{"id":364612,"date":"2026-08-06T20:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364612\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T20:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:03:11","slug":"cris-cyborg-adds-holly-holm-to-camp-ahead-of-pfl-tampa-fight-with-ketlen-vieira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364612\/","title":{"rendered":"Cris Cyborg adds Holly Holm to camp ahead of PFL Tampa fight with Ketlen Vieira"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cris
\nCyborg<\/a> has brought in fellow women’s combat sports pioneer
\nHolly
\nHolm<\/a> to prepare for her upcoming fight in the
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cyborg (29-2) is scheduled to take on Ketlen
\nVieira<\/a> (16-5) on Aug. 22 at Benchmark International Arena in
\nTampa, Florida. Former
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> champion Holm is now helping the
\nBrazilian gear up for Vieira. Cyborg and Holm competed at UFC
\n219<\/a>, with the Brazilian taking the victory via unanimous
\ndecision in a hard-fought match.<\/p>\n

Cris Cyborg prepares for Ketlen Vieira fight with Holly Holm\u2019s
\nhelp
\n
\nCyborg considers her
\nPFL Tampa<\/a> opponent one of the \u201ctoughest tests\u201d of her career
\nand believes Holm\u2019s elite experience will give her an
\nadvantage.<\/p>\n

An elite
\nmiddleweight clash headlines PFL Charlotte: Tune in on Friday, Aug.
\n7 at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHolly brings a unique perspective and elite-level experience that
\nonly someone who has shared the cage with top competition can
\nprovide,\u201d Cyborg said in a press release. \u201cPreparing alongside a
\nfighter of Holly\u2019s caliber gives me an added edge as I face one of
\nthe toughest tests of my career. This is a dangerous opponent and I
\nam treating it with the seriousness it deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cyborg hasn\u2019t lost in nine straight outings since her defeat to
\nAmanda
\nNunes<\/a> in the UFC in 2018. This also marks the last fight on her
\ncurrent PFL contract. Meanwhile, Vieira went 10-5 in the UFC before
\nbeing released from the promotion this past May, despite winning
\nher last fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cris Cyborg has brought in fellow women’s combat sports pioneer Holly Holm to prepare for her upcoming fight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1111,115,135,137,136,148155],"class_list":["post-364612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-article","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-womenu2019s-mma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364612","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=364612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}