Set to make her first enterprise to the SmartCage, undisputed Bellator MMA featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg will put her strap on the road in an excellent battle in opposition to present PFL (Skilled Fighters League) featherweight queen, Larissa Pacheco in a champion versus champion conflict on October 19. in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Cyborg, a former undisputed champion beneath the banner of the UFC, Invicta FC, and the defunct, Strikeforce, returns to combined martial arts competitors for the primary time since final October, on that event efficiently defending her title in a primary spherical knockout win over Cat Zinago at Bellator 300.
As for Pacheco, the Brazilian turned in a unanimous determination win over Marina Mokhatkina final November within the PFL 2023 featherweight match finale – and in addition is the only real combined martial arts fighter to defeat UFC bantamweight contender, Kayla Harrison.
Cris Cyborg books Larissa Pacheco tremendous battle for PFL bow
Information of Cris Cyborg’s debut beneath the PFL in opposition to Larissa Pacheco in an excellent battle was confirmed by the Peter Murray-led group this Wednesday night.
“The most important battle to be made in Ladies’s MMA… is FINALLY HAPPENING!,” PFL posted on their official X account this afternoon. “@BellatorMMA ladies’s featherweight world champion @criscyborg clashes with 2 division PFL world champion @lpacchec on October nineteenth.”
Whereas Cyborg is about to co-headline the group’s return to Saudi Arabia, the principle occasion options the SmartCage debut as well of former undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou.
Following a pair {of professional} boxing matches, Batie knockout artist, Ngannou takes on heavyweight star, Renan Ferreira in an enormous matchup on the prime of the division for the promotion.
Throughout her run with Bellator MMA, Cyborg, who minted herself because the undisputed featherweight champion with a debut win over Julia Budd again in 2020, has lodged 5 consecutive profitable title defenses over Arlene Blencowe, Leslie Smith, Sinead Kavanagh, and the above-mentioned, Zingano.
Who do you assume wins in October: Cris Cyborg or Larissa Pacheco?
