The
Professional Fighters League has officially unveiled logistics
for Thursday’s
PFL Superfights: Battle of the Giants – Brace for Impact press
conference.
PFL Battle of the Giants goes down on Oct. 19 in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia, featuring two title fights. Francis
Ngannou (17-3) will make his PFL debut against 2023 PFL Global
Season heavyweight king Renan
Ferreira (13-3) with the newly crafted PFL Super Fights
Championship belt on the line. The former
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champ will be
returning to mixed martial arts for the first time since January
2022, having fought two mammoth boxing bouts during this span.
The co-main event of the night features WMMA legend Cristiane
Justino (27-2) making her SmartCage debut in a title fight
against two-division PFL queen Larissa
Pacheco (23-4). Cyborg was undefeated throughout her Bellator
tenure, with the last loss dating back to 2018 against fellow
legend Amanda
Nunes. Meanwhile, Pacheco’s last loss came against Kayla
Harrison in 2019, which she avenged in the 2022 PFL Women’s
Lightweight Season finale before winning the featherweight title in
2023 to be crowned two-division champ.
The press conference will go down Thursday at The Anthem in
Washington D.C. on Thursday, Aug. 22 at 1 p.m. ET. The gathering
will also feature PFL Super Fight athlete Jake Paul and
can be viewed live and free on Sherdog in the player above.