Wanderlei Silva, Tyron Woodley, Anthony Pettis, Benson Henderson, More Former UFC Names Sign With GFL

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Global Fight League (GFL) a𝄹nnounced its official launch will take place i💯n early 2025.

The ✨league is team based with six franchise🍒s (names and cities to follow). The draft is scheduled for January 24, with an inaugural event to be held in April. There will be a point system for "regular season" fights.

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Former UFC and PRIDE Championships such as Wadnerlei Silva,꧙ Tyron Woodley, Anthony Pettis, Benson Henderson, Frank Mir, Fabricio Werdum, and more are part of the initial roster.

According to Co-founder Darren Owen (via ), GFL offers fighters a 50-50 split in revenue sharing along with omprehensive support for training and medical bills, retirement benefits, insurance 🅰coverage, and more.

List of Fighters:

  • Marcel Adur
  • Amirkhon Alikhuzhaev
  • Andrei Arlovski
  • Omar Arteaga
  • Stuart Austin
  • Renan Barao
  • Deberson Batista
  • Raimundo Batista
  • Stephen Beaumont
  • Alan Belcher
  • Tanner Boser
  • Claudeci Brito
  • Will Brooks
  • Yan Cabral
  • Alexsandro Cangaty
  • Pedro Carvalho
  • Rafael Carvalho
  • Alexa Conners
  • Kyle Daukaus
  • Ayton De Paepe
  • Patrizio de Souza
  • Robelis Despaigne
  • Marcelo Dias
  • Miao Ding
  • Junior Dos Santos
  • Cameron Else
  • Tonya Evinger
  • Kalindra Faria
  • Marciano Ferreira
  • Chauncey Foxworth
  • Glaico Franca
  • Alexander Gustafsson
  • Greg Hardy
  • Andre Harrison
  • Benson Henderson
  • Phil Hawes
  • Guto Inocente
  • Michael Irizarry
  • Bubba Jenkins
  • Pannie Kianzad
  • Ilir Latifi
  • Kevin Lee
  • William Lima
  • Philipe Lins
  • Hector Lombard
  • Ruan Machado
  • John Makdessi
  • Lucas Martins
  • Aleksandr Maslov
  • Jordan Mein
  • Dominick Meriweather
  • Frank Mir
  • Silvania Monteiro
  • Marlon Moraes
  • Killys Motta
  • Gegard Mousasi
  • Bi Nguyen
  • Abubakar Nurmagomedov
  • Ayinda Octave
  • Aleksei Oleinik
  • Renan Oliveira
  • Sidney Outlaw
  • Karolina Owczarz
  • Oscar Ownsworth
  • Denis Palancica
  • Rousimar Palharaes
  • Lance Palmer
  • Chiara Penco
  • Markus Perez
  • Anthony Pettis
  • Jefferson Pontes
  • Jimmie Rivera
  • Luke Rockhold
  • Charles Rosa
  • Thiago Santos
  • Cleiton Silva
  • Wanderlei Silva
  • Emiliano Sordi
  • Julio Spadaccini
  • Andre Soukhamthath
  • Roggers Souza
  • Gabriel Souza Galindo
  • Jeremy Stephens
  • Mohamed Tarek Mohey
  • Diego Teixeira
  • Oli Thompson
  • Francisco Trinaldo
  • Austin Tweedy
  • Feruz Usmonov
  • Fabricio Werdum
  • Jozef Wittner
  • Tyron Woodley

Fightful will provide more details on the GFLꦬ when they are known.

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