Two new PFL champions will be crowned in Lyon, France.
In the PFL Lyon main event, former Bellator champion Vadim Nemkov (18-2) will take on 2024 PFL heavyweight tournament winner Renan Ferreira (13-4) for the heavyweight title. And in the co-main event, Cris Cyborg(28-2) meets Australia’s Sara Collins (6-0) for the women’s featherweight title, PFL CEO John Martin announced Wednesday morning.
PFL Lyon takes place Dec. 13 at LDLC Arena and will also feature the 2025 PFL Europe tournament finals in both the lightweight and bantamweight divisions.
Nemkov is 2-0 since returning to heavyweight, scoring submissions of Bruno Cappelozza and Timothy Johnson. Ferreira saw his four-fight winning streak snapped when he was knocked out by Francis Ngannou last October.
Former UFC champion Cyborg added another belt to her collection when she defeated Larissa Pacheco for the PFL super fights women’s featherweight championship. Prior to that, she had defended her Bellator featherweight title a record five times. Her opponent, Collins, is undefeated and most recently submitted Leah McCourt in the first round.
