PFL vs. Bellator: ‘Ferreira vs Bader’ Live Results and Highlights

A massive MMA event goes down on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as PFL vs. Bellator champions face each other, in the first event since their merger. An 11-fight card goes down headlined by a heavyweight fight between PFL champ Renan Ferreira and Bellator champ Ryan Bader.

Ferreira (12-3 and three No Contests) is coming off a second-round knockout win over Denis Goltsov in November to win the 2023 PFL heavyweight season. The Brazilian is 6-1 with three No Contests in PFL as he has notable wins over Maurice Greene, Matheus Scheffel, and Jamelle Jones among others in his career.

Bader (31-7 and one No Contest) is coming off a first-round knockout win over Fedor Emelianenko a year ago to defend his Bellator heavyweight title. He’s currently on a three-fight winning streak as he has wins over Cheick Kongo and Valentin Moldavsky as his last loss came by knockout to Corey Anderson at 205lbs. In his career, Bader has notable wins over Lyoto Machida, Matt Mitrione, King Mo, Rashas Evans, Ovince St. Preux, and Rampage Jackson.

The winner of Ferreira vs. Bader is also expected to face Francis Ngannou later this year in the PFL in his return to MMA.

Today’s PFL vs. Bellator card’s co-main event sees PFL light heavyweight champ Impa Kasanganay face Bellator middleweight champ Johnny Eblen at 185lbs.

If that isn’t enough, a battle of former UFC veterans goes down as Thiago Santos takes on Yoel Romero at light heavyweight. To open the main card, a lightweight banger takes place as Clay Collard faces AJ McKee.

Get all of tonight’s live results and highlights below (refresh for updates):

Main card

Renan Ferreira def. Ryan Bader by TKO at 0:21 of Round 1.

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— PFL (@PFLMMA) February 24, 2024

Johnny Eblen def. Impa Kasanganay by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

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Jason Jackson def. Ray Cooper III by TKO at 0:23 of Round 2.

absolute beatdown by Jason Jackson over Ray Cooper. glad that one got stopped early #BellatorvsPFL https://t.co/vlUIa7eWyb

— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) February 24, 2024

Vadim Nemkov def. Bruno Cappelozza by submission (arm triangle) at 2:13 of Round 2.

Vadim Nemkov wins his heavyweight debut over Bruno Cappelozza by second-round submission.

Bellator moves to 3-0 against PFL thus far #PFLvsBellator

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— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) February 24, 2024

Yoel Romero def. Thiago Santos by unanimous deciison (30-27 x2, 29-28)

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AJ McKee def. Clay Collard via submission (armbar) at 1:10 of the first round.

AJ McKee submits Clay Collard in the first round!#PFLvsBellator #MMA

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— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) February 24, 2024

Prelims

Aaron Pico def. Henry Corrales via TKO at 4:53 of the first round.

https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/1761478774711889942

Biaggio Ali Walsh def. Emmanuel Palacio via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Claressa Shields def. Kelsey DeSantis via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

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Abdullah Al-Qahtani def. Edukondala Rao via TKO at 0:23 of Round 3.

https://twitter.com/PFLMMA/status/1761459690360180924

Malek Basahel def. Vinicius Pereira via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)