Vieira misses weight by 7lbs as PFL Tampa title stakes change

Ketlen Vieira weighed 152.2 pounds for her PFL Tampa main event against Cris Cyborg, coming in 7.2 pounds above the 145-pound featherweight limit. The bout will proceed at a catchweight, but the PFL women’s featherweight title is no longer available for Vieira to win.

Cyborg’s championship remains at stake under the revised conditions. She will keep the belt if she wins, while a defeat to Vieira would still cost her the title. The change followed Friday’s official weigh-in, where Vieira was the only fighter involved in the main event to fall so far outside the limit.

Vieira has competed mainly at bantamweight during her career and was scheduled to challenge the reigning featherweight champion. She also missed weight for a 144-pound catchweight bout with Macy Chiasson in 2025 and a bantamweight contest against Yana Santos in 2021, although both previous discrepancies were smaller.

Vieira said she experienced serious pain in her kidneys and stomach during the night before the weigh-in and felt unwell again in the morning. She explained that André Pederneiras, her coach, stayed with her and helped her rest, then stopped her from continuing the weight cut after another severe episode.

The fighter said she had been on track earlier in the process and believed the problem was not caused by difficulty making weight. Vieira is a bantamweight fighter, but she said the pain prevented her from completing the cut safely.

The rest of the PFL Tampa card included Gadzhi Rabadanov at 156 pounds against Tracy Reeder at 155, Taila Santos at 125.6 against Sabrinna de Sousa at 125, and light heavyweight bouts involving Luke Trainer, Roland Dunlap, Marcirley Alves and Nkosi Ndebele also recorded misses or catchweight conditions. The Cyborg-Vieira contest remains the card’s featured fight, but only Cyborg can leave it as champion if the result goes her way.