Bellator Women’s Featherweight Champion Cris Cyborg was one of the only Bellator champions there were not a part of the 2023 PFL World Championships broadcast.
That is because Cyborg says she wasn’t actually invited to be a part of the event, which featured face offs of the PFL and Bellator champions.
Cyborg said the following on X after PFL Founder Donn Davis said he expects Cyborg to fight twice for the PFL in 2024:
???????? as I said last night…
— CrisCyborg.Com (@criscyborg) November 26, 2023
Lots of plans being made and announced.
I have not had any contact with anyone from the @PFLMMA since news of the purchase.
One thing I will control is how my career finishes.
Company culture and the way I am going to be treated as I finish the… pic.twitter.com/Z8U2CvLH1g
The Bellator champion will be competing in the boxing ring next, as she faces Kelsey Wickstrum on January 19.
There has been no response yet from Davis or anybody from the PFL, but the hope is that Cyborg would be fighting both Larissa Pacheco and Kayla Harrison in 2024.