Light heavyweight Davis moves to PFL semifinals

Light heavyweight Davis moves to PFL semifinals

Veteran light heavyweight Phil Davis punched his ticket to the PFL World Tournament semifinals on Thursday with a second-round finish over Rob Wilkinson.

Phil Davis Returns After Two-Year Hiatus, Scores TKO Over Rob Wilkinson at PFL 4

Phil Davis returned from a two-year break to defeat Rob Wilkinson in a light heavyweight quarterfinal at PFL Orlando on May 1 2025. The 40-year-old, now 25-7, competed at Universal Studios in Florida. Wilkinson, a 33-year-old with a 19-4 record, lost his first fight since 2024. The Professional Fighters League event, aired on ESPN2, marked ...

PFL World Tournament First Round Recap: Light Heavyweights

2025 PFL World Tournament: First Round at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Cooper Neill / PFL) Last night, the PFL had their final first round event in their first ever world tournament. The big boys took center stage as the light heavyweights and the heavyweights went to battle. In the main event, former Bellator light heavyweight champion Phil Davis (25-7) took on former PFL champion Rob Wilkinson (19-4). Entering…

Knockout! Phil Davis returns after two-year hiatus, destroys Rob Wilkinson at PFL 4

Phil Davis hadn’t stepped foot inside the cage for a fight in nearly two years prior to last night’s (Thurs., May 1, 2025) quarterfinal fight against Rob Wilkinson in the main event of PFL 4 in Orlando, Fla., but you would never know it based on his performance. Indeed, “Mr. Wonderful” looked fresh as ever at 40 years of age, stopping Wilkinson in the second round thanks to a setup by a massive overhand right hand that dropped “Razor” like a sac…

PFL Results: Phil Davis Wins Debut With First Finish Win Since 2019 Over Former Champ Rob Wilkinson

The quarter-final round of PFL’s “World Tournament” wrapped up on Thursday night, with heavyweights and light heavyweights starting their year at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, USA. Kicking off bracket runs which are expected to last three fights in total—competing for a grand prize of $500,000—those who won on Thursday are expected to come back just a little over a month from now for their semi-final assignments. At light heavyweight, i…

PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 4 Results

Full results for PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 4, which took place Thursday, May 1, live from Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla.