If you told Renan Ferreira when this season began that he’d score a devastating knockout to punch his ticket to the 2023 PFL heavyweight final, he’d have gladly take it. Doing it to a training partner of one of MMA’s greatest fighters with him in his opponent’s corner? Even better.
That was the dream scenario that played out for Ferreira (11-3) at 2023 PFL Playoffs 2. Ferreira knocked out Maurice Greene (11-9) with a hard right hand and follow-up punches in the first round of their semifinal as UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones watched from Greene’s corner at The Theater at Madison Square in New York.
Immediately afterward, Ferreira made a point to find Jones cageside and kneeled down in front of him as a show of respect and gratitude.
