Tony Ferguson, Dillon Danis headline new additions to GFL draft
Global Fight League holds its official draft for its 2025 tournaments Friday, and a long list of notable names has been announced by the promotion as eligible to be selected.
The list includes former champions, such as Tony Ferguson, Rashad Evans, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Antonio Carlos Junior, plus controversial figure Dillon Danis.
GFL announced several new additions to the roster over the past 12 hours on social media, listing Patricky Pitbull, Cat Zingano, Uriah Hall, Renan Barao, Darrion Caldwell, Chad Mendes, Bruno Cappelozza, Brian Kelleher, and Brett Johns.
Here is the full list:
Patricky Pitbull
Tony Ferguson
Rashad Evans
Joice Mara
Antonio Carlos Junior
Alan Silva
Erika Sousa
Vladlena Petrova
Marisa Messer Belenchia
Lina Fayyad
Kelly Staddon
Jada Ketley
Ilima Lei-Macfarlane
Elin Oberg
Cynthia Calvillo
Cat Zingano
Camila Reynoso
Arlene Blencowe
Alejandra Lara
Xian Ji
Willker Lemos
Vladisav Rudnev
Uriah Hall
Tornike Gigauri
Timur Valiev
Stephen Beaumont
Simon Marcus
Ronald Girones Sago
Roman Lukashevich
Ricky Bendejas
Renan Barao
Ray Borg
Raphael Assuncao
Pedro Carvalho
Patrizio de Sousa
Omar Arteaga
Norman Parke
Neiman Gracie
Mukhiddin Mamazhonov
Mostafa Salehizadeh
Mohamad Tarek Mohey
Milos Janicic
Miguel Angel Sosa
Michael Irizarry
Matthew Wagy
Matheus Nicolau
Mariano Pupi
Marcelo Guarilha
Marcelo Dias
Marcel Adur
Lucas Caio
Louie Sanoudakis
Lasha Abramishvili
Khumoyan Tukhtamuradov
Kai Kamaka
Juliano Prescendo
Jonathan Figueroa
Jamie Siraj
Iganacio Capella
Huseyn Aliyev
Hasan Mezhiev
Gustavo Ribeiro
Greg Hardy
Gleison Tibau
Gabriel Souza Galindo
Fernando Rodrigues Jr.
Felipe Zacaron
Fabricio Azevedo
Efrain Escudero
Dillon Danis
Diego Davalla
Darrion Caldwell
Cleiton SIlva
Chad Mendes
Carlos Alexandre
Bruno Cappelozza
Brian Kelleher
Brett Johns
Austin Tweedy
Ali Wasuk
Ahmed Jabbar Al Rubaye
Agshin Babaev
Adilet Nurmatov
Donny Matos
Hongang Yao
Artem Belakh
Farbod Iran Nezad
Nicolas Barna
Karolina Owczarz
Quentin Domingos
Christian Larsen
Maike Linhares
Lucas Miletich
Acacio dos Santos
Masoud Safari
Shino Vanhoose
Adam Masaev
Luis Henrigue da Silva
Faine Mesquita Pereira
Alana Cook
Thiago Lima
Emilse Chirino
Veronika Borisova
Hayley Valentine
Anita Bekus
Marcos Lloreda
EJ Brooks
Samantha Jean-Francois
Ndidi Alonu
Eric Alequin
Emin Sharifow
Eduardo Souza
Lucas Clay
Manuel Mena
Zaza Dokhnadze
Magomed Kabardiev
Louis Glismann
Jose Lucas Alves
Tom O’Connor
Romario Orozco
Oton Jasse
Thomas Lane
Lucas Alsina
Adis Dadovic
Jorge Bueno
Magomed Akaev
Murad Umachiev
Pedro Colman
Gamlet Aslanov
Altamiro de Jesus
Victor Madrigal
Leonardo Diniz
Paulo Portillo
Edson Lourenco
Magomed Yunusilau
Edilson Teixeira
Carlos Petruzzella
Rakhim Midaev
The league is divided by teams and cities with legends acting as team managers. Wanderlei Silva leads the Los Angeles group alongside Rafael Cordeiro, for example. Cain Velasquez (Dubai), Lyoto Machida (Sao Paulo), Thiago Alves (Miami) and Luke Barnatt (London) were also signed as coaches.
The company has signed a number of names who have competed inside the UFC, Bellator and PFL cages in the past, including Cynthia Calvillo, Arlene Blencowe, Alejandra Lara, Timur Valiev, Ricky Bandejas, Ray Borg, Raphael Assuncao, Pedro Carvalho, Norman Parke, Neiman Gracie, Matheus Nicolau, Greg Hardy, Gleison Tibau and Efrain Escudero.