Cris Cyborg is formally the queen of PFL.
In a battle of two of the world’s finest ladies’s featherweights, Cyborg (28-2) defeated Larissa Pacheco (23-5) by unanimous choice (49-46, 49-46, 49-46). The bout was the co-main occasion of PFL: Battle of the Giants at Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The bout was carnage-filled. Each ladies possessed energy not typically seen. Despite the fact that Cyborg was victorious, she sported nasty gashes above every eye that the Mohegan Solar Tribe Division of Athletic Regulation officers repeatedly checked between rounds.
The combat principally passed off on the toes. Each ladies paced themselves, siding with high quality over amount. Cyborg landed some massive photographs in Spherical 1, however Pacheco shook off the cobwebs and stored going.
Halfway by means of Spherical 2, Pacheco pulled for a guillotine on Cyborg. It was tight, however from half guard. Cyborg escaped and the combat progressed ahead.
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For the ultimate three rounds, Cyborg and Pacheco traded barbs. Each ladies absorbed brutal strikes, however largely maintained their poker faces – even when they had been lined in blood.
Upon the official choice, Cyborg swept the scorecards and maintained her spot as one of many hardest ladies to ever competed inside a cage.
Cyborg’s win is available in her first competitors since October 2023. She was outspoken towards her inactivity closely because the PFL-Bellator merger. The victory was her eighth in a row.
Pacheco has a 10-fight profitable streak snapped. Previous to Saturday, she had not misplaced since a 2019 defeat to Kayla Harrison.
Up-to-the-minute PFL: Battle of the Giants outcomes embrace:
MAIN CARD (DAZN pay-per-view, 4 p.m. ET)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 1:30 p.m. ET)
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