Global Fight League Draft Reveals Huge Stars

January 25, 2025
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Global Fight League Draft Reveals Huge Stars

The Global Fight League (GFL) has announced its draft, featuring many big names. 

Reports indicate that 120 fighters have signed up for the league. They will form six teams, as the GFL aims to become a leading MMA organization. Early indications show that the big purses have attracted fighters. Tyron Woodley has been drafted for Team Dubai as the former UFC Welterweight Champion has his first MMA fight since 2021. He lost his last four UFC fights. His last two bouts have been boxing fights against Jake Paul, where he came up short in both bouts. 

Junior dos Santos, the former UFC Heavyweight Champion, has been included in the Miami Team. Meanwhile, another former heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum, is part of team Sao Paulo. Chris Weidman, the former UFC Middleweight Champion, also joins the organization. It comes after his recent announcement that he was retired from the UFC. He will be part of the New York Team. Meanwhile, former UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis will be part of Team Miami.

Team Dubai

Manager: Cain Velasquez

Coach: Javier Mendez

Ali Isaev — heavyweight

Todd Duffee — heavyweight

Ronny Markes — light heavyweight

Omari Akhmedov — light heavyweight

Luke Rockhold — middleweight

Derek Brunson — middleweight

Tyron Woodley — welterweight

Abubakar Nurmagomedov — welterweight

Tofiq Musayev — lightweight

Damir Ismagulov — lightweight

Khumoyun Tukhtamurodov — featherweight

Adilet Numatov — featherweight

Timur Valiev — bantamweight

Farbod Iran Nezhad — bantamweight

Arlene Blencowe — women’s bantamweight

Alexa Conners — women’s bantamweight

Randi Field — strawweight

Faine Mesquita — strawweight

Jessica Aguilar — atomweight

Anastasia Nikolakakos — atomweight

Team London

Manager: Luke Barnatt

Coach: Carl Prince

Tanner Boser — heavyweight

Stuart Austin — heavyweight

Ilir Latifi — light heavyweight

Alexander Gustafsson — light heavyweight

Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz — middleweight

Gegard Mousasi — middleweight

Norman Parke — welterweight

Danny Roberts — welterweight

Tim Wilde — lightweight

Benson Henderson — lightweight

Mike Grundy — featherweight

Brett Johns — featherweight

Josh Hill — bantamweight

Cameron Else — bantamweight

Pannie Kianzad — women’s bantamweight

Julia Budd — women’s bantamweight

Karolina Owczarz — strawweight

Josefine Knutsson — strawweight

Kelly Staddon — atomweight

Chiara Penco — atomweight

Team Los Angeles

Manager: Wanderlei Silva

Coach: Rafael Cordeiro

Andrei Arlovski — heavyweight

Frank Mir — heavyweight

Rashad Evans — light heavyweight

Da Woon Jung — light heavyweight

Uriah Hall — middleweight

Grant Neal — middleweight

Louis Glismann — welterweight

Lorenz Larkin — welterweight

Tony Ferguson — lightweight

Sage Northcutt — lightweight

Tyler Diamond — featherweight

Chad Mendes — featherweight

Urijah Faber — bantamweight

Ray Borg — bantamweight

Leslie Smith — women’s bantamweight

Aspen Ladd — women’s bantamweight

Cynthia Calvillo — strawweight

Ilima-Lei Macfarlane — strawweight

Jessica Penne — atomweight

Cory McKenna — atomweight

Team Miami

Manager: Thiago Alves

Coach: Conan Silveira

Junior dos Santos — heavyweight

Robelis Despaigne — heavyweight

Thiago Santos — light heavyweight

Philipe Lins — light heavyweight

Yoel Romero — middleweight

Hector Lombard — middleweight

Gleison Tibau — welterweight

Dilano Taylor — welterweight

Jeremy Stephens — lightweight

Anthony Pettis — lightweight

Charles Rosa — featherweight

Andre Harrison — featherweight

Marlon Moraes — bantamweight

Eric Shelton — bantamweight

Mariya Agapova — women’s bantamweight

Cat Zingano — women’s bantamweight

Paige VanZant — strawweight

Hannah Goldy — strawweight

Natasha Kuziutina — atomweight

Kayla Kracho — atomweight

Team New York

Manager: TBD

Coach: Ray Longo

Kevin Lee – lightweight

Chris Weidman – middleweight

Holly Holm – women’s bantamweight

Melissa Amaya – women’s strawweight

Kai Kamaka III – featherweight

Bi Nguyen – women’s atomweight

Marisa Messer-Belenchia – women’s atomweight

Miao Ding – women’s strawweight

Liana Jojua – women’s bantamweight

Jimmie Rivera – bantamweight

Zviad Lazishvili – bantamweight

Lance Palmer – featherweight

Sidney Outlaw – lightweight

Neiman Gracie – welterweight

Dillon Danis – welterweight

Phillip Hawes – middleweight

Devin Clark – light heavyweight

Ovince Saint Preux – light heavyweight

Alan Belcher – heavyweight

Aleksei Oleinik – heavyweight

Team Sao Paulo

Manager: Lyoto Machida

Coach: Andre Pederneiras

Joice Mara – atomweight

Camila Reynoso – strawweight

Viviane Araujo – strawweight

Alejandra Lara – bantamweight

Paula Bittencourt – bantamweight

Raphael Assuncao – bantamweight

Renan Barao – bantamweight

Julio Arce – featherweight

Maike Linhares – featherweight

Patricky Freire – lightweight

Lucas Martins – lightweight

Alex Oliveira – welterweight

Carlos Petruzzella – welterweight

Alan Patrick – middleweight

Douglas Lima – middleweight

Antonio Carlos Junior – light heavyweight

Mauricio Rua – light heavyweight

Bruno Cappelozza – heavyweight

Fabricio Werdum – heavyweight

Pamela Mara – women’s atomweight

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