The PFL unveiled a new “Super Fights” title belt which will be awarded to the heavyweight and women’s featherweight winners on Saturday.
The PFL has unveiled a new championship belt ahead of their upcoming pay-per-view event this Saturday. The new belt is expected to go to the winner of the heavyweight bout between lineal UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou and 2023 PFL tournament champion Renan Ferreira as well as the winner of the featherweight title fight between long time Bellator champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino and two-time PFL tournament winner Larissa Pacheco.
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Earlier this year, the PFL showcased a special belt that was awarded to the marquee winners of the PFL vs Bellator fights in February. That belt, which also featured a removable championship ring built into it, was awarded to Renan Ferreira, Johnny Eblen, and Vadim Nemkov following their victories.
While the previous belt was more of a one-off recognizing the PFL vs Bellator winners, the new belt will recognize the winners as a “Super Fights” world champion for the PFL. There are also special side plates recognizing different weight divisions which will correspond with the weight class of the winner to whom the belt is awarded. Per the PFL, the belt is made with 12.5 pounds of gold.
In an interview with MMAJunkie, PFL CEO Peter Murray said that the plan is for winners of the new Super Fight belts to defend their titles at future events. The PFL superfights belt, first time we as a company and organization have a belt where it must be won, but it also must be defended on an ongoing basis. Typically, our global season belts, they recognize those champions for the year, and they’re forever that year’s champion. But this is a different belt, a different format for us.
The new belt will be on line at the Battle of Giants pay-per-view event this Saturday, airing live on ESPN+ pay-per-view.
