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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 265-pound champion, Francis Ngannou, will (finally) make his Professional Fighters League (PFL) debut when he battles heavyweight hurter, Renan Ferreira, in the main event of the promotion’s upcoming “Battle of the Giants” pay-per-view (PPV) card on Sat., Oct. 19, 2024 at Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Safe to say UFC CEO Dana White won’t be watching.
In the “Battle of the Giants” co-main event, streaming LIVE on ESPN+ right HERE, Bellator women’s featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg, will cross over to the PFL SmartCage for an exciting five-round clash against current PFL titleholder Larissa Pacheco. Paul Hughes, Johnny Eblen, AJ McKee, and Fabian Edwards will also see action in Riyadh.
Ngannou and Cyborg are both betting favorites for this weekend’s title fights.
“The PFL superfights belt, first time we as a company and organization have a belt where it must be won, but it also must be defended on an ongoing basis,” Murray told MMA Junkie Radio. “Typically, our global season belts, they recognize those champions for the year, and they’re forever that year’s champion. But this is a different belt, a different format for us. So both Francis and Cris want to be the first ones to raise those belts, but Renan and Larissa, two Brazilians, they’re going to bring it.”
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