Cris Cyborg is formally the queen of PFL.
In a battle of two of the world’s finest girls’s featherweights, Cyborg (28-2) defeated Larissa Pacheco (23-5) by unanimous choice (49-46, 49-46, 49-46). The bout was the co-main occasion of PFL: Battle of the Giants at Kingdom Area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The bout was carnage-filled. Each girls possessed energy not typically seen. Despite the fact that Cyborg was victorious, she sported nasty gashes above every eye that the Mohegan Solar Tribe Division of Athletic Regulation officers repeatedly checked between rounds.
The struggle principally occurred on the toes. Each girls paced themselves, siding with high quality over amount. Cyborg landed some huge photographs in Spherical 1, however Pacheco shook off the cobwebs and saved going.
Halfway by means of Spherical 2, Pacheco pulled for a guillotine on Cyborg. It was tight, however from half guard. Cyborg escaped and the struggle progressed ahead.
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For the ultimate three rounds, Cyborg and Pacheco traded barbs. Each girls absorbed brutal strikes, however largely maintained their poker faces – even when they have been coated in blood.
Upon the official choice, Cyborg swept the scorecards and maintained her spot as one of many hardest girls to ever competed inside a cage.
Cyborg’s win is available in her first competitors since October 2023. She was outspoken in opposition to her inactivity closely for the reason that PFL-Bellator merger. The victory was her eighth in a row.
Pacheco has a 10-fight profitable streak snapped. Previous to Saturday, she had not misplaced since a 2019 defeat to Kayla Harrison.
Up-to-the-minute PFL: Battle of the Giants outcomes embody:
- Cris Cyborg def. Larissa Pacheco through unanimous choice (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) – for ladies’s featherweight superfights title
- Johnny Eblen def. Fabian Edwards through unanimous choice (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) – for Bellator middleweight title
- Zafar Mohsen def. Husein Kadimagomaev through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Paul Hughes def. A.J. McKee through cut up choice (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Raufeon Stots def. Marcos Breno through submission (rear-naked choke) – Spherical 3, 3:01
- Makkasharip Zaynukov def. Dedrek Sanders through unanimous choice (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
- Ibragim Ibragimov def. Nacho Campos through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Taha Bendaoud def. Tariq Ismail through submission (triangle choke) – Spherical 2, 3:51
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