Francis Ngannou and Renan Ferreira fight for the Professional Fighters League Super Fights heavyweight title on Saturday.
A five-fight main card is set for Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, headlined by defending Professional Fighters League heavyweight champion Renan Ferreria (13-3) battling former UFC heavyweight belt holder Francis Ngannou (17-3) in a scheduled five-round bout. Ngannou won his last MMA fight back on Jan. 22, 2022, taking a unanimous decision from Ciryl Gane in a title unification fight. But since he has lost a pair of boxing matches, first to Tyson Fury in October 2023 and then to Anthony Joshua on March 8. Ferreira comes off stopping Ryan Bader 21 seconds into the first round at PFL vs. Bellator: Champs in Riyadh on Feb. 24.
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Two other five-round title bouts are on the card, beginning with defending Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen (15-0) taking on Fabian Edwards (13-3). Eblen won by split decision on the PFL vs. Bellator card in February, topping Impa Kasanganay. Edwards beat Aaron Jeffrey by unanimous decision on March 22 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The other title bout pits Cris Cyborg (27-2) against Larissa Pacheco (23-4) for the PFL featherweight Super Fights championship. Cyborg made her fifth defense of her Bellator MMA belt over Cat Zingano in San Diego in October 2023. Pacheco has won 10 straight fights, including the PFL championship over Marina Moknatkina on Nov. 24 in Washington.
The other two fights on the main card are scheduled for three rounds. Raufeon Stots (20-2) and Marcos Breno face off in a bantamweight bout before featherweights Husein Kadimagomaev (11-1) and Zafar Mohsen (13-4) enter the octagon.
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