Yuav tsum-Saib Heavyweight Renan Ferreira Npaj Rau Kev Sib Tw Tom ntej ntawm PFL 5 Hnub Friday Hmo Ntuj

Nws yog buzz. Nws yog hype. Thiab nws tau nplawm ib ncig ntawm ib tus neeg sib tw MMA: hnyav hnyav Renan "Problema" Ferreira, uas tau qhib nws lub caij PFL rov qab rau lub Plaub Hlis nrog rau tsis txhob ntsais kev puas tsuaj ntawm Jamelle Jones.

Ferreira KO'd Jones nrog lub taub hau ncaws thiab hauv av-thiab-phaus hauv 25 vib nas this. Nws yog qhov ua tiav sai tshaj plaws hauv PFL keeb kwm hnyav.

Ib tug 6-ko taw-8, 260-phaus colossus uas tuaj yeem rub tawm kev ua koob tsheej rov qab, Ferreira tsis yog lub hnub qub nce siab xwb - nws yog tus yuav tsum saib ua yeeb yam. Nws hais tias nws qhov kev yeej-yeej cov ntaub ntawv tsuas yog saib ua ntej ntawm qhov seem ntawm nws lub caij PFL. "Tso siab, muaj ntau ntxiv tuaj," tus neeg Brazilian hais los ntawm tus neeg txhais lus.

Ferreira qhov kev sib tw tom ntej yuav yog rau hnub Friday tsaus ntuj thaum nws ntsib cov phooj ywg Brazilian Klidson Abreu (16-5) raws li kev sib faib hnyav tau txais qhov pom kev ntawm PFL 5 ntawm Overtime Elite Arena hauv Atlanta. Qhov kev tshwm sim pib thaum 8 teev tsaus ntuj ET ntawm ESPN thiab ESPN +, nrog prelims ntawm 6 ntawm ESPN +.

Ferreira (9-2) hais tias Abreu yog "tus neeg sib tw sib tw, uas sib ntaus ntawm qhov deb kom coj tib neeg nqis." Tab sis nws hais tias Abreu qhov kev ua si sab hauv yuav tsis cuam tshuam nws lub tswv yim kom ua tiav kev sib ntaus sai. “Kuv yog leej twg. Kuv ib txwm tuaj rau qhov kawg, sim ua kom sai li sai tau. Kuv npaj txhij los ua yeeb yam, "Ferreira hais.

Kuj tseem sib ntaus rau hnub Friday yav tsaus ntuj yog 2021 PFL heavyweight champion Bruno Cappelozza (15-5), uas ntsib Matheus Scheffel. Nrog KO's hauv plaub ntawm nws tsib qhov kev sib tw kawg, Cappelozza yog tus nyiam los yeej lub npe dua, nrog rau cov khoom plig lab daus las uas PFL muab khoom plig rau txhua tus yeej.

Arguably, qhov kev hem thawj loj tshaj plaws rau Cappelozza yog Ferreira. Cov kiv cua sib ntaus tau npau suav txog ob tus neeg sib ntaus sib tua tom qab lub caij no, yog li cov thawj coj ntawm PFL. "Bruno thiab Renan tseem muaj qee txoj haujlwm ua kom ruaj ntseg lawv qhov chaw hauv kev ua si, tab sis kuv tos tsis tau pom cov neeg no tawm hauv qhov yuav yog ib qho kev sib tw hnyav tshaj plaws ntawm lub xyoo yog tias txhua yam los ua ke," said. Thawj Tswj Hwm PFL Ray Sefo hais rau ESPN. "Txawm li cas los xij, kuv paub tseeb tias qhov no yog kev sib ntaus peb yuav pom sai lossis tom qab."

Ferreira tam sim no ua tus heavyweight faib nrog 6 ntsiab lus. Cappelozza, uas tseem muaj 6 cov ntsiab lus, taug kev me ntsis txij li thaum nws thawj qhov kev sib tw hauv lub Plaub Hlis tsis nrawm li Ferreira's.

Ferreira thiab Cappelozza ob leeg tuaj yeem sib tw qhov chaw ua si ntawm PFL 5, ua rau muaj qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev ua yeeb yam uas pib xav tias tsis muaj kev zam.

Ferreira tsis npe hu ua Cappelozza li tus neeg tua rog uas nws xav tau tshaj plaws, tab sis hais rau nws, hais tias: "Txhua yam kuv xav tau yog lwm tus neeg tua rog zoo tshaj plaws, thiab kuv yuav npaj txhij."

Tshaj li xyoo 2022, Ferreira muaj cov phiaj xwm loj dua. "Kuv lub hom phiaj hauv kev ua kis las yog qhov loj dua li kev yeej txoj siv sia thiab nyiaj lab," nws hais. “Kuv xav tsim ib qho qub txeeg qub teg. Kuv xav kom neeg paub kuv yog leej twg. Kuv xav kom tib neeg paub txog kuv txoj haujlwm, tsis yog hauv lub tawb, tab sis kuj tawm. Kuv xav pab cov neeg txom nyem. Thiab kuv xav kom nco ntsoov. "

Anthony Pettis teem 'kom tau kub xyoo no'

Nws tsis yog hnyav hnyav rau hmo Friday xwb. Anthony "Showtime" Pettis - ib qho ntawm cov neeg tua hluav taws tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb, txawm tias muaj hnub nyoog 35 - yuav ntsib Stevie Ray (23-10) hauv PFL sib ntaus sib tua. Pettis (25-12) twb tau txais qhov chaw ua si tom qab ncaws tawm nws lub caij 2022 PFL nrog yeej thaum lub Tsib Hlis 6 thaum nws xa Ireland's Myles Nqe ntawm 4: 17 ntawm Round 1.

Tom qab tshem tawm ob qhov kev sib tw hauv nws qhov kev sib tw PFL hauv 2021, Pettis tau hais tias nws tau "ua lub luag haujlwm kom tau txais kub xyoo no." Thiab yog tias nws ua li ntawd, Pettis yuav dhau los ua tus neeg sib tw nkaus xwb uas tau tuav lub rooj sib tw hauv WEC, UFC thiab PFL.

Nov yog saib ntawm PFL 5 lineup rau hnub Friday tsaus ntuj:

MAIN CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 teev tsaus ntuj THIAB)

• Bruno Cappelozza vs Matheus Scheffel
• Anthony Pettis vs Stevie Ray
• Chris Wade vs. Kyle Bochniak
• Renan Ferreira vs Klidson Abreu

CARD PRELIMINARY (ESPN+, 6 teev tsaus ntuj THIAB)

• Ante Delija vs Shelton Graves
• Denis Goltsov vs Maurice Greene
• Sam Kei vs Juan Adams
• Reinaldo Ekson vs. Bubba Jenkins
• Sheymon Moraes vs. Lance Palmer
• Brendan Loughnane vs Ago Huskic
• Alejandro Flores vs Ryoji Kudo