{"id":370542,"date":"2026-08-13T17:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370542\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T17:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:48:11","slug":"pfl-finalizes-tampa-fight-card-for-cris-cyborgs-expected-mma-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370542\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL finalizes Tampa fight card for Cris Cyborg’s expected MMA farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"

The
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> has finalized the lineup for its
\nAug. 22 event in Tampa, Florida.<\/p>\n


\nPFL Tampa<\/a> takes place at Benchmark International Arena, with
\nmixed martial arts legend Cris
\nCyborg<\/a> defending the women’s featherweight championship against
\nfellow Brazilian Ketlen
\nVieira<\/a> in what is expected to be her final fight.<\/p>\n

Cris Cyborg vs. Ketlen Vieira tops finalized PFL Tampa
\nlineup
\n
\nApart from Cyborg\u2019s featherweight title defense, the PFL Tampa
\nlineup also features former PFL lightweight champion Gadzhi
\nRabadanov<\/a> (27-5-1) facing promotion newcomer Tracy
\nReeder<\/a> (12-5).<\/p>\n

Also on the main card, Gustavo
\nOliveira<\/a> (13-2) will take on 2025 PFL world tournament champion
\nMarcirley
\nAlves<\/a> (15-5) at bantamweight, while England’s Luke
\nTrainer<\/a> (10-1), who has a five-fight winning streak, will face
\nundefeated PFL newcomer Roland
\nDunlap<\/a> (7-0) at light heavyweight.<\/p>\n

Cris Cyborg\u2019s
\nfinal MMA bout headlines PFL Tampa: Tune in on Saturday, Aug. 22 at
\n10 p.m. ET on ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The preliminary card features Magomed
\nMagomedov<\/a>, Taila
\nSantos<\/a> and Natan
\nSchulte<\/a>, among many others.<\/p>\n

PFL Tampa Main Card
\nCris
\nCyborg<\/a> vs. Ketlen
\nVieira<\/a> (Women’s Featherweight Championship)
\nGadzhi
\nRabadanov<\/a> vs. Tracy
\nReeder<\/a> (Lightweight)
\nGustavo
\nOliveira<\/a> vs. Marcirley
\nAlves<\/a> (Bantamweight)
\nLuke
\nTrainer<\/a> vs. Roland
\nDunlap<\/a> (Light Heavyweight)PFL Tampa Preliminary Card
\nMagomed
\nMagomedov<\/a> vs. Daniel
\nMarcos<\/a> (Bantamweight)
\nTaila
\nSantos<\/a> vs. Sabrinna
\nde Sousa<\/a> (Women’s Flyweight)
\nMovsar
\nIbragimov<\/a> vs. Javid
\nBasharat<\/a> (Bantamweight)
\nDakota
\nBush<\/a> vs. Morquez
\nForest<\/a> (Lightweight)
\nNatan
\nSchulte<\/a> vs. Makkasharip
\nZaynukov<\/a> (Lightweight)
\nGino van
\nSteenis<\/a> vs. Robert
\nWatley<\/a> (Lightweight)
\nFlorim
\nZendeli<\/a> vs. Omran
\nChaaban<\/a> (Welterweight)
\nEoin
\nSheridan<\/a> vs. James Vake<\/a>
\n(Welterweight)<\/p>\n

PFL Tampa’s preliminary action begins at 5:30 p.m. ET on the ESPN
\nApp, followed by the main card at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Professional Fighters League has finalized the lineup for its Aug. 22 event in Tampa, Florida. PFL Tampa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1111,115,135,137,136,148155],"class_list":["post-370542","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\/370542","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=370542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}