Ngannou vs. Ferreira, Cyborg vs. Pacheco Top PFL Pay-Per-View on Oct. 19

Professional Fighters League goes large for its second
pay-per-view occasion of 2024.

The group introduced on Wednesday that the cardboard will likely be
headlined by a heavyweight conflict between former
UFC champ Francis
Ngannou and 2023 PFL champion Renan
Ferreira. Within the co-main occasion, reigning Bellator
MMA featherweight title holder Cris
Cyborg will sq. off in opposition to 2023 PFL 145-pound queen
Larissa
Pacheco.

The PFL pay-per-view occasion — which is titled “Battle of the Giants:
Brace for Influence” — takes place on Oct. 19 and is out there through
ESPN+. A venue and a worth level for the cardboard weren’t introduced.
In each bouts, PFL Tremendous Fights Championship Belts will likely be on the
line.

Ngannou will likely be making his first MMA look since January 2022,
when he defended his heavyweight crown with a unanimous choice
conquer Ciryl Gane
at UFC 270. “The Predator” is at present on a six-fight profitable
streak, with further victories over Stipe
Miocic, Jairzinho
Rozenstruik, Junior dos
Santos, Cain
Velasquez and Curtis
Blaydes to his credit score. Throughout his hiatus from the cage, Ngannou
tried his hand at skilled boxing, battling Tyson Fury
to a closely-contested break up choice this previous October earlier than
struggling a second-round knockout loss in opposition to Anthony
Joshua in March.

Ferreira, in the meantime, vanquished Matheus
Scheffel, Maurice
Greene and Denis
Goltsov to seize the 2023 PFL heavyweight crown. “Problema”
returned on the PFL vs. Bellator Champs occasion on Feb. 24, when he
stopped Ryan Bader in
simply 24 seconds.

Cyborg will carry a seven-bout profitable streak into her matchup with
Pacheco. The reigning Bellator champion final competed at Bellator
300, the place she defeated Cat Zingano
through first-round TKO this previous October. Cyborg hasn’t misplaced since
falling to Amanda
Nunes through first-round knockout at UFC 232 in December 2018.

Pacheco’s latest run of success is paying homage to Cyborg’s
dominance. The 29-year-old Brazilian has gained 10 straight contests,
ending seven of these within a spherical. Pacheco upset Kayla
Harrison to assert the 2022 PFL light-weight championship, and
she adopted that up with 4 consecutive victories at 145 kilos
to develop into the promotion’s featherweight queen final 12 months.