Jonathan Reyes
El Draft 2025 de la GFL se celebró con sus seis equipos, cada uno de los cuales representaba a una gran ciudad, seleccionaron a unos 500 peleadores, entre los que se encontraban agentes libres de renombre y jóvenes promesas.
Se seleccionaron 120 atletas de 10 categorías de peso (peso pesado, semipesado, medio, wélter, ligero, pluma, gallo, gallo femenino, paja femenino y átomo femenino). Sin embargo, las categorías de peso se dividen de forma ligeramente diferente a las tradicionales. La promoción afirma que se trata de un esfuerzo por combatir el recorte de peso.
Peso átomo femenino (110 lbs), peso paja femenino (120 lbs), peso gallo femenino (140 lbs), peso gallo masculino (145 lbs), peso pluma (155 lbs), peso ligero (165 lbs), peso wélter (180 lbs), peso medio (200 lbs), peso semipesado (225 lbs) y peso pesado (265 lbs).
Los seis equipos están dirigidos y entrenados por figuras notables de las MMA: Dubai (mánager Caín Velásquez y entrenador Javier Méndez); Londres (mánager Luke Barnatt y entrenador Carl Prince); Los Ángeles (mánager Wanderlei Silva y entrenador Rafael Cordeiro); Miami (mánager Thiago Alves y entrenador Conan Silveira); Nueva York (mánager TBA y entrenador Ray Longo); y Sao Paulo (mánager Lyoto Machida y entrenador Andre Pederneiras).
Aunque aún no se ha revelado una fecha concreta, la promoción afirma que se lanzará en abril con eventos de temporada regular, semifinales y finales celebrados a lo largo del año. Los resultados del Draft 2025 de la GFL son los siguientes:
Round 1
Pick 1 (Team Dubai): Tyron Woodley
Pick 2 (Team Los Angeles): Sage Northcutt
Pick 3 (Team London): Gegard Mousasi
Pick 4 (Miami): Junior Dos Santos
Pick 5 (Sao Paulo): Fabricio Werdum
Pick 6 (New York): Kevin Lee
Round 2
Pick 7 (New York): Chris Weidman
Pick 8 (Sao Paulo): Douglas Lima
Pick 9 (Miami): Anthony Pettis
Pick 10 (London): Alexander Gustafsson
Pick 11 (Los Angeles): Aspen Ladd
Pick 12 (Dubai): Abubakar Nurmagomedov
Round 3
Pick 13 (Dubai): Derek Brunson
Pick 14 (Los Angeles): Tony Ferguson
Pick 15 (London): Josefine Knutsson
Pick 16 (Miami): Yoel Romero
Pick 17 (Sao Paulo): Carlos Petruzzella
Pick 18 (New York): Holly Holm
Round 4
Pick 19 (New York): Melissa Amay
Pick 20 (Sao Paulo): Camilia Reynoso
Pick 21 (Miami): Natasha Kuizutina
Pick 22 (London): Brett Johns
Pick 23 (Los Angeles): Urijah Faber
Pick 24 (Dubai): Ali Isaev
Tras la cuarta ronda, la retransmisión dio por concluido el draft y anunció las listas completas de los equipos, que pueden consultarse a continuación.
Team Dubai
Anastasia Nikolakakos (atomweight)
Jessica Aguilar (atomweight)
Faine Mesquita (strawweight)
Randi Field (strawweight)
Alexa Conners (bantamweight)
Arlene Blencowe (bantamweight)
Farbod Iran Nezhad (bantamweight)
Timur Valiev (bantamweight)
Adilet Nurmatov (featherweight)
Khumoyun Tukhtamurodov (featherweight)
Damir Ismagulov (lightweight)
Tofiq Musayev (lightweight)
Abubakar Nurmagomedov (welterweight)
Tyron Woodley (welterweight)
Derek Brunson (middleweight)
Luke Rockhold (middleweight)
Omari Akhmedov (light heavyweight)
Ronny Markes (light heavyweight)
Ali Isaev (heavyweight)
Todd Duffee (heavyweight)
Team Los Angeles
Cory McKenna (atomweight)
Jessica Penne (atomweight)
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (strawweight)
Cynthia Calvillo (strawweight)
Aspen Ladd (bantamweight)
Leslie Smith (bantamweight)
Ray Borg (bantamweight)
Urijah Faber (bantamweight)
Chad Mendes (featherweight)
Tyler Diamond (featherweight)
Sage Northcutt (lightweight)
Tony Ferguson (lightweight)
Lorenz Larkin (welterweight)
Louis Glismann (welterweight)
Grant Neal (middleweight)
Uriah Hall (middleweight)
Da Woon Jung (light heavyweight)
Rashad Evans (light heavyweight)
Frank Mir (heavyweight)
Andrei Arlovski (heavyweight)
Team London
Chiara Penco (atomweight)
Kelly Staddon (atomweight)
Josefine Knutsson (strawweight)
Karolina Owczarz (strawweight)
Julia Budd (bantamweight)
Pannie Kianzad (bantamweight)
Cameron Else (bantamweight)
Josh Hill (bantamweight)
Brett Johns (featherweight)
Mike Grundy (featherweight)
Benson Henderson (lightweight)
Tim Wilde (lightweight)
Danny Roberts (welterweight)
Norman Parke (welterweight)
Gegard Mousasi (middleweight)
Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz (middleweight)
Alexander Gustafsson (light heavyweight)
Ilir Latifi (light heavyweight)
Stuart Austin (heavyweight)
Tanner Boser (heavyweight)
Team Miami
Kayla Hracho (atomweight)
Natasha Kuziutina (atomweight)
Hannah Goldy (strawweight)
Paige VanZant (strawweight)
Cat Zingano (bantamweight)
Mariya Agapova (bantamweight)
Eric Shelton (bantamweight)
Marlon Moraes (bantamweight)
Andre Harrison (featherweight)
Charles Rosa (featherweight)
Anthony Pettis (lightweight)
Jeremy Stephens (lightweight)
Dilano Taylor (welterweight)
Gleison Tibau (welterweight)
Hector Lombard (middleweight)
Yoel Romero (middleweight)
Philipe Lins (light heavyweight)
Thiago Santos (light heavyweight)
Robelis Despaigne (heavyweight)
Junior Dos Santos (heavyweight)
Team Sao Paulo
Joice Mara (atomweight)
Pamela 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)
Team New York
Bi Nguyen (atomweight)
Marisa Messer-Belenchia (atomweight)
Melissa Amaya (strawweight)
Miao Ding (strawweight)
Holly Holm (bantamweight)
Liana Jojua (bantamweight)
Jimmie Rivera (bantamweight)
Zviad Lazishvili (bantamweight)
Lance Palmer (featherweight)
Kai Kamaka III (featherweight)
Sidney Outlaw (lightweight)
Kevin Lee (lightweight)
Neiman Gracie (welterweight)
Dillon Danis (welterweight)
Phillip Hawes (middleweight)
Chris Weidman (middleweight)
Devin Clark (light heavyweight)
Ovince Saint Preux (light heavyweight)
Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight)
Aleksei Oleinik (heavyweight)
