The Global Fight League is expected to relaunch in December and the organization has announced its opening roster of fighters for the Buenos Aires Gauchos team.
This past weekend, the GFL announced it will hold its inaugural event on Dec. 18 at Club Atletico Lanus in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the Gauchos taking on fighters from the Miami Monsters. Now, the league has begun to name the fighters who will compete for the Gauchos, which you can see in the list below.
Middleweight: Dante Romero (9-8)
Welterweight: Matias Ponce (12-5, 1 NC)
Lightweight: Franco Rios (4-0)
Lightweight: Thomas Juarez (6-2)
Featherweight: Lionel Abojer (12-4)
Featherweight: Eduardo Cajal (9-5)
Bantamweight: Ryan Martinez (9-1)
Flyweight: Nicolas Rodriguez (9-3)
More fighters are expected to be announced, including the roster for the Monsters.
Former UFC title contender and longtime MMA veteran Marlon Moraes was recently added to the Miami roster, but MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz has learned from sources with knowledge of the event that Moraes will not be competing on the Dec. 18 card.
It is not yet known exactly how the team vs. team format will work, but the league has shared its scoring system for future events:
The GFL made headlines in 2025 with lofty promises in regards to athlete compensation and the signing of numerous MMA stars and veterans including , including former UFC champions Tyron Woodley, Chris Weidman, Luke Rockhold, Anthony Pettis, and Holly Holm, but has failed to produce an event thus far. Initially, the league was supposed to hold a pair of shows on May 24 and May 25 in 2025, only for those events to be later cancelled.
