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The main card of ‘Battle of the Giants’ is now official, as a fiercely competitive Featherweight contest between Switzerland’s Husein Kadimagomaev (11-1-0, 1 NC), a training partner of feared fighter Khamzat Chimaev, and Germany’s Zafar Mohsen (13-4) has been announced.
Alongside the confirmed main card, the full early card has been released with an exciting Bantamweight match-up between Raufeon “Supa” Stots (20-2) and Marcos Breno (15-3) topping the bill. The early card is also joined by prospects and veterans from across the Americas, Europe and Asia, all determined to make a name for themselves on PFL’s biggest stage ever.
The latest additions join the card headlined by MMA superstar and undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the world, Francis Ngannou (17-3) making his highly anticipated return to the sport of MMA, as “The Predator” faces the most-feared PFL heavyweight, the 6-foot-8 2023 PFL Heavyweight Champion Renan “Problema” Ferreira (13-3, 3 NC) for the newly minted PFL Super Fights Championship Belt.
The co-main event will feature another major world title fight - the Women’s Featherweight PFL Super Fight Championship. The greatest women’s MMA fighter of all-time, Cris “Cyborg” (27-2, 1 NC), whose legacy will be on the line when she squares off against PFL two-division Champion Larissa Pacheco (23-4), who looks to prove she is the greatest women’s MMA fighter on the planet.
A third title fight of the night, the Bellator Middleweight World Championship, will take place between undefeated Bellator Middleweight World Champion Johnny Eblen (15-0) and Fabian Edwards (13-3). The pair previous ly met in 2023 at Bellator 299 where Edwards took the fight to the champion and landed a savage elbow opening up his opponent’s forehead, only for the champion to respond with a TKO finish in the third round. The rematch will see two of the world’s best 185 lbs competitors meet in the SmartCage to see who is the best fighter in the division.
At Lightweight, former Bellator Featherweight World Champion AJ McKee (22-1) will serve as the toughest test of Paul Hughes (12-1) young career, when the man with the longest winning streak in Bellator history (18) faces an Irishman who many consider to be the top Lightweight prospect on the planet.
The event will emanate from the state-of-the-art Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A monumental cultural venue that hosts significant national and international events in the heart of Riyadh, it’s the perfect backdrop for “Battle of the Giants” to take place.
PFL’s ‘Battle of the Giants’ pay-per-view event takes place Saturday, October 19 and can be seen live on ESPN+ PPV in the US and DAZN worldwide.
