Two of
Professional Fighters League’s biggest stars will anchor the
organization’s third regular season card on May 6.
The promotion announced Tuesday that recent free-agent signee
Fabricio
Werdum will square off against Renan
Ferreira in the evening’s heavyweight headliner, while 2019
women’s lightweight champ Kayla
Harrison will face Mariana
Morais in the co-main event. The card will feature heavyweights
and women’s lightweights.
PFL 3 takes place at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., in
a
”state-of-the-art” bubble environment, with fighters required
to check in 17 days prior to their bouts. The main card airs on
ESPN2 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, with prelims streaming on ESPN+ at
5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.
In the other two main card matchups, 2019 heavyweight champ
Ali
Isaev will face Hatef
Moeil, while Genah
Fabian will lock horns with Laura
Sanchez at 155 pounds. Meanwhile, six bouts will comprise the
ESPN+ prelims: Mohammed
Usman vs. Brandon
Sayles at heavyweight; Larissa
Pacheco vs. Julija
Pajic at lightweight; Ante Delija
vs. Bruno Cappelozza at heavyweight; Cindy
Dandois vs. Kaitlin
Young at lightweight and Olena Kolesnyk vs. Taylor
Guardado at lightweight.
A former UFC heavyweight champion, Werdum exited the promotion on
the heels of a first-round submission of Alexander Werdum this past
July. The 43-year-old Brazilian has bested some of the sport’s
biggest names while compiling a 24-9 mark, including Cain
Velasquez, Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira, Roy Nelson,
Fedor
Emelianenko, Alistair
Overeem and Gabriel
Gonzaga, to name a few.
The 6-foot-8 Ferreira has compiled a 6-2 professional record since
making his debut in 2013. Most recently, “Problema” submitted
current UFC talent Jared
Vanderaa in the second round at Legacy Fighting Alliance 74 in
August 2019.
A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Harrison captured PFL’s 2019
crown with a five-round verdict over Pachecho in the finals. The
30-year-old American Top Team product has been dominant in
compiling an 8-0 record since her pro debut in June 2018.
Morais, meanwhile, earned a spot on the PFL roster through the
promotion’s International Qualifier Series. The 26-year-old Parana
Vale Tudo representative is 16-10 as a professional and will enter
her first PFL foray on a three-bout winning streak.