{"id":318699,"date":"2026-06-24T22:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/318699\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:36:20","slug":"cris-cyborg-farewell-fight-announced-for-pfl-tampa-on-aug-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/318699\/","title":{"rendered":"Cris Cyborg farewell fight announced for PFL Tampa on Aug. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n“Cyborg” is set for one last hurrah in MMA. | PFL MMA<\/p>\n

Cris
\nCyborg<\/a> will end her decorated mixed martial arts career this
\nsummer under the
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> banner.<\/p>\n

\u201cCyborg\u201d will defend her featherweight title against Ketlen
\nVieira<\/a> in the PFL Tampa headliner on Aug. 22 at Benchmark,
\nInternational Arena in Tampa, Florida, The promotion announced the
\nbout on Wednesday. The PFL Tampa main card will air on ESPN
\nbeginning at 9 p.m. ET\/6 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n

Top notch
\nfeatherweights headline PFL San Diego: Tune in Saturday, June 27 at
\n9 p.m. ET on ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPFL Tampa will be a special event as it hosts the retirement fight
\nfor our champion, Cris Cyborg,\u201d said PFL CEO John Martin in a
\nrelease. \u201cShe is a pioneer of not just women\u2019s MMA, but mixed
\nmartial arts as a whole, and it has been a privilege for PFL to
\nhave her as a deserving champion. Now she headlines one final time
\nin the PFL cage and will stand across from a proven challenger in
\nKetlen Vieira, who has one mission: ruin the goodbye and take the
\ntitle. This is the conclusion to the storied career of \u2018Cyborg,\u2019
\nand I can\u2019t wait to be there cageside to witness her create MMA
\nhistory for the last time.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Lasting Legacy for Cris Cyborg
\n
\n\u201cCyborg\u201d last competed this past December, when she submitted
\nSara
\nCollins<\/a> in the third round of their encounter at PFL Lyon. The
\n40-year-old Brazilian has won nine straight MMA bouts dating back
\nto the end of her UFC tenure in July 2019. Justino has captured
\ntitles in
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a>,
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>, Bellator
\nMMA<\/a>,
\nInvicta Fighting Championships<\/a> and Strikeforce<\/a>
\nduring her illustrious career. She has also remained active between
\nMMA bouts in recent times, with seven boxing matches to her credit
\nsince 2022.<\/p>\n

Vieira went 10-5 in the Octagon before being released from the UFC
\nearlier this year. \u201cFenomeno\u201d last appeared at
\nUFC Fight Night 276<\/a>, where she ended the eight-fight winning
\nstreak of surging contender Jacqueline
\nCavalcanti<\/a>. Vieira owns other notable victories against the
\nlikes of Holly Holm<\/a>,
\nMiesha
\nTate<\/a>, Macy
\nChiasson<\/a>, Cat Zingano<\/a>
\nand Sara
\nMcMann<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Cyborg” is set for one last hurrah in MMA. | PFL MMA Cris Cyborg will end her decorated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1111,115,132446,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-318699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-article","tag-news","tag-professional-fighters-league","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}