{"id":788826,"date":"2026-07-09T08:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788826\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T08:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:47:12","slug":"ketlen-vieiras-coach-calls-cris-cyborg-one-of-mmas-greatest-before-pfl-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788826\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketlen Vieira\u2019s coach calls Cris Cyborg one of MMA\u2019s greatest before PFL fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\nKetlen Vieira (right) will toe the line with Cris Cyborg in the
\nPFL. | \ud83d\udcf7: Getty\/UFC<\/p>\n

Ketlen
\nVieira<\/a>\u2019s head coach, Andre
\nPederneiras<\/a>, believes that she is up for one of the toughest
\ntests of her career and is confident his pupil is preparing the
\nright way.<\/p>\n

Vieira faces Cris
\nCyborg<\/a> on Aug. 22 in the
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a>. This fight serves as a retirement
\nbout for the 40-year-old Cyborg. However, Pederneiras isn\u2019t
\noverlooking the former
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> titleholder and mixed martial
\narts legend.<\/p>\n

Andre Pederneiras previews Ketlen Vieira vs Cris Cyborg
\nmatchup
\n
\nPederneiras spoke to Sherdog’s Marcelo Alonso ahead of the August
\n22 clash between Vieira and Cyborg.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be a very tough fight for both; Cris’ history speaks for
\nitself — she is undoubtedly one of the greatest of all time,\u201d he
\nsaid, before disclosing details of Vieira\u2019s training camp. \u201cI’ve
\nhad Ketlen training with some highly skilled talents from the gym
\n— fighters who know how to train with a woman and mimic Cris’
\nstyle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vieira joined the PFL after the UFC opted against renewing her
\ncontract after a victory over Jaqueline Cavalcanti. Pederneiras
\nexplained that Vieira’s move to the PFL came together through his
\nlongtime relationship with MMA manager Ali Abdelaziz.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have various agreements with managers around the world,
\nincluding Ali, who has been a friend for over 30 years,\u201d
\nPederneiras said. \u201cHe has a great relationship with the PFL and
\nrepresents several champions there; knowing the promotion needed
\nsomeone to face Cyborg, he made the connection for us.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ketlen Vieira (right) will toe the line with Cris Cyborg in the PFL. | \ud83d\udcf7: Getty\/UFC Ketlen Vieira\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[4225,64,63,786,785,44,85,372067],"class_list":["post-788826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-womenu2019s-mma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}