Cris Cyborg and Larissa Pacheco are able to sq. off in a champion-vs.-champion showdown. This ladies’s featherweight bout scheduled for 5 rounds is happening Saturday, Oct. 19 at The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Cyborg (27-2) and Pacheco (23-4) co-headline PFL: Battle of the Giants with the promotion’s tremendous fights ladies’s featherweight title belt at stake.
Cyborg, the reigning Bellator ladies’s champion at 145 kilos, is competing for the primary time in a yr, when she defeated Cat Zingano by first-round TKO at Bellator 300. Cyborg, 39, is a former UFC, Strikeforce and Invicta FC champion. She enters on a seven-fight profitable streak, which incorporates 5 consecutive defenses of her Bellator title. Cyborg hasn’t misplaced since a December 2018 first-round knockout towards Amanda Nunes at UFC 232.
Pacheco, 30, is coming off back-to-back PFL championship seasons at light-weight and featherweight. She brings a 10-fight profitable streak into the matchup with Cyborg, which incorporates her 2022 light-weight title win over Kayla Harrison.
When does PFL: Battle of the Giants battle card begin?
- The PFL: Battle of the Giants lineup consists of 9 fights, with prelims beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET and the pay-per-view important card at 4 p.m. ET.
Cris Cyborg vs. Larissa Pacheco walkout time
- Because the co-main occasion, Cyborg and Pacheco are anticipated to stroll out to the cage at roughly 6:15 p.m. ET.
- The battle will stream on ESPN+ pay-per-view within the U.S. and DAZN pay-per-view internationally.
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