaynard2 @AlexDragoVolkov— Jailton Almeida “Malhadinho” (@Malhadinho_UFC) April 3, 2025 “I already said yes to the UFC,” Almeida wrote. “And you, Volkov? June 14, Atlanta, Georgia. I just wanna fight. This talk about ranking positions don’t make sense, you just didn’t fight me and you are coming from a defeat. That’s the only fight available.” Almeida is currently on a two-fight win streak, with back-to-back first-round finishes of Serghei Spivac and Alexander Romanov. As he pointed out, Volkov is coming off of a split decision loss to Ciryl Gane that ended a run of four consecutive victories for the Russian veteran. See more comments from Almeida below, in which he suggests that if Volkov isn’t willing to defend his spot in the rankings, then the spot should be forfeited. By the way, talk about beat me dont move him on the rankings dont make sense, Blaydes beat me and fought for the title, everyone knows that im a tough fight, so if Volkov beats me, he will fight for the title, the question is: He believe he can beat me? — Jailton Almeida “Malhadinho” (@Malhadinho_UFC) April 3, 2025 By the way, talk about beat me don’t move him on the rankings don’t make sense, Blaydes beat me and fought for the title, everyone knows that I’m a tough fight, so if Volkov beats me, he will fight for the title, the question is: He believe he can beat me? For the guys who make the UFC rankings, we need to punish the fighters who refuse on fights. In that specific case, if Volkov refuse to fight me, i desearve to move ahead of him in the rankings#3 Almeida ✅ #6 Volkov ✅— Jailton Almeida “Malhadinho” (@Malhadinho_UFC) April 3, 2025 For the guys who make the UFC rankings, we need to punish the fighters who refuse on fights. In that specific case, if Volkov refuse to fight me, I deserve to move ahead of him in the rankings #3 Almeida#6 Volkov

Kennedy Nzechukwu is out of UFC Vegas 105 | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Kennedy Nzechukwu is out of his fight against Martin Buday this weekend. This Saturday, Nzechukwu was supposed to face Buday in a main card bout at UFC Vegas 105, however, on Thursday, the UFC announced that Nzechukwu was removed from the bout. Instead, Buday now faces the undefeated Uran Satybaldiev in a heavyweight bout. No reason was given for Nzechukwu’s removal from the card. Satybaldiev is currently the LFA light heavyweight champion. He won an interim title in 2024 with a fourth-round stoppage of Bruno Assis, and then claimed the undisputed title just a month ago, submitting Leon Soares with a kimura in the third round to move to 9-0 in his professional career. Buday joined the UFC in 2021 off of the Contender Series and has been very successful, amassing an overall record of 5-1 in the promotion. Most recently, Buday won a split decision over former heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski at UFC 303 in what would be the final fight of Arlovski’s UFC career.

Aljamain Sterling | Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Aljamain Sterling is as amused as anyone that Sean O’Malley is getting another championship opportunity. The UFC officially announced that Merab Dvalishvili’s next bantamweight title defense is against O’Malley—the man Dvalishvili beat to win the belt—in the main event of UFC 316 on June 7 in Newark, N.J. Their first bout was not all that competitive, with Dvalishvili winning a convincing unanimous decision, so fan reaction to the news has been tepid, especially since O’Malley hasn’t fought since losing to Dvalishvili this past September. Hip surgery has kept O’Malley sidelined while Dvalishvili, Sterling’s close friend and teammate, went on to record his first successful title defense by beating the previously undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 in January. Sterling took to social media to comment on O’Malley being granted an immediate rematch. Honest answer, the UFC’s gonna do what’s best for the business and the brand. Would I have liked an immediate rematch due to the circumstances going into the first fight? Absolutely. But I understand the business model better than most, and O’Malley is a really exciting guy that… https://t.co/IaqaMKweAS— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) April 2, 2025 “Honest answer, the UFC’s gonna do what’s best for the business and the brand,” Sterling wrote in response to a Twitter question. “Would I have liked an immediate rematch due to the circumstances going into the first fight? Absolutely. But I understand the business model better than most, and O’Malley is a really exciting guy that has beaten many top 5 contenders. So I think he rightfully deserves it after all the ranked names he has beaten.” At first it sounded like Sterling was defending O’Malley, but in his follow-up tweets, he made it clear he was being sarcastic when discussing O’Malley’s in-cage accolades. https://t.co/TyLB3EUUoz— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) April 3, 2025 pic.twitter.com/4SNdnpmxec— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) April 3, 2025 Sterling and O’Malley have their own history, with O’Malley defeating Sterling by second-round TKO to become bantamweight champion at UFC 292. Sterling has since moved up to the featherweight division, where he has gone 1-1 with a win over Calvin Kattar and a loss to Movsar Evloev. When June 7 rolls around, Sterling will almost surely be in Dvalishvili’s corner to witness firsthand what he expects to be another winning performance by “The Machine.” But he doesn’t want fans to worry about O’Malley, because even if with another loss to Dvalishvili, Sterling jokingly suggested they could run it back one more time. You offer him a trilogy https://t.co/Hil00ckEMu— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) April 3, 2025 You offer him a trilogy.