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- Jack Figg, Digital Sports Reporter
- Updated: 23:51, 19 Oct 2024
FRANCIS NGANNOU is backmost successful enactment RIGHT NOW - with Cristiano Ronaldo ringside for his MASSIVE instrumentality successful Saudi Arabia.
The Predator has not been seen wrong an octagon since his January 2022 UFC triumph implicit Ciryl Gane, having spent a mates of years chasing immense boxing fights against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Ngannou is not wasting immoderate clip having jumped from the UFC to the PFL, facing reigning heavyweight champ Renan Ferreira, who is successful the mediate of a four-fight winning streak and has seen Conor McGregor spot a $500,000 stake connected him to win.
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Ferr existent present
Here comes Renan Ferreira, the 6ft 8in powerhouse.
He earned this combat - and $2m payday - by knocking retired Ryan Bader successful February successful beforehand of Ngannou.
He is connected the verge of the biggest combat and nighttime of his life.
Nearly clip
After an exhausting wait, Francis Ngannou is yet up next.
The antheral welcoming him backmost to the cage and the PFL? Renan Ferreira, who stands 6ft 8in tall.
Cyborg vs Pacheco
As expected, Cyborg takes a unanimous determination triumph to adhd the PFL rubric to her collection.
Not the legendary match-up we hoped and expected but the bully quality is Francis Ngannou is up next.
Cyborg vs Pacheco
Round 5 – Pacheco tries to instrumentality it to the mat but Cyborg stuffs it and lands immoderate caput shots connected her downed opponent.
The combat goes the region aft 5 reasonably dull rounds with Cyborg landing the much telling shots contempt being dropped.
We spell to the judges scorecards...
Cyborg vs Pacheco
Round 4 – Stalemate connected the feet successful the 4th until Cyborg backs Pacheco up with a combination.
Cyborg lands a large near hook but backs up and fails to travel up.
We caput into the 5th and last round.
Cyborg vs Pacheco
Round 3 - Pacheco is beckoning Cyborg to travel to the centre of the cage to propulsion down - she declined.
DOWN goes Cyborg! Pacheco catches a footwear and drops her with a close hand.
But Pacheco is held down by Cyborg and her momentum is wiped retired arsenic the rounds ends.
Cyborg vs Pacheco
Round 2 – Cyborg controls the contention from the platform again aft immoderate lively exchanges connected the feet.
But we could beryllium heading towards different uneventful grappling lucifer if this continues.
Pacheco lands a consecutive close manus arsenic the doorbell sounds.
Cyborg vs Pacheco
Round 1 - Fiery enactment arsenic the 2 interruption from a clinch and plaything for the fences earlier Cyborg takes power connected the cage.
Pacheco goes for close manus but Cyborg ducks underneath and scores a immense takedown.
Cyborg is blooded from the chemoreceptor but controlled the opening circular of the bout.
Pac to it
Up next, MMA fable Cris Cyborg takes connected chap Brazilian Larissa Pacheco.
Cyborg is considered 1 of the top pistillate MMA fighters of each clip with Bellator and UFC titles to her name.
Adding the PFL strap would implicit the collection.
Eblen vs Edwards
Judges people the bout 48-47 successful favour of Johnny Eblen, who retains the Bellator middleweight rubric connected points.
Edwards has his infinitesimal and was the much lively combatant but Eblen's changeless grappling steered him to victory.
Crowd boos, possibly owed to the wrestling-heavy benignant of Eblen.
Eblen vs Edwards
Round 5 – Fight sparks into beingness successful the 5th circular arsenic Eblen can't get Edwards down and the challenger lands bully combinations.
Couple hooks and assemblage kicks alert successful for Edwards successful his astir ascendant signifier of the fight.
But has the challenger near it excessively precocious arsenic we caput to the scorecards?
Eblen vs Edwards
Round 4 - Uneventful circular arsenic Eblen grabs clasp of Edwards - astir trying to grip onto his title.
Edwards was uncovering occurrence with agelong scope shots but the champion has nullified that.
Heading into the 5th and last circular of this truthful acold dull rematch.
Eblen vs Edwards
Round 3 - Remains a cagey matter with some firing azygous shots from range.
Edwards sneaks successful a near uppercut but doesn't travel up with thing arsenic Eblen again takes it to the floor.
Big genu for Edwards and helium follows it up with different onslaught earlier stuffing a takedown to headdress disconnected his champion round.
Eblen vs Edwards
Strong opening circular for Eblen who landed immoderate coagulated close hands and landed immoderate takedowns.
Edwards comes retired much assertive successful the 2nd but his momentum is halted by an Eblen takedown.
Challenger lands an uppercut to extremity the 2nd but Eblen had controlled overmuch of the circular with his grappling.
Moving John
After Zafar Mohsen triumph implicit 3 rounds, Brit Fabian Edwards successful present successful the cage.
He challenges for Johnny Eblen's Bellator middleweight rubric pursuing KO decision successful their combat past year.
Title golden and bragging rights connected the enactment here.
Talk to Franc
Francis Ngannou pictured successful his locker country with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ngannou precocious opened up connected their relationship telling Piers Morgan: "I knew that Cristiano is the champion player, he’s talented, he’s this, he’s that.
"But I didn't cognize the antheral down the athlete. Then I got the accidental to conscionable him and we chatted for 30-40 minutes, adjacent to the pool.
"Maybe immoderate worldly you are thinking, you are not sure, it’s hard, you are struggling with it.
"And past you find out, that it’s precisely what he’s doing oregon what he’s been doing. It motivates you. I’m like, ‘Ok, truthful I doing something. I indispensable beryllium connected the close path.’"
You bectha
Conor McGregor has enactment up $500,000 connected Renan Ferreira to upset the likelihood and sound retired Francis Ngannou.
He stands to triumph $1.7MILLION if the immense wage comes in.
Good luck, Conor.
Ron the determination
Cristiano Ronaldo is successful Francis Ngannou's dressing room.
The brace struck up a caller relationship and the Al-Nassr striker is successful attendance to ticker pursuing 2-1 triumph past night.
Up adjacent
Featherweight enactment arsenic Husein Kadimagomaev takes connected Zafar Mohsen.
Then, it's rubric enactment arsenic Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen rematches Fabian Edwards aft his KO past year.
McKee vs Hughes
Judges people the bout 29-28 Hughes, 29-28 McKee, 29-28 to Paul Hughes!
Huge triumph for the Irishman who's large strikes get him implicit the line.
What adjacent for Big News Hughes aft that?
McKee vs Hughes
Round 3 – Hughes stuns McKee but the American fires back, immense enactment with 2 minutes to go.
McKee lands a takedown astatine the extremity but Hughes gets to his feet and lands a genu to extremity the fight.
Tight matter and could spell either mode but Hughes had the much memorable moments.
McKee vs Hughes
Round 2 – McKee finds his feet again but Hughes is speedy connected the counter.
And accidental groin changeable provides a infinitesimal of interruption but the bout soon resumes.
Tight circular to telephone but McKee is uncovering his grappling.
McKee vs Hughes
Round 1 - Fiery archetypal circular with Hughes connected the attack, landing large knees arsenic McKee shoots for a takedown.
Hughes drops McKee towards the extremity of the circular with a large close hook but McKee saved by the buzzer.
Oh, and Cristiano Ronaldo has arrived.
Full PPV main card
- Francis Ngannou vs Renan Ferreira
- Cris Cyborg vs Larissa Pacheco
- Johnny Eblen vs Fabian Edwards
- Husein Kadimagomaev vs Zafar Mohsen
- AJ McKee vs Paul Hughes
Paul for it
In the PPV footwear disconnected bout, lightweight imaginable Paul Hughes steps up to combat ex-Bellator champ AJ McKee.
Hughes was 1 of the astir sought-after signings erstwhile helium near Cage Warriors and the PFL bushed UFC to his signing.
McKee is considered 1 of the apical lightweights successful the satellite making this a existent crossroads contest.