Cris Cyborg took home a unanimous decision win at PFL Tampa, keeping the women’s featherweight title, but holy smokes, that fight was way tighter than anyone saw coming. She closed out her run in the PFL still with the belt around her waist, which was kinda set no matter what, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a stressful ride.
Vieira’s Weight Miss and the Title’s Fate
This fight was billed as Cyborg’s MMA retirement, or at least from the PFL as we know it, so there were some serious stakes. But her opponent, Ketlen Vieira, totally blew past the 145-pound title limit, which meant Vieira couldn’t even go home with the belt if she won. Seriously? Missing weight for a title fight? If Cyborg had lost, the title would’ve just been sitting there, vacated. That’s a wild twist, right?
A Grinder of a Win, Not a Highlight Reel
Cyborg got the unanimous decision in the end, but man, it was closer than most of the pundits expected. They were actually wondering if the scorecards were gonna send the Brazilian MMA legend off into the sunset with a rare upset loss! It definitely wasn’t the kind of performance that’ll make her career highlight reel. Still, a win’s a win, and she kept the belt. You can even check out the highlights from her win over Vieira at PFL Tampa if you want to see how it all unfolded. Oh, and shoutout to Luke Trainer’s brilliant finish of Roland Dunlap on the main card at Benchmark International Arena, that was one of two stoppages there.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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