Lyon Delivered Four Champions
PFL Lyon brought world championships and European tournament finals to LDLC Arena on December 13, 2025. Vadim Nemkov, Cris Cyborg, Alex Chizov and Baris Adiguzel all left with championship victories after a card featuring submissions, knockouts and several close decisions.
Nemkov made the heavyweight headliner a short assignment
Nemkov defeated Renan Ferreira with a first-round arm-triangle choke at 4:00. The former Bellator light heavyweight champion secured PFL heavyweight gold through a dominant ground-based performance.
Cyborg’s women’s featherweight title fight lasted into the third before she submitted Sara Collins. The rear-naked choke ended their contest at 2:55, completing the second world-title finish of the evening.
The tournament finals added two decisive striking results
Chizov stopped Connor Hughes with a third-round knockout fifty seconds into the frame. Adiguzel’s bantamweight final against Dean Garnett ended by technical knockout after just forty-four seconds.
The supporting program also featured Patrick Habirora’s first-round finish of Kevin Jousset and Taylor Lapilus’s unanimous decision over Liam Gittins. Lapilus won two cards 30–27 and the third 29–28.
The earlier contests offered a mixture of endings
Boris Atangana submitted Guilherme Soares in the second, and Gustavo Oliveira stopped Movsar Ibragimov early in round two. Both results added finishes beneath the championship bouts.
Sabrinna de Sousa edged Paulina Wisniewska by split decision, while Rayan Balbali narrowly defeated Levi Batchelor on two judges’ cards. Together, the results produced a full evening spanning world-title stakes, European tournament crowns and developing prospects.
Sources
- PFL: world championships and European tournament finals
- MMA Fighting: December 13 official results
- PFL: bout-by-bout event coverage
