{"id":36763,"date":"2026-02-11T23:29:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/PFL-Adds-Former-LFA-Champ-to-Womens-Flyweight-Division-200105"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:29:45","slug":"pfl-adds-former-lfa-champ-to-womens-flyweight-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/pfl-adds-former-lfa-champ-to-womens-flyweight-division\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL Adds Former LFA Champ to Women\u2019s Flyweight Division"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pfl-adds-former-lfa-champ-to-womens-flyweight-division.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Professional-Fighters-League-12241\"><br \/>\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> continues to build the talent pool<br \/>\nin its women\u2019s flyweight division.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion has signed former <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Legacy-Fighting-Alliance-LFA-11339\"><br \/>\nLegacy Fighting Alliance<\/a> flyweight queen <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Cheyanne-Bowers-381385\">Cheyanne<br \/>\nBowers<\/a>, with a debut date and opponent to be determined. The<br \/>\nPFL confirmed the new addition following an initial report from<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/pfl\/2026\/02\/11\/pfl-news-cheyanne-bowers-signing\/88627922007\/\">MMAjunkie.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>A Knack for Submissions<\/h2>\n<p>Bowers owns a 7-2 professional mark, with all but one of her bouts<br \/>\ntaking place under the LFA banner. The 31-year-old known as \u201cThe<br \/>\nBoss\u201d captured 125-pound gold with a first-round submission of<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Veronika-Borisova-388862\">Veronika<br \/>\nBorisova<\/a> at LFA 193 in September 2024. After losing the strap<br \/>\nto <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Shannon-Clark-345497\">Shannon<br \/>\nClark<\/a> in her first title defense, Bowers rebounded to post<br \/>\nback-to-back submission victories against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Elizabeth-Rodriguez-354473\">Elizabeth<br \/>\nRodriguez<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Maritza-Sanchez-233091\">Maritza<br \/>\nSanchez<\/a> in her next two outings. The Omaha, Nebraska, native<br \/>\nhas finished five of her career wins via submission.<\/p>\n<p>Bowers will join a PFL women\u2019s flyweight division that includes the<br \/>\nlikes of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dakota-Ditcheva-320485\">Dakota<br \/>\nDitcheva<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Liz-Carmouche-67007\">Liz<br \/>\nCarmouche<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Taila-Santos-143185\">Taila<br \/>\nSantos<\/a> and Viviane Arajuo, among others. The flyweight title is<br \/>\ncurrently vacant.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uOjiXzLBGr0?si=3lkrca0tl_8aWkYk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional Fighters League continues to build the talent pool in its women\u2019s flyweight division. The promotion has signed former Legacy Fighting Alliance flyweight queen Cheyanne Bowers, with a debut date and opponent to be determined. The PFL confirmed the new addition following an initial report from MMAjunkie.com. A Knack for Submissions Bowers owns a 7-2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}