RIYADH: The Saudi-backed Professional Fighters League unveiled its new world championship belts on Monday ahead of the PFL Super Fight: Battle of the Giants event in Riyadh on Oct. 19.
Each belt contains 12.5 pounds of gold, a main plate with 10 sides in honor of the league’s SmartCage arena, and side plates celebrating each division.
In the main event at The Mayadeen on Saturday, the undisputed MMA heavyweight champion of the world, Francis “The Predator” Ngannou (with a record of 17-3) will make his highly anticipated return to the cage for the first time in almost three years when he faces 6 feet 8 inch Renan “Problema” Ferreira (13-3, 3 NC), the 2023 PFL heavyweight champion, for the newly minted PFL Super Fights Championship Belt.
The co-main event is another world-title fight, in which Cris Cyborg (27-2, 1 NC), widely considered the greatest women’s MMA fighter of all time, will put her legacy on the line when she squares off against PFL two-division champion Larissa Pacheco (23-4).
Reigning Bellator Middleweight Champion Johnny Eblen (15-0) will attempt to maintain his perfect record when he takes on Fabian Edwards (13-3) in a highly anticipated rematch. The main card also includes the return of former Bellator Featherweight World Champion A.J. McKee (22-1), who faces the surging Paul Hughes (12-1), a newcomer to the upper echelon of the lightweight division.
