Hundreds on Global Fight League’s list of eligible male fighters ahead of inaugural draft

(This story was updated to add new information.)

The new GFL will hold its inaugural draft Friday, and hundreds of fighters will be on the list of eligible fighters. The GFL will be a team-based promotion that kicks off in April. Teams will be made up of both female and male fighters. Managers from six teams will take part in the draft.

The GFL has touted a 50-50 revenue split with fighters, as well as fighter retirement and insurance funds as a way to “prioritize fighters’ financial security and professional well-being, offering unprecedented profit-sharing opportunities to empower male and female athletes throughout their careers.”

Take a look at the current GFL roster of men’s draft-eligible fighters ahead of Friday’s draft:

Heavyweight

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• Juan Adams, 10-6

• Ahmed Jabbar Al Rubaye, 11-5

• Andrei Arlovski, 34–24

• Stuart Austin, 18–8

• Alan Belcher, 19–9

• Tanner Boser, 21–10–1

• Bruno Cappelozza, 15-7

• Rakim Cleveland, 23-18

• Robelis Despaigne, 5–2

• Quentin Domingos, 12-4

• Junior dos Santos, 23–10

• Todd Duffee, 9-4

• Davion Franklin, 6-3

• Greg Hardy, 7–5

• Jordan Heiderman, 7 -2

• Guto Inocente, 11–6

• Ali Isaev, 9-0

• Christian Larsen, 8-3

• Philipe Lins, 18–5

• Roman Lukashevich, 9-0

• Aleksandr Maslov, 11–1

• Frank Mir, 19–13

• Aleksei Oleinik, 61–18–1

• Fernando Rodrigues Jr., 13-9

• Andrei Arlovski, 34–24

• Ronald Girones Sago, 7-3

• Thiago Santos, 22-13

• Alexander Soldatkin, 15-4

• Roggers Souza, 15–8

• Said Sowma, 9-5

• Oli Thompson, 23–17

• Fabricio Werdum, 24–10–1

Light Heavyweight

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• Omari Akhmedov, 24-8-1

• Julius Anglickas, 11-4

• Chris Camozzi, 27-14

• Rafael Carvalho, 17–8–1

• Devin Clark, 14-9

• Acadio Dos Santos, 15-6

• Mateusz Duczmal, 4-1

• Alexander Gustafsson, 18–8

• Luis Henrique da Silva, 19-10

• Jamelle Jones, 15-8

• Da Woon Jung, 15–6–1

• Ilir Latifi, 16–9

• Roman Lukashevich, 9-0

• Caio Machado, 8-4-1

• Ronny Markes, 25-10

• Hasan Mezhiev, 13-0

• Grant Neal, 9-2

• Edinaldo Novaes, 12-7

• Norman Parke, 32-7

• Yoel Romero, 16-7

• Mauricio Rua, 27-14-1

• Masoud Safari, 8-1

• Ovince Saint Preux, 27–18

• Thiago Santos, 22–13–1

• Cleiton Silva, 16–4

• Emiliano Sordi, 25–13–1

• Anton Turkalj, 8-4

Middleweight

• John Allan, 18-9

• Lucas Alsina, 13-5

• David Branch, 22-7

• Jorge Bueno, 10-5

• Pieter Buist, 18-8

• Rodrigo Cavalheiro, 28-10

• Adis Dadovic, 8-1

• Kyle Daukaus, 15–4

• Zaza Dokhnadze, 4-0

• Jonathan Figueroa, 9-1

• Chauncey Foxworth, 17–10

• Glaico Franca, 23–8

• Tornike Gigauri, 7-0

• Dwight Grant, 11-6

• Uriah Hall, 17-11

• Phil Hawes, 12–6

• Oton Jasse, 21-10

• Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz, 11-2

• Thomas Lane, 4-0

• Willker Lemos, 12-3

• Douglas Lima, 33-12

• Hector Lombard, 34–11–1

• Nayib Lopez, 17-2

• Simon Marcus, 2-0

• Jack Marshman, 23-10

• Gegard Mousasi, 49–9–2

• Markus Perez, 14–7

• Jared Revel, 13–4

• Luke Rockhold, 16–6

• Leonardo Silva, 23-8

• Wanderlei Silva, 35–14–1

• Mark Stoddard, 17-10

• Jozef Wittner, 16–4

Welterweight

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• Tahir Abdullaev, 13-7

• Eric Alequin, 7-1

• Ndidi Alonu, 13-4

• Jose Lucas Alves, 9-0

• Fabricio Azevedo, 11-2

• EJ Brooks, 14-6

• Chris Brown, 10-5

• Yosdenis Cedeno, 11-7

• Lucas Clay 10-3

• Efrain Escudero, 32-17

• Handesson Ferreira, 20-6

• Gabriel Souza Galindo, 9-1

• Louis Glismann, 12-3

• Neiman Gracie, 13-6

• Benson Henderson, 30–12

• Michael Irizarry, 13–6

• Magomed Kabardiev, 10-1

• Thiago Lima, 8-1

• Marcos Lloreda, 15-8

• Ruan Machado, 7–2

• Jordan Mein, 32–14

• Manuel Mena, 13-4

• Dominick Meriweather, 7–1

• Danny Mitchell, 20–9–1

• Abubakar Nurmagomedov, 17–4–1

• Adilet Nurmatov, 13–2

• Aziz Pakhrudinov, 22-1-1

• Sasha Palatnikov, 8-5

• Rousimar Palhares, 19–13

• Carlos Petruzzella, 13-0

• Pat Pytlik, 9-2

• Ashley Reece, 9-3

• Danny Roberts, 18-9

• Emin Sharifow, 7-1

• Eduardo Souza, 20-6

• Julio Spadaccini, 8–3

• Gleison Tibau, 38-19

• Francisco Trinaldo, 29–9

• Austin Tweedy, 11–4

• Jozef Wittner, 16-4

• Tyron Woodley, 25–14

• João Zeferino, 26–11

Lightweight

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• Magomed Akaev, 10-0

• Amirkhon Alikhuzhaev, 11–4

• Saad Awad, 24-14

• Agshin Babaev, 24-10

• Nicolas Barna, 9-4

• Raimundo Batista, 17–3

• Stephen Beaumont, 11–3

• Will Brooks, 26–5–1

• Yan Cabral, 15–3

• Ignacio Capella, 8-2

• Ayton De Paepe, 12–4

• Nathan Ghareeb, 10-3

• Christos Giagos, 20–12

• Thibault Gouti, 17-7

• Andrew Guisa, 4-0

• Damir Ismagulov, 26-3

• Milos Janicic, 17-3

• Kevin Lee, 20–8

• William Lima, 6-3

• John Makdessi, 18–9

• Mukhiddin Mamazhonov, 7-1

• Lucas Martins, 22–7

• Aaron McKenzie, 11–2–1

• John Mitchell, 9-2

• Mohamed Tarek Mohey, 9-4

• Killys Mota, 15–4

• Tofiq Musayev, 22-5

• Ayinda Nah, 5–0

• Tom O’Connor, 13-3

• Ayinda Octave, 5-0

• Alex Oliveira, 25–16–1

• Sidney Outlaw, 19–6

• Romario Orozco, 9-0

• Oscar Ownsworth, 8–3–1

• Jairo Pacheco, 10-0

• Anthony Pettis, 25–14

• Jefferson Pontes, 6–1

• Juliando Prescendo, 10-3

• Kyle Prepolec, 18-8

• Gustavo Ribeiro, 5-0

• Saul Rogers, 15-5

• Vladislav Rudnev, 10-0

• Charles Rosa, 14–8

• Gabriel Souza, 9–1

• Jeremy Stephens, 29–21

• Mohamed Tarek, 8–4

• Murad Umachiev, 4-0

• Feruz Usmonov, 4–1

• Rodrigo Vargas, 16-6

• Tim Wilde, 17-6

• Hongang Yao, 28-7

• Magomed Yunusilau, 10-0

Featherweight

• Mohammad Qwai Abzakh, 4–0–2

• Marcel Adur, 19–7–1

• Carlos Alexandre, 19-6

• Huseyn Aliyev, 14-4

• Julio Arce, 19-6

• Thomas Assis, 12-2

• Deberson Batista, 12–4–2

• Artem Belakh, 11-3

• Marco Beltran, 20-10

• Claudeci Brito, 11–5

• Walter Cagliandro, 14-6

• Lucas Caio, 12-5

• Alexsandro Cangaty, 10-4

• Pedro Carvalho, 13-10

• Pedro Colman, 9-4

• Diego Davella, 21-8

• Patrizio de Sousa, 8–2

• Tyler Diamond, 14-4

• Marcelo Dias, 14–6

• Leonardo Diniz, 13-3

• Ylies Djiroun, 22-9

• Mike Grundy, 12-4

• Andre Harrison, 22–3

• Brett Johns, 20-5

• Kai Kamaka, 14-6

• Maike Linhares, 19-3

• Alexsandro Lopes, 10–4–2

• Donny Matos, 27-12

• Chad Mendes, 18-5

• Rakhim Midaev, 14-2

• Lucas Miletich, 10-2

• Kenny Mokhonoana, 5-1

• Marlon Moraes, 23–13–1

• Leonardo Morales, 14-10

• Renan Oliveira, 11–2

• Lance Palmer, 24–7

• Zygimantas Ramaska, 9-3

• Jamie Siraj, 12-2

• Emrah Sonmez, 14-5

• Edilson Teixeira, 29-15

• Khumoyun Tukhtamuradov, 12-5

• Chris Wade, 23-10

• Matthew Wagy, 14-8

Bantamweight

• Lasha Abramishvili, 8-2

• Marcus Paulo Amaral, 16–4

• Omar Arteaga, 11–1

• Gamlet Aslanov, 6-0

• Raphael Assuncao, 27-10

• Ricky Bandejas, 15-9

• Renan Barão, 36–10

• Andre Barquero, 9-2

• Ray Borg, 16-5

• Darrion Caldwell, 14-7

• Pedro Carvalho, 13–10

• Altamiro DeJesus, 10-3-3

• Romania Denis, 10–1

• Cameron Else, 11–6

• Marciano Ferreira, 12–2

• Marcelo Guarilha, 22-10

• Ali Guliev, 7-1

• Josh Hill, 22-7

• Bubba Jenkins, 22–9

• Xian Ji, 22-5

• Saidyokub Kakhramonov, 11-3

• Brian Kelleher, 24-16

• Dileno Lopes

• Edson Lourenco

• Victor Madrigal, 13-4

• Marlon Moraes, 23-13

• Farbod Iran Nezad, 12-3-1

• Matheus Nicolau, 19-5-1

• Denis Palancica, 10-1

• Mariano Pupi, 10-3

• Jimmie Rivera, 23–5

• Louie Sanoudakis, 10-3

• Eric Shelton

• Miguel Angel Sosa, 7-2

• Andre Soukhamthath, 14–10

• Diego Teixeira, 7–4

• Jose Maria Tome, 41-19

• Timur Valiev, 19-4

• Ali Wasuk, 9-3

• Felipe Zacaron, 8-2

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