PFL Week 1 predictions: Which welterweights, featherweights do we like out of the chute in 2025?
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The PFL is back for its 2025 season, and welterweights and featherweights will kick things off in Florida.
2025 PFL 1 (ESPN2, ESPN+) takes place Thursday at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla.
Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.
Jeremy Kennedy vs. Movlid Khaybulaev
Records: Kennedy (19-5), Khaybulaev (21-0-1)
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.03.25): Kennedy +550, Khaybulaev -800
Junkie pick results: Khaybulaev 10, Kennedy 1
Jeremy Kennedy vs. Movlid Khaybulaev
Logan Storley vs. Joseph Luciano
Records: Storley (16-3), Luciano (10-2)
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.02.25): Storley -380, Luciano +300
Junkie pick results: Storley 11, Luciano 0
Joseph Luciano vs. Logan Storley
Adam Borics vs. Jesus Pinedo
Records: Borics (19-2), Pinedo (23-6-1)
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.03.25): Borics +130, Pinedo -155
Junkie pick results: Pinedo 8, Borics 3
Jesus Pinedo vs. Adam Borics
Jason Jackson vs. Andrey Koreshkov
Records: Jackson (18-5), Koreshkov (28-5)
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.03.25): Jackson -230, Koreshkov +190
Junkie pick results: Jackson 8, Koreshkov 3
Jason Jackson vs. Andrey Koreshkov
Check out all the main card picks below.
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
| Jackson vs. Koreshkov | Borics vs. Pinedo | Storley vs. Luciano | Kennedy vs. Khaybulaev | |
| MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 35-23 | Jackson (68%) | Borics (52%) | Storley (72%) | Khaybulaev (87%) |
| Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 38-20 2024 Champion | Jackson | Pinedo | Storley | Khaybulaev |
| Ken Hathaway @1khathaway 36-22 2017, 2022, 2024 Champion | Jackson | Pinedo | Storley | Khaybulaev |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 36-22 2017 Champion | Jackson | Pinedo | Storley | Khaybulaev |
| Nolan King @mma_kings 36-22 2023 Champion | Jackson | Borics | Storley | Khaybulaev |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 35-23 2014 Champion | Koreshkov | Pinedo | Storley | Khaybulaev |
| Matt Erickson @MattE 35-23 | Koreshkov | Borics | Storley | Khaybulaev |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 33-25 | Jackson | Pinedo | Storley | Kennedy |
| Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 32-26 | Jackson | Pinedo | Storley | Khaybulaev |
| Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 31-27 | Jackson | Pinedo | Storley | Khaybulaev |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 30-28 | Jackson | Pinedo | Storley | Khaybulaev |
| Matthew Wells @MrMWells 29-29 | Koreshkov | Borics | Storley | Khaybulaev |
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for 2025 PFL World Tournament 1.
