Ngannou vs. Ferreira fight card

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is in Saudi Arabia for today's PFL: Battle of the Giants Super Fights card. In the main event, former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou meets PFL heavyweight tournament winner Renan Ferreira. Meanwhile, in the PFL co-main event, Bellator women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg takes on two-time PFL tournament champion Larissa Pacheco at 145 pounds. PFL Super Fights titles are on the line in every contest.

Today's PFL fight card takes place at The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event's main card airs at 4:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV, followed by prelims at 1:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

Ngannou (17-3) has not fought inside the cage since scoring a unanimous decision over Ciryl Gane in January 2022. Ngannou left the UFC as reigning champion after he and the promotion were unable to agree on a contract.

At the time, Ngannou said: “In this contract I am not free. I am not an independent contractor in this Agreement. In this contract I have no rights, I have no power. I give you all power and I have seen how you can use that power in the past.”

During his time in the UFC, Ngannou achieved a 12-2 record with two six-fight winning streaks that were broken by decision setbacks to Stipe Miocic and Derrick Lewis.

Ngannou signed with the PFL in May 2023. Since then he has had two lucrative boxing matches, losing a decision to Tyson Fury in October 2023 and being knocked out by Anthony Joshua in March this year.

Ferreira (13-3-0-3) is enjoying the best run of his MMA career. In November 2023, he earned $1 million for winning the PFL heavyweight tournament with a knockout victory over Denis Goltsov. Then, in February, he scored a 21-second knockout victory over Bellator heavyweight champion Ryan Bader to win the PFL Champion vs. Bellator Champion super belt.

Cyborg (27-2-0-1) has not lost since losing the UFC featherweight title to Amanda Nunes in December 2018. The 39-year-old has since won seven straight times, with five of those bouts ending in stoppage. Cyborg last fought in October 2023, when she scored a TKO against Cat Zingano to defend her Bellator title. 22 of Cyborg's wins were stoppages, giving her a completion rate of 81 percent.

Pacheco (23-4) is undefeated since losing a decision to top-ranked UFC fighter Kayla Harrison in the finals of the 2019 PFL lightweight tournament. The 30-year-old is 10-0 since that setback and has won two PFL tournament titles. One of those tournament wins came in 2022 when she defeated Harrison. Pacheco has scored seven knockouts during her ten-fight winning streak. Nineteen of the 30-year-old's victories were stoppages. Pacheco has an 83 percent completion rate. Pacheco last fought in November 2023 when she defeated Marina Mokhnatkina to win her second PFL tournament.

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