With the Skilled Fighter League’s greatest occasion of the 12 months just some days away, the promotion’s founder thinks Dana White is plotting one thing to attempt to steal a number of the occasion’s highlight.
Airing dwell on pay-per-view, the ‘Battle of the Giants’ card will characteristic the long-awaited Sensible Cage debut of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. The Predator’ will tackle 2023 heavyweight match 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 shall be on the patented Sensible Cage as Ngannou vs. Ferreira and a conflict between Cris Cyborg and Larissa Pacheco headline a strong night time of fights.
Nonetheless, the promotion’s co-founder, Donn Davis, expects the UFC CEO to ship a blockbuster announcement of some kind to attempt to steal their thunder.
“PFL Tremendous Struggle 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 struggle 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 will’t think about there’s a lot White can do to take eyes away from Ngannou’s massive 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 struggle 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.
