Bellator featherweight champion Cris "Cyborg" Justino will be fighting the 2023 PFL featherweight champion and the 2022 PFL lightweight champion Larissa Pacheco on Oct. 19 for the PFL Super Fight title. Ahead of the fight announcement, Cyborg sat down with DAZN to talk about the highly anticipated match-up.
Justino has been calling for this fight for months and says she's relieved it's finally been made official.
"I feel great, I feel relieved, I'm grateful," she told DAZN.
"I have been waiting for this to happen. It's going to be Oct. 19. I've been training, I've been ready. I'm very excited for this fight."
Justino has been sidelined from MMA since her final fight in Bellator at Bellator 300 in 2023. But in her downtime, she's taken on two boxing fights (and won both) something she thinks gives her a bit of a leg up for Pacheco.
"I like to be active the whole time," she said.
"People have been calling me to do boxing fights, that makes me really happy. I've really improved a lot on my boxing. Thank you Team Benavidez. I think it's important to be active, for sure it can make the difference to be active. I know it's not MMA but you can still be prepared for the fight."
Pacheco burst into the spotlight when she became the first woman to beat Kayla Harrison in the PFL. Her shock win was followed up with a drop-down in weight to win the bantamweight title and make history as the first two-division champion in PFL's history.
"Larissa Pacheco, she's a great fighter," Justino said.
"She finishes the fight by KO in the first round. She's exciting, she's the new generation. I think it's a great match and she holds the title. I am looking for the fifth title in my career and I'm excited to finally fight for PFL and fight for the title."
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