GFL Fight Tracker: Here’s The List Of Fights That Have Been Confirmed (And Rumored) So Far

The brand new mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion Global Fight League (GFL) is gearing up for the start of its 2025 season. No dates or venues have been announced thus far, but they should be announced in the next few days.

However, not having a date for an event hasn’t stopped the promotion from announcing confirmed (and rumored) matchups, which will be featured in its first slate of events.

While we wait for the date and location, let’s recap all the fights that GFL has announced.

Yoel Romero vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

Yeah, this fight is tough to think about because of Shogun’s last two fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), but apparently, he’s good to go.

Rua (27-14-1) is riding a three-fight losing streak, with his last win coming against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in 2020 via a split decision. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight champion and PRIDE Grand Prix Champion.

While Romero (16-7) might be 47 years old, he looks like a yoked 35-year-old. Nevertheless, he won his last MMA fight against Thiago Santos on the PFL vs. Bellator Supercard and knocked out Duane Crespo in Mike Perry’s Dirty Boxing promotion.

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Chris Weidman vs. Luke Rockhold 2

At UFC 194 in 2015, Luke Rockhold stopped Chris Weidman via TKO (watch highlights) to capture the UFC Middleweight championship, and Weidman has been chasing Rockhold ever since (they were supposed to rematch at UFC 199, but the fight got scrapped).

Weidman (16-8) retired after his UFC 310 loss to Eryk Anders (watch highlights) and was subsequently released from his contract. Less than a week later, he signed with GFL.

“The All-American” has only won three out of his last 11 fights.

Rockhold (16-6) lost his last MMA fight against Paulo Costa at UFC 278 but has stayed active, competing in different combat sports promotions. He cracked his teeth in BKFC, slept Joe Schilling in Karate Combat (watch highlights), and then lost a grappling match to Pat Downey at CJI 1.

Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao 3

Urijah Faber and Renan Barao first collided for the vacant Bantamweight championship at UFC 149 in 2012, with Barao winning a unanimous decision. The duo met again two years later at UFC 169, and this time, Barao stopped “The California Kid.”

Faber (35-11) has not competed in MMA since his knockout loss to Petr Yan at UFC 245 (watch highlights) back in 2019. “The California Kid” has stayed active, though, competing in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and combat jiu-jitsu (watch here).

Barao (34-10) — once touted as the pound-for-pound best fighter in the sport — has not won a fight since 2016, when he defeated Phillipe Nover at UFC Fight Night 95. “The Baron” started his UFC career on a 22-fight win streak and defended UFC’s 135-pound title three times.

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Uriah Hall vs. Douglas Lima

Finally, a fight that isn’t with two grandpas.

Hall (17-11) was released from the UFC after his loss to Andre Muniz at UFC 276 in 2022 but three months later transitioned to boxing. In his boxing debut, he fought former NFL runningback Le’Veon Bell and won a unanimous decision on the Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva pay-per-view card.

Hall next boxed Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. but lost a somewhat close unanimous decision.

His last win in MMA came when he broke Weidman’s leg at UFC 261 with a leg check.

Lima (33-12) is a three-time Bellator Welterweight champion and is low-key one of the most underappreciated fighters, with wins over Rory MacDonald, Michael Page, Andrey Koreshkov, and Paul Daley.

Lima lost his last fight to Aaron Jeffery at Bellator Champions Series: San Diego.

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Frank Mir vs. Fabricio Werdum

Is it strange that Frank Mir and Fabricio Werdum have never collided in UFC?

Anyways, Mir (19-13) hasn’t competed in MMA since his 2019 victory over Roy Nelson at Bellator 231, but he did take two boxing matches in 2021. In his last boxing match, he suffered a scary, brutal knockout at the hands of boxing champion Kubrat Pulev (watch it).

After submitting Alexander Gustafsson in less than three minutes (watch highlights), Werdum (24-9-1) chose not to re-sign with the UFC. Instead, he signed with PFL but only fought once due to numerous injuries.

“Vai Cavalo” then signed with Gamebread Bareknuckle MMA and ended up fighting Junior dos Santos in a rematch from 2008. Werdum lost a unanimous decision (watch highlights).

More GFL matchups will drop this week, so keep it locked to MMAMania.com.