That is the PFL Battle of the Giants stay weblog for Cris Cyborg vs. Larissa Pacheco, the featherweight co-main occasion this Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Extensively thought of one of many best feminine fighters of all time, Cyborg is the reigning Bellator featherweight champion with 5 title defenses to her identify. Not too long ago although, the 39-year-old Brazilian has been making an attempt her hand at boxing, with 4 wins previously two years, together with two in 2024. Now Cyborg returns to the MMA cage and makes her PFL debut in what figures to be one of many closing fights of her storied profession.
After going 0-2 within the UFC early in her profession, Pachecho made the transfer to PFL in 2019 the place she misplaced to Kayla Harrison in her promotional debut. Pacheco labored her method into the light-weight playoffs that 12 months, however once more misplaced to Harrison within the championship. And as of now, that’s the final time Pacheco has misplaced. The 30-year-old Brazilian is on a 10-fight profitable streak, together with beating Harrison to win the 2022 light-weight season, after which changing into the primary two-division champion in promotional historical past when she gained the 2023 featherweight match.
Pacheco and Cyborg enter the co-headliner at No. 6 and No. 7, respectively, within the MMA Preventing Pound-for-Pound Rankings.
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