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Full Rosters for All 6 Global Fight League Teams Revealed!

Full Rosters for All Six Global Fight League Teams Revealed! All six teams have been revealed for the Global Fight League’s inaugural season. On Friday, the promotion held its…

All six teams have been revealed for the Global Fight League’s inaugural season.

On Friday, the promotion held its first-ever live draft hosted by former UFC play-by-play man Mike Goldberg and a host of others. The No. 1 pick of the evening saw Team Dubai select former UFC welterweight titleholder Tyron Woodley who has not competed in a mixed martial arts bout in nearly four years.

Team Los Angeles selected former UFC and ONE Championship standout ‘Super’ Sage Northcutt as its first pick, followed by Team London who took ex-Bellator middleweight champ Gegard Mousasi. Former UFC heavyweight titleholders Junior dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum were selected by Team Miami and Team Sao Paulo respectively while Team New York closed the opening round by selecting ‘Motown Phenom’ Kevin Lee.

Chris Weidman, who just announced his retirement from the sport earlier this month ahead of UFC 311, was picked as Team New York’s second selection.

Paige VanZant, Holly Holm, and Cat Zingano among the woman featured in Global Fight league draft

Aspen Ladd was the first female fighter selected, taken by Team Los Angeles in the second round of the draft. She was followed by Josefine Knutsson and Holly Holm who were taken as the 15th and 18th overall picks. UFC fighter turned BKFC brawler Paige VanZant and Cat Zingano were both selected by Team Miami in the later rounds.

Also selected were a slew of prospects, including atomweight standout Kayla Hracho who went a combined 5-2 during her runs under the Combate Global and iKON Fighting Federation banners.

Former flyweight champion and the winningest woman in Bellator MMA history, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane was also taken in the GFL draft. She was selected by Team Los Angeles, joining Cynthia Calvillo, Jessica Penne, and Cory McKenna.

‘El Cucuy’ picked up by team los angeles

Hours after being declared for the GFL draft, former interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson was selected by Team Los Angeles. El Cucuy‘ closed out his 13-year-long run with the Ultimate Fighting Championship following a record-breaking eighth straight loss inside the Octagon against Michael Chiesa at a Fight Night event in August. Ferguson has not won a fight since a June 2019 TKO stoppage against Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone.

Check out the rosters for all six global fight league teams below:

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)

You can watch the full GFL inaugural draft below:

Full Rosters for All 6 Global Fight League Teams Revealed!

All six teams have been revealed for the Global Fight League’s inaugural season. On Friday, the promotion held its…

All six teams have been revealed for the Global Fight League’s inaugural season.

Chris Weidman, who just announced his retirement from the sport earlier this month ahead of UFC 311, was picked as Team New York’s second selection.

Paige VanZant, Holly Holm, and Cat Zingano among the woman featured in Global Fight league draft

Also selected were a slew of prospects, including atomweight standout Kayla Hracho who went a combined 5-2 during her runs under the Combate Global and iKON Fighting Federation banners.

‘El Cucuy’ picked up by team los angeles

Check out the rosters for all six global fight league teams below:

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)

You can watch the full GFL inaugural draft below:

Global Fight League Announces Signing Of Tony Ferguson After 8-Fight UFC Losing Skid

Ahead of its inaugural draft Friday, the Global Fight League (GFL) has claimed to have signed former interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson. In recent weeks and months, the newly created GFL — the latest attempt at making a team format successful in MMA — has announced a lengthy list of signings ahead of its […]

Ahead of its inaugural draft Friday, the Global Fight League (GFL) has claimed to have signed former interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson.

In recent weeks and months, the newly created GFL — the latest attempt at making a team format successful in MMA — has announced a lengthy list of signings ahead of its launch in 2025, including multiple former champions from the UFC and other promotions.

And while the inaugural draft takes place today, the organization is still rolling out some notable names.

Among its latest slew of social media announcements, the GFL posted that it has signed Ferguson, whose UFC future has been uncertain after his losing skid reached a record-breaking eight straight setbacks last year.

It’s worth noting that many names announced by the GFL have refuted their signings, insisting that they remain under contract elsewhere.

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15 GFL cards are planned up until August, after which two playoff events and one final will take place before the year’s end. The first is slated to go down in April.

The promotion’s team format will see six city teams — Los Angeles, Miami, New York, São Paulo, London and Dubai — select 20 fighters each (two per division) from a pool of over 400 fighters at Friday’s draft.

Each team has been assigned a prominent coach and team manager, with the likes of Ray Longo, Javier Mendez, and Conan Silveira confirmed as trainers and Cain Velasquez, Lyoto Machida, and Thiago Alves as managers.

Among the most notable fighter signings are former UFC champions Luke Rockhold, Tyron Woodley, Fabrício Werdum, Benson Henderson, Anthony Pettis, Frank Mir, Junior dos Santos, Andrei Arlovski and Renan Barão. That’s in addition to high-profile veterans like Alexander Gustafsson, Yoel Romero, Gegard Mousasi, Aleksei Oleinik, Paige VanZant, Kevin Lee, Thiago Santos, Jeremy Stephens, Hector Lombard and Jimmie Rivera.

The signing of 48-year-old Wanderlei Silva’s has been among the most controversial with the MMA community. “The Axe Murderer” and 47-year-old Werdum both cited irreversible brain damage in their statements for the now-settled antitrust lawsuit against the UFC last year.

A number of other comebacks have also raised skeptical eyebrows, including the latest return from retirement for Brazil’s Marlon Moraes. The ex-WSOF champ most recently hung up the gloves after a brief stint in the PFL extended his losing skid to seven straight fights.

Tony Ferguson Said To Be In Talks With New Promotion Following 8-Fight UFC Losing Skid

The Global Fight League, or GFL, have announced a huge amount of names who will be eligible for the promotion’s upcoming draft this month. GFL is set to host its first event around April where the team-based season format will kick off once fighters have been selected by their chosen teams. Many of the names […]

Many of the names on the current roster, particularly on the men’s side, are former UFC fighters who will add a certain amount of name value to the promotion from the very start. Amongst them is former UFC interim lightweight title challenger Kevin Lee who recently appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show to go into more detail about the promotion and his initial impressions of working with them.

Lee spoke during the interview about other names that could be joining him in the promotion who could be potential opponents for him at some stage. He specifically mentioned a former opponent of his who has been on a difficult run inside the Octagon as of late.

One of the criticisms of the GFL thus far has been the amount of fighters on the roster who are perceived to be over the hill or in some cases, already at the end of their careers. That would also be the narrative surrounding Tony Ferguson whose name still carries a degree of weight despite the fact that he has lost his last eight fights in a row which is a record for the MMA leader.

It appeared following his last defeat against Michael Chiesa that “El Cucuy” had one foot in retirement after he took off one of his gloves inside the cage before he later confirmed that he isn’t done yet. During his losing streak, Dana White has repeatedly made it clear that he hopes Ferguson retires with his 41st birthday being just around the corner.

However, according to what Lee has heard, it looks like Ferguson could be beginning a new chapter rather than closing the book for good.

“I’ve heard a couple of names tossed around, the one that interests me the most is Tony Ferguson,” Lee told Helwani. “He’s had his ups and downs in his career but we’ve had a great fight for the UFC championship and I think that’s something that a lot of people can get behind and that’s a fight that I really, really want. He’s in talks with them.”

Tony Ferguson Teases Fight News Amid 8-Fight UFC Losing Skid: ‘I Aim To Show Something You’ve Never Seen…’

Former interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has entered the new year with his sights firmly set on a return to the cage. Retirement has been on the lips of many when discussing Ferguson in recent times. The 40-year-old has lost eight straight fights, leaving him with the unwanted record for the longest losing skid […]

Former interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has entered the new year with his sights firmly set on a return to the cage.

Retirement has been on the lips of many when discussing Ferguson in recent times. The 40-year-old has lost eight straight fights, leaving him with the unwanted record for the longest losing skid in UFC history.

“El Cucuy” most recently fell to a quick submission defeat at the hands of fellow veteran Michael Chiesa in his sole outing of 2024, succumbing to a rear-naked choke in under four minutes at the UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi last August.

While that result finally appeared to be the one that convinced Ferguson to ponder calling it quits, it didn’t take long for the Californian to backtrack and recommit to the continuation of his fighting career.

And as 2025 gets underway, Ferguson is back to promising big things when he next enters the cage.

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“Completely Destroyed Myself,.. To Re-Invent It’ As an Artist I Aim To show Something You’ve Never Seen Before Happy New Year Crew 2025 in my sights- Champ -CSO- # Stay Tuned & Watch The Magic Unfold New Missions Acknowledged # MrDestiny Fight News Coming Soon ”

It remains to be seen what will come next in the career of Ferguson, and whether his upcoming fight news relates to the UFC.

UFC CEO Dana White has been vocal in his desire to see the former interim champ retire, leading to speculation that “El Cucuy” could be forced to compete elsewhere this year.

Read More: UFC Fighter With 1 Win In Last 5 Backtracks On Retirement: ‘I’m Still In It 100 Percent’

John McCarthy says Michael Chandler is Cooked: ‘He’s Hit Tony Ferguson Status’

Former UFC referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy thinks Michael Chandler has finally hit Tony Ferguson status. After sitting on the…

Former UFC referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy thinks Michael Chandler has finally hit Tony Ferguson status.

After sitting on the sidelines for two years waiting for a fight that never came to fruition, Chandler returned to the Octagon at UFC 309 for a rematch with former lightweight world champion Charles Oliveira. Despite a valiant effort and an electrifying fifth round, Chandler came up short on the scorecards.

With the loss, Chandler has lost four of his last five under the UFC banner with his only win during that run coming against Ferguson at UFC 274.

Looking back on the ex-Bellator titleholder’s performance in MSG, McCarthy suggested that Chandler’s career is on a downward trajectory, similar to that of ‘El Cucuy’ who infamously lost eight straight before being shown the door earlier this year.

“Michael Chandler has hit Tony Ferguson status — just being honest … absolutely,” McCarthy said in a recent episode of his WEIGHING IN podcast with Josh Thomson. “Who’s he going to beat? He looked slow. You cannot look slow in the lightweight division. You’re going to die, and he got outwrestled by a jiu-jitsu guy” (h/t Sportskeeda).

Where does Michael Chandler go from here?

Where Chandler goes from here is anyone’s guess.

Unfortunately, ‘Iron’ wasted a large chunk of his time waiting for a fight with Conor McGregor that, in all honestly, was never going to happen.

Of course, that didn’t stop Chandler from calling out the Irishman following his latest loss, but we’ve got a feeling the UFC won’t be itching to book McGregor anytime soon after he was found liable for the 2018 rape of a woman inside a Dublin hotel.

With a losing record and rematches against Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje unlikely, McCarthy doesn’t quite know where Chandler fits in one of the UFC’s most talent-rich divisions.

“Dustin [Poirier] doesn’t want to fight him again because of the same things that he f*cking ended up doing in the Oliveira fight,” McCarthy said. “Now I always sit there and say, ‘If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying,’ but don’t sit there and f*cking tell me that he didn’t hit him to the back of the head.

“I don’t give a f*ck if your fist is going on the other side of his ear when your forearm is hitting him to the back of the head, it’s the f*cking back of the head. … I’m not saying he’s got seven losses in a row (like Ferguson) — I’m saying he’s on the same path as Tony Ferguson.”