{"id":376294,"date":"2026-08-20T06:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376294\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T06:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:13:10","slug":"cris-cyborg-vs-ketlen-vieira-pfl-tampa-preview-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376294\/","title":{"rendered":"Cris Cyborg vs. Ketlen Vieira: PFL Tampa preview and predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Se\u00e1n Sheehan is back with another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Professional-Fighters-League-12241\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Professional Fighters League<\/a> preview show as Tampa plays host to a card headlined by one of the best fighters in women\u2019s mixed martial arts history.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Cris Cyborg defends her PFL featherweight title against Ketlen Vieira in the final fight of her legendary MMA career<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Cristiane-Justino-14477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cris Cyborg<\/a> puts her PFL featherweight title and incredible legacy on the line for the final time as she faces former UFC contender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ketlen-Vieira-178961\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ketlen Vieira<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Professional-Fighters-League-PFL-Tampa-Cyborg-vs-Vieira-113435\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PFL Tampa<\/a> main event (2:39). The other standout women\u2019s fight is a potential No. 1 contender bout, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sabrinna-de-Sousa-353195\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sabrinna de Sousa<\/a> taking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Taila-Santos-143185\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taila Santos<\/a> (9:44). Before that, former PFL lightweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gadzhi-Rabadanov-149247\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gadzhi Rabadanov<\/a> takes on the dangerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tracy-Reeder-382319\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tracy Reeder<\/a> (14:49) in the co-main event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pflmma.com\/watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cris Cyborg\u2019s final MMA bout headlines PFL Tampa: Tune in on Saturday, Aug. 22 at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN<\/a>.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>UFC veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Javid-Basharat-222651\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Javid Basharat<\/a> vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Movsar-Ibragimov-389946\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Movsar Ibragimov<\/a> (11:57) is another outstanding matchup, while there is also plenty of undercard interest for Irish fans (15:50). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/stats\/fightfinder?association=SBG%20Ireland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SBG Ireland<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Eoin-Sheridan-333647\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eoin Sheridan<\/a> looks to remain unbeaten when he takes on New Zealand\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/James-Vake-230641\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Vake<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Omran-Chaaban-269113\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Omran Chaaban<\/a> faces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Florim-Zendeli-381898\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florim Zendeli<\/a> on what should be another interesting night of action for the PFL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Se\u00e1n Sheehan is back with another Professional Fighters League preview show as Tampa plays host to a card&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1111,132446,135,137,136,1045],"class_list":["post-376294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-article","tag-professional-fighters-league","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376294","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=376294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}