The
Professional Fighters League has finalized the lineup for its
Aug. 22 event in Tampa, Florida.
PFL Tampa takes place at Benchmark International Arena, with
mixed martial arts legend Cris
Cyborg defending the women’s featherweight championship against
fellow Brazilian Ketlen
Vieira in what is expected to be her final fight.
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Cris Cyborg vs. Ketlen Vieira tops finalized PFL Tampa
lineup
Apart from Cyborg’s featherweight title defense, the PFL Tampa
lineup also features former PFL lightweight champion Gadzhi
Rabadanov (27-5-1) facing promotion newcomer Tracy
Reeder (12-5).
Also on the main card, Gustavo
Oliveira (13-2) will take on 2025 PFL world tournament champion
Marcirley
Alves (15-5) at bantamweight, while England’s Luke
Trainer (10-1), who has a five-fight winning streak, will face
undefeated PFL newcomer Roland
Dunlap (7-0) at light heavyweight.
Cris Cyborg’s
final MMA bout headlines PFL Tampa: Tune in on Saturday, Aug. 22 at
10 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The preliminary card features Magomed
Magomedov, Taila
Santos and Natan
Schulte, among many others.
PFL Tampa Main Card
Cris
Cyborg vs. Ketlen
Vieira (Women’s Featherweight Championship)
Gadzhi
Rabadanov vs. Tracy
Reeder (Lightweight)
Gustavo
Oliveira vs. Marcirley
Alves (Bantamweight)
Luke
Trainer vs. Roland
Dunlap (Light Heavyweight)
PFL Tampa Preliminary Card
Magomed
Magomedov vs. Daniel
Marcos (Bantamweight)
Taila
Santos vs. Sabrinna
de Sousa (Women’s Flyweight)
Movsar
Ibragimov vs. Javid
Basharat (Bantamweight)
Dakota
Bush vs. Morquez
Forest (Lightweight)
Natan
Schulte vs. Makkasharip
Zaynukov (Lightweight)
Gino van
Steenis vs. Robert
Watley (Lightweight)
Florim
Zendeli vs. Omran
Chaaban (Welterweight)
Eoin
Sheridan vs. James Vake
(Welterweight)
PFL Tampa’s preliminary action begins at 5:30 p.m. ET on the ESPN
App, followed by the main card at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.