Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira Prediction on October 19, 2024

Match info

On Saturday, October 19 at 6:30 p.m. local time, Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will host the PFL Super Fights tournament with a grand main event – former UFC champion Francis Ngannou and PFL champion Renan Ferreira will share the cage in the Battle of the Giants card for the PFL heavyweight championship title. According to the best UFC betting sites, Ngannou is the favorite.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Francis Ngannou

Francis Ngannou’s star began to rise in 2018 when he began his run for the UFC title. The Cameroonian achieved his goal three years later, winning six powerful victories in a row (including knockouts of Stipe Miocic, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, and Curtis Blaydes) and even managed to defend his belt in a fight with Cyril Gane, wearing the Frenchman down, unexpectedly for everyone, in the fight.

But the fees in the UFC didn’t suit him, so Ngannou left the strongest league in the world and signed up for the PFL (Professional Fighters League), but never fought there until now. Nevertheless, Ngannou didn’t sit idle, but began to earn money in different ways – we’re talking about two high-profile boxing fights with world tops, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Of course, he lost both fights, but he was very close against Fury and even managed to knock him down in one of the episodes. ZENBET set odds of 1.36 on his win against Ferreira. The Brazilian is 3.20.

The current form of Renan Ferreira

Renan Ferreira joined the PFL in 2021; before that, he competed in local organizations, and it can’t be said that he was very successful. But gradually, step by step, the giant Brazilian learned to use his anthropometry (height - 203 cm, arm span - 216 cm), and last year he became the league champion, defeating Denis Goltsov in the final by technical knockout.

In his first title defense (February of this year), Ferreira didn’t leave even a hint of a chance for Ryan Bader, knocking him out in the 21st second of the fight (recall that Bader was the Bellator champion at the time).

Match analytics

We don’t think it’s right to talk about Ngannou’s big pause because he did fight (two boxing fights) and fought with very, very serious guys. Yes, of course, that wasn’t MMA, but there won’t be much MMA in the fight with Ferreira either, as they both prefer to fight standing and mainly with their hands. We’d bet on an early finish to the fight.

Tip: Total 1.5 under with odds of 1.93 on Pari.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Victory: Francis Ngannou