How To Watch PFL Super Fights Battle Of The Giants Fight Card
by Trent Reinsmith · ForbesThe Professional Fighters League holds a Super Fights event on Saturday afternoon at The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the main event of the Battle of the Giants fight card, former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou faces 2023 PFL heavyweight tournament winner Renan Ferreira for the PFL Super Fights championship.
Ngannou vs. Ferreira is not the only Super Fights title fight on the card. Also competing on Saturday are Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg and two-time PFL tournament winner Larissa Pacheco. The winner of that 145-pound contest also takes home a Super Fights belt.
PFL Super Fights: Date, Location, Cost, and How to Watch
Saturday’s PFL fight card takes place at The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The main card of the event airs on ESPN+ PPV at 4:00 p.m. ET following prelims on ESPN+ at 1:30 p.m. ET.
The pay-per-view card is $49.99 from ESPN+.
Main Event: Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira
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Ngannou (17-3) has not fought inside the cage since he scored a unanimous decision over Ciryl Gane in January 2022. Ngannou departed the UFC as the reigning champion after he and the promotion could not come to terms on a contract.
At the time, Ngannou said, “In that contract, I'm not free. In that contract, I'm not an independent contractor. In that contract, I have no rights, I have no power. I hand over all the power to you guys, and I've seen in the past how you can utilize that power."
Ngannou signed with the PFL in May 2023. Since then, he has had two lucrative boxing bouts, losing a decision to Tyson Fury in October 2023 and getting knocked out by Anthony Joshua in March of this year.
Ferreira (13-3-0-3) is enjoying the best run of his MMA career. In November 2023 he earned $1 million for winning the PFL heavyweight tournament with a knockout win over Denis Goltsov. Then, in February, he scored a 21-second knockout win over Bellator heavyweight champion Ryan Bader to win the "PFL Champion vs. Bellator Champion" Super Belt.
C0-Main Event: Cris Cyborg vs. Larissa Pacheco
Cyborg (27-2-0-1), who has held titles with Strikeforce, Invicta FC and the UFC before she signed with Bellator has not lost since she dropped the UFC featherweight title to Amanda Nunes in December 2018. The 39-year-old has won seven straight since then, with five of those bouts ending via stoppage. Cyborg last fought in October 2023 when she picked up a TKO over Cat Zingano in defense of her Bellator title.
Pacheco (23-4) is unbeaten since she dropped a decision to highly-ranked UFC fighter Kayla Harrison in the finals of the 2019 PFL lightweight tournament. The 30-year-old is 10-0 since that setback with two PFL tournament titles. One of those tournament wins came in 2022 when she defeated Harrison. Pacheco has seven knockouts during her 10-fight winning streak.
PFL Super Fight Belt
The PFL unveiled the Super Fight belts early in fight week. The belt contains 12.5 pounds of gold, and feature 10-sided decagon plates, along with side plates celebrating each division.
PFL Battle of the Giants Fight Card
Pay-Per-View Card
Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira
Cris Cyborg vs. Larissa Pacheco
Johnny Eblen vs. Fabian Edwards
Husein Kadimagomaev vs. Zafar Mohsen
A. J. McKee vs. Paul Hughes
Prelims
Raufeon Stots vs. Marcos Breno
Dedrek Sanders vs. Makkasharip Zaynukov
Ibragim Ibragimov vs. Nacho Campos
Mostafa Rashed Nada vs. Ahmed Sami
Youssef Al Housani vs. Taha Bendaoud