With the Skilled Fighter League’s largest occasion of the yr only a few days away, the promotion’s founder thinks Dana White is plotting one thing to attempt to steal a few of the occasion’s highlight.
Airing reside on pay-per-view, the ‘Battle of the Giants’ card will characteristic the long-awaited Smart Cage debut of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. The Predator’ will tackle 2023 heavyweight match winner Renan Ferreira who earned the chance by way of a 21-second knockout of Bellator titleholder Ryan Bader in February.
With the UFC set to ship one other lackluster card inside The APEX, all eyes shall be on the patented Sensible Cage as Ngannou vs. Ferreira and a conflict between Cris Cyborg and Larissa Pacheco headline a stable evening of fights.
Nevertheless, the promotion’s co-founder, Donn Davis, expects the UFC CEO to ship a blockbuster announcement of some type to attempt to steal their thunder.
“PFL Tremendous Struggle Week!” Davis wrote on X. “Francis Ngannou makes his extremely anticipated return with PFL MMA! So what’s going to Dana White announce to attempt to steal highlight from THE largest battle of 2024??”
It definitely wouldn’t be the primary time White had tried to undercut one other promotion’s efforts, however the UFC’s marquee matchup this week being between a few low-ranked middleweights, we will’t think about there’s a lot White can do to take eyes away from Ngannou’s huge evening.
Which occasion will you be watching this weekend?
Take a look at the complete PFL ‘Brace for affect’ PPV card under:
Saturday’s PFL battle card takes place at The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The primary card will air on ESPN+ PPV at 4:00 p.m. ET following prelims on ESPN+ at 1:30 p.m. ET.
