With the Skilled Fighter League’s greatest occasion of the yr only a few days away, the promotion’s founder thinks Dana White is plotting one thing to try to steal a few of the occasion’s highlight.
Airing stay on pay-per-view, the ‘Battle of the Giants’ card will characteristic the long-awaited Good Cage debut of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. The Predator’ will tackle 2023 heavyweight event winner Renan Ferreira who earned the chance through a 21-second knockout of Bellator titleholder Ryan Bader in February.
With the UFC set to ship one other lackluster card inside The APEX, all eyes might be on the patented Good Cage as Ngannou vs. Ferreira and a conflict between Cris Cyborg and Larissa Pacheco headline a strong night time of fights.
Nevertheless, the promotion’s co-founder, Donn Davis, expects the UFC CEO to ship a blockbuster announcement of some kind to try to steal their thunder.
“PFL Tremendous Combat Week!” Davis wrote on X. “Francis Ngannou makes his extremely anticipated return with PFL MMA! So what’s going to Dana White announce to attempt to steal highlight from THE greatest battle of 2024??”
It definitely wouldn’t be the primary time White had tried to undercut one other promotion’s efforts, however the UFC’s marquee matchup this week being between a few low-ranked middleweights, we are able to’t think about there’s a lot White can do to take eyes away from Ngannou’s huge night time.
Which occasion will you be watching this weekend?
Take a look at the total PFL ‘Brace for influence’ PPV card beneath:
Saturday’s PFL battle card takes place at The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The principle card will air on ESPN+ PPV at 4:00 p.m. ET following prelims on ESPN+ at 1:30 p.m. ET.
