Renan Ferreira, Matheus Scheffel Focused on Earning Quick Finish at PFL 5

Renan
Ferreira and Matheus
Scheffel both suffered losses in the first leg of the 2023 PFL
season.

However, the Brazilian heavyweights have new life after opponents
Rizvan
Kuniev and Bruno
Cappelozza tested
positive for banned substances in relation to their fights.

Ferreira and Scheffel likely need a victory to advance to the PFL
heavyweight postseason, and both are focused on earning the six
points that come with a first-round finish. Ferreira and Scheffel
will square off on the
PFL 5 main card on Friday at Overtime Elite Arena in
Atlanta.

“I’m not going to lose that second chance,” Ferreira told
Sherdog.com. “Matheus has heavy hands, but I’m 100% focused on
getting a quick victory to guarantee a place in the playoff.

While the 6-foot-9 Ferreira, who was nicknamed “Problema” due to
the difficulties he gave his sparring partners, might be perceived
as the favorite, Scheffel isn’t fazed by the odds.

“In all my fights I go in as if it were my debut,” he said. “I’m
still in the fight for first place in the first phase. This was one
of the best camps of my entire career and I’m going to show it in
the fight.

“I’m going in to fight like I always do, always looking for a
knockout or submission. Renan is a big guy and if he is a
‘Problem’, you can be sure that I am the ‘Solution.’”