The co-feature of PFL: Battle of the Giants will see the PFL debut of Bellator girls’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg as she takes on two-time PFL champion Larissa Pacheco.
Cris Cyborg vs. Larissa Pacheco preview
Cyborg (27-2 MMA, 0-0 PFL) will make her PFL debut in her first MMA struggle since Bellator 300 final October, the place she stopped Cat Zingano within the first spherical to retain her girls’s featherweight title. Since then, Cyborg has competed in a pair of boxing bouts, touchdown a violent first-round walkoff KO towards Kelsey Wickstrum, adopted by a second-round stoppage of Aria Wild in an exhibition bout. In MMA, Cyborg is on a seven-fight profitable streak.
Pacheco (23-4 MMA, 12-2 PFL) has gained back-to-back PFL championships. In 2022, she defeated Kayla Harrison by unanimous choice in MMA Junkie’s 2022 Upset of the Yr to win the ladies’s light-weight championship. In November, Pacheco defeated Marina Mokhnatkina by unanimous choice to win the ladies’s featherweight championship. She enters the struggle towards Cyborg on a 10-fight profitable streak.
Cris Cyborg vs. Larissa Pacheco odds
DraftKings launched the percentages for the bout as basically a decide ’em bout, with Pacheco a slight favourite at -115 and Cyborg -105.
Find out how to watch Cris Cyborg vs. Larissa Pacheco at PFL: Battle of the Giants
- When: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024
- The place: The Mayadeen, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Broadcast/streaming: ESPN+ pay-per-view
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