Skilled Fighters League (PFL) is simply a few days away from “the largest battle of 2024,” in response to chairman Donn Davis, which is why UFC CEO Dana White will “attempt to steal the highlight” from “Battle of the Giants” with a significant announcement of his personal.
Coincidence? In all probability not, based mostly on White’s historical past of shine stealing.
The Oct. 19 PFL card in Riyadh will characteristic the return of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in what marks his first cage battle since early 2022, when “The Predator” defeated French phenom Ciryl Gane to unify the 265-pound titles.
Ngannou battles Brazilian bruiser Renan Ferreira within the PFL pay-per-view (PPV) foremost occasion.
“PFL Tremendous Struggle Week!” Davis wrote on Twitter. “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 largest battle of 2024??”
If PFL places on nice fights and that forces UFC to counter with nice fights of its personal, then followers win — which is why competitors is nice for enterprise. There’s additionally the skin likelihood that White and Co. don’t care and simply soldier on with this mediocre card.
In any case, White’s solely authentic competitors is from NFL.