LIVE! Watch PFL ‘Battle of the Giants’ undercard video stream | Ngannou vs. Ferreira

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It all goes down later today (Sat., Oct. 19, 2024) at PFL: Battle of the Giants live on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) from inside The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou makes his return to MMA for a main event clash with PFL heavyweight standout Renan Ferreira.

This will be Ngannou’s first MMA fight since leaving UFC in early 2023 and signing on with PFL. “Predator” has been sharpening his boxing skills against the likes of Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua over the past year, but now he will try to stop a monstrous Ferreira, who is coming off a 21-second knockout finish over Ryan Bader earlier this year.

Luckily for fight fans, the fun doesn’t stop there. This weekend’s PFL card is stacked from top to bottom, including the return of Cris Cyborg and a middleweight title rematch between undefeated champion Johnny Eblen and striker Fabian Edwards. It will be the biggest fight card of the year for PFL and the promotion’s attempt to close the gap with UFC.

Before the action gets underway later today on ESPN+ PPV, a pre-fight show will unfold LIVE and FREE on YouTube beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET. Be sure to catch the action in the above video player and tune in later this evening as Ngannou tries to make a heavyweight splash in his official PFL debut.

LIVE! Stream ‘Battle of Giants’ On PPV

BRACE FOR IMPACT! Former UFC Heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou, makes his highly-anticipated return to mixed martial arts (MMA), facing the monstrous (6’8”) 2023 PFL Heavyweight champion, Renan “Problema” Ferreira, for the newly-minted PFL Super Fights Heavyweight championship belt on Sat., Oct. 19, 2024, from inside Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the “Battle of the Giants” co-main event, the greatest women’s MMA fighter of all-time, Cris Cyborg, squares off against PFL two-division champion, Larissa Pacheco. In addition, reigning Middleweight kingpin, Johnny Eblen, will run it back with Fabian Edwards, while former Bellator Featherweight roost-ruler, AJ McKee, welcomes surging Irish prospect, Paul Hughes, to the upper echelon of the talent-stacked Lightweight division. “Battle of the Giants” pay-per-view (PPV) main card start time is set for 4 p.m. ET on ESPN+ (stream it live in Europe and Canada on DAZN PPV). The “Prelims” portion will begin at 1:30 pm ET and will air on ESPN+ (as well as DAZN).

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