List of current GFL fighters records current GFL fighters' information, country origins, recent fighter signings and departures, fight schedules and results and the champion of each division.
The Global Fight League (GFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Darren Owen in 2024 and will be launched in April 2025.[1] The league will have a draft that will kickstart the promotion on January 24, 2025 and its first season is set to launch in April 2025 where teams will be city-based.[2][3] GFL’s fighter-centric model is expected to include fighter health and injury insurance, a structured retirement fund and a 50% event-specific revenue share with the fighters.[4]
The GFL will put on fights across ten weight-divisions which differ from traditional weight classes: women's strawweight (120 pounds), women's flyweight (130), women's bantamweight (140), men's bantamweight (145), featherweight (155), lightweight (165), welterweight (180), middleweight (200), light heavyweight (225) and heavyweight (265).[5] GFL is expected to carry a 300-fighter roster where 120 athletes will get drafted across six teams, composed of 20 fighters, two representatives each across 10 weight classes.[6] A scoring system is set for the bouts where fighters will earn four points for a finish, three for a decision win, two for a draw, one for a decision loss and zero for a defeat via finish. The points will contribute to each team's total score.[7]
This list provides an up-to-date roster of all fighters currently competing under the GFL promotional banner. The list excludes fighters who have not fought for more than two years and are not subjected to suspension.[note 1]
All names presented are in accordance with Sherdog website profiles and may include common nicknames or alternative spellings rather than birth names.[note 2]
MMA records below are retrieved from Sherdog's website.[note 3]
The flags listed in these tables are in accordance with Sherdog's website and may not fully or accurately represent the full citizenship of the people listed.
These fighters have either been released from their GFL contracts, or announced their retirement, over the course of the last month. If their release has not been announced, then they have been listed here based upon their removal from the GFL's rosters.
The fighters in this section have either signed with the GFL, have recently returned from an announced retirement, or have yet to make their GFL debut. The roster was posted on the official GFL website from December 11, 2024.[8]
The list below is based on fighters suspended either by (1) United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) or World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for a violation of taking prohibited substances or non-analytical incidents, (2) by local commissions on misconduct during the fights or at event venues, or (3) by GFL.
^Unless otherwise cited, all fighters listed are retrieved from GFL [1].
^All names presented are in accordance with [2] profiles and may include common nicknames or alternative spellings rather than birth names.
^All fighters' MMA records listed are retrieved from Sherdog's website.
^The flags listed in these tables are in accordance with Sherdog and may not fully or accurately represent the full citizenship of the people listed.
^Fighters' age and height are based on information obtained from Sherdog's website.
^All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.
^Number of fighters in each division is counted as per the date indicated and the number could change week by week.
^Fight records calculation: (1) Plus one point of the total wins for fighters who have not lost a fight; (2) Negative points of total loses for fighters who have not won a fight; (3) Add number of wins to the winning percentage; (4) A draw counts as 0.5 (5) No contest does not factor in as one of the variables of the calculation.
