PFL Paris 2025 (cancelled)
| PFL Europe 2 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL Europe 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | May 23, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Accor Arena | |||
| City | Paris, France | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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PFL Europe 2 was a proposed mixed martial arts event scheduled to be produced by the Professional Fighters League on May 23, 2025, at the Accor Arena in Paris, France.[1][2][3]
Background
[edit]The event was to mark the promotion's third visit to Paris and first since PFL Europe 1 (2024) in March 2024.[4] However, in early May, the organization announced that the show was cancelled.[5]
A lightweight bout between Mansour Barnaoui and undefeated Archie Colgan was scheduled to headline the event.[6]
This event was also to feature the quarterfinal of the 2025 PFL Europe Tournament in a bantamweight division.[7]
Manchester United legend Patrice Evra was scheduled to makes his amateur PFL debut against opponent to be announced at this event.[8]
Announced card
[edit]| Main card (DAZN) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Mansour Barnaoui | vs. | Archie Colgan | ||||
| Bantamweight | Taylor Lapilus | vs. | Ali Taleb | ||||
| Welterweight | Patrice Evra | vs. | TBA | ||||
| Lightweight | Patrick Habirora | vs. | Nicolas Di Franco | ||||
| Bantamweight | Mahio Campanella | vs. | Matiss Zaharovs | [a] | |||
| Bantamweight | Dean Garnett | vs. | Alexander Luster | [b] | |||
| Featherweight | Ibragim Ibragimov | vs. | Mathys Duragrin | ||||
| Featherweight | Adam Meskini | vs. | Tiziano Ferranti | ||||
| Bantamweight | Anas Azizoun | vs. | Gustavo Oliveira | [c] | |||
| Bantamweight | Julien Lopez | vs. | Jan Ciepłowski | [d] | |||
| Women's Flyweight | Paulina Wiśniewska | vs. | Borena Tsertsvadze | ||||
| Welterweight | Salvo Giudice | vs. | Brice Belghazi | ||||
| Featherweight | Zebenzui Ruiz | vs. | Asaël Adjoudj | ||||
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
Brackets
[edit]2025 PFL Europe Bantamweight Tournament
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Mahio Campanella | ||||||||||
 Matiss Zaharovs | ||||||||||
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| Anas Azizoun | ||||||||||
 Gustavo Oliveira | ||||||||||
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 Dean Garnett | ||||||||||
 Alexander Luster | ||||||||||
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 Jan Ciepłowski | ||||||||||
| Julien Lopez | ||||||||||
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Staff (2025-03-27). "Mansour Barnaoui vs. Archie Colgan Announced for PFL Paris, Taylor Lapilus to Debut". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "PFL Europe to Bring Pair of Lightweight Showcase Matches to Paris Card in May". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "PFL Europe Paris to Feature Two Huge Bouts at Accor Arena on 24 May". FightBook MMA. 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "PFL Europe Returns to Paris: French and Belgian Stars Announced for Accor Arena on 24 May". Professional Fighters League. 2025-03-25. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ Barry, Corral (2025-05-07). "Evra's MMA debut on hold as PFL Paris delayed". BBC. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
- ^ "Mansour Barnaoui vs. Archie Colgan headlines PFL Europe in Paris in May". MMA Junkie. 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "PFL Europe 2025 Bantamweight Tournament Revealed For PFL Europe Paris on 24 May". FightBook MMA. 2025-04-04. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
- ^ Heck, Mike (2025-04-25). "Former Manchester United captain Patrice Evra signs with PFL, debut set". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
- ^ "2025 PFL Europe 2: Paris". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-04-02.