PFL vs Bellator Champs: Which promotion took the spoils in major MMA event at Saudi Arabia?

PFL vs Bellator: Champs, the highly anticipated PPV event, just concluded in Riyadh much to the excitement of fight fans around the world. The event came into being after the PFL acquired Bellator MMA in a landmark move with the backing of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

The PFL vs Bellator: Champs fight card featured some of the best fighters either promotion has had in their roster. The fight card had champions and former champions from either promotion and also former title challengers from the Ultimate Fighting Championships.

PFL vs Bellator Champs results

Bellator emerged victorious against the PFL in Saudi Arabia, with five out of six of their fighters securing wins. However, in the main event of the PPV, Renan Ferreira, the PFL heavyweight champion, delivered a stunning knockout victory over Ryan Bader, the Bellator heavyweight champion, in the first round.

The PPV began with AJ McKee taking on Clay Collard with the former Bellator featherweight champion quickly submitting Collard in just over a minute. It was followed by a light heavyweight clash between ex-UFC title challengers, Yoel Romero and Thiago Santos, who now represented Bellator and PFL respectively. Santos was easily defeated by Romero in a lackluster fight via unanimous decision.

Bellator continued their winning ways as Vadim Nemkov, the light heavyweight Bellator champion, submitted former PFL heavyweight champion Bruno Cappelozza in a heavyweight bout. This was followed by a catchweight bout between Bellator welterweight champion Jason Jackson and former PFL welterweight champion Ray Cooper III, which Jackson won via a leg kick finish.

The co-main event of PFL vs Bellator: Champs was the closely contested fight of the PPV in which Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen eked past against PFL light heavyweight champion Impa Kasanganay via split decision in a middleweight bout.

Mike Tyson and Francis Ngannou spotted at PFL vs Bellator Champs event

The PFL vs Bellator: Champs PPV had combat sports royalty in attendance as former boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou were in attendance. Moreover, current UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones was also in attendance as he donned the traditional Saudi Arabian attire.

Tyson Fury was present at the event with the task of presenting the customized belt to the winner of the champ vs. champ fights. Francis Ngannou had previously expressed his intention to challenge the winner of the main event between PFL and Bellator champions. However, Ngannou’s focus is currently on his upcoming boxing match against Anthony Joshua, the reigning boxing heavyweight champion.

During the event, Francis Ngannou had an interaction with Jon Jones, during which Jones predicted his own victory in a potential match against Ngannou. Jones also expressed confidence in defeating Stipe Miocic in his upcoming fight, as well as Tom Aspinall, the interim heavyweight UFC champion, in future bouts.

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