All six groups have been revealed for the World Combat League’s inaugural season.
On Friday, the promotion held its first-ever dwell draft hosted by former UFC play-by-play man Mike Goldberg and a bunch of others. The No. 1 choose of the night noticed Staff Dubai choose former UFC welterweight titleholder Tyron Woodley who has not competed in a blended martial arts bout in practically 4 years.
Staff Los Angeles chosen former UFC and ONE Championship standout ‘Tremendous’ Sage Northcutt as its first choose, adopted by Staff London who took ex-Bellator middleweight champ Gegard Mousasi. Former UFC heavyweight titleholders Junior dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum had been chosen by Staff Miami and Staff Sao Paulo respectively whereas Staff New York closed the opening spherical by deciding on ‘Motown Phenom’ Kevin Lee.
Chris Weidman, who simply introduced his retirement from the game earlier this month forward of UFC 311, was picked as Staff New York’s second choice.
Paige VanZant, Holly Holm, and Cat Zingano among the many lady featured in World Combat league draft
Aspen Ladd was the primary feminine fighter chosen, taken by Staff Los Angeles within the second spherical of the draft. She was adopted by Josefine Knutsson and Holly Holm who had been taken because the fifteenth and 18th total picks. UFC fighter turned BKFC brawler Paige VanZant and Cat Zingano had been each chosen by Staff Miami within the later rounds.
Additionally chosen had been a slew of prospects, together with atomweight standout Kayla Hracho who went a mixed 5-2 throughout her runs below the Combate World and iKON Combating Federation banners.
Former flyweight champion and the winningest lady in Bellator MMA historical past, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane was additionally taken within the GFL draft. She was chosen by Staff Los Angeles, becoming a member of Cynthia Calvillo, Jessica Penne, and Cory McKenna.
‘El Cucuy’ picked up by staff la
Hours after being declared for the GFL draft, former interim UFC light-weight champion Tony Ferguson was chosen by Staff Los Angeles. El Cucuy‘ closed out his 13-year-long run with the Final Combating Championship following a record-breaking eighth straight loss contained in the Octagon towards Michael Chiesa at a Combat Evening occasion in August. Ferguson has not gained a combat since a June 2019 TKO stoppage towards Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone.
Try the rosters for all six international combat league groups under:
Staff Dubai
- Anastasia Nikolakakos (atomweight)
- Jessica Aguilar (atomweight)
- Faine Mesquita (strawweight)
- Randi Subject (strawweight)
- Alexa Conners (bantamweight)
- Arlene Blencowe (bantamweight)
- Farbod Iran Nezhad (bantamweight)
- Timur Valiev (bantamweight)
- Adilet Nurmatov (featherweight)
- Khumoyun Tukhtamurodov (featherweight)
- Damir Ismagulov (light-weight)
- Tofiq Musayev (light-weight)
- Abubakar Nurmagomedov (welterweight)
- Tyron Woodley (welterweight)
- Derek Brunson (middleweight)
- Luke Rockhold (middleweight)
- Omari Akhmedov (mild heavyweight)
- Ronny Markes (mild heavyweight)
- Ali Isaev (heavyweight)
- Todd Duffee (heavyweight)
Staff 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 (light-weight)
- Tony Ferguson (light-weight)
- Lorenz Larkin (welterweight)
- Louis Glismann (welterweight)
- Grant Neal (middleweight)
- Uriah Corridor (middleweight)
- Da Woon Jung (mild heavyweight)
- Rashad Evans (mild heavyweight)
- Frank Mir (heavyweight)
- Andrei Arlovski (heavyweight)
Staff 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 (light-weight)
- Tim Wilde (light-weight)
- Danny Roberts (welterweight)
- Norman Parke (welterweight)
- Gegard Mousasi (middleweight)
- Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz (middleweight)
- Alexander Gustafsson (mild heavyweight)
- Ilir Latifi (mild heavyweight)
- Stuart Austin (heavyweight)
- Tanner Boser (heavyweight)
Staff 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 (light-weight)
- Jeremy Stephens (light-weight)
- Dilano Taylor (welterweight)
- Gleison Tibau (welterweight)
- Hector Lombard (middleweight)
- Yoel Romero (middleweight)
- Philipe Lins (mild heavyweight)
- Thiago Santos (mild heavyweight)
- Robelis Despaigne (heavyweight)
- Junior Dos Santos (heavyweight)
Staff 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 (light-weight)
- Lucas Martins (light-weight)
- Alex Oliveira (welterweight)
- Carlos Petruzzella (welterweight)
- Alan Patrick (middleweight)
- Douglas Lima (middleweight)
- Antonio Carlos Junior (mild heavyweight)
- Mauricio Rua (mild heavyweight)
- Bruno Cappelozza (heavyweight)
- Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight)
Staff 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 (light-weight)
- Kevin Lee (light-weight)
- Neiman Gracie (welterweight)
- Dillon Danis (welterweight)
- Phillip Hawes (middleweight)
- Chris Weidman (middleweight)
- Devin Clark (mild heavyweight)
- Ovince Saint Preux (mild heavyweight)
- Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight)
- Aleksei Oleinik (heavyweight)
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