WASHINGTON, D.C. – Regardless of years of back-and-forths on social media and hyperlinks to a possible struggle, it seems Cris Cyborg and Kayla Harrison won’t struggle one another subsequent.
With the PFL’s acquisition of Bellator earlier this week, the potential of Cyborg vs. Harrison struggle lastly turned a actuality, but, this isn’t the matchup the PFL shall be trying to do, at the very least not but.
PFL founder Donn Davis revealed on Friday night time following 2023 PFL Championship that it is going to be the 2023 PFL girls’s featherweight champion Larissa Pacheco welcoming Bellator featherweight titleholder Cyborg to the group slightly than Harrison.
“It’s champ vs. champ,” Davis instructed reporters. “Larissa has earned that. However will Cris then struggle Kayla in 2024? One-hundred p.c. That’s going to occur. Cris could have two fights in 2024, Kayla could have two fights in 2024, and a kind of shall be Cris in opposition to Kayla. We predict that Larissa has earned that.
“As soon as once more, you must do champ vs. champ. Cris is the champ of Bellator. Larissa is the champ right here. We’ve got to see that struggle occur first. Popping out of that, you’ll see Cris Cyborg vs. Kayla Harrison as the following struggle in 2024.”
If Cyborg vs. Pacheco is subsequent, that leaves Harrison with no opponent for her first of her two fights deliberate for 2024. Davis ensures Harrison shall be taken care of by way of combating a top quality identify.
“We’ll develop a plan for her within the meantime,” Davis stated. “Kayla has earned the correct to struggle the most effective, and we’ll make it possible for she’s comfortable, and he or she has actually, actually good fights.”
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