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Cristiane Justino Venâncio [6] (born July 9, 1985), known professionally as Cris Cyborg and formerly by her married name Cristiane Santos, is a Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer who competes in Bellator MMA, where she is the current Bellator Women's Featherweight Champion having held the title since January 2020, and the inaugural PFL Super Fights ...
UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on December 30, 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
The main event featured Gina Carano taking on Cris Cyborg for the inaugural Strikeforce Women's Championship contested at 145 pounds (66 kg). [4] Five five-minute rounds are now featured for the women's championship bout. [5] Joe Riggs pulled out of his bout with Nick Diaz on July 23, 2009, due to suffering an adverse reaction to a drug. [6]
Cris Cyborg is one of the most devastating strikers in MMA history. We look back on five of our favorite KO wins of hers, ahead of UFC 240. UFC 240: Rewatch Cris Cyborg's top knockout victories
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Just a few short years ago, UFC president Dana White didn’t exactly have the nicest things to say about the greatest fighter in women’s mixed martial arts history, Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino.
She and Cris Cyborg were the first women to headline a major MMA event during their 2009 Strikeforce bout. [4] Carano retired from competition after her first professional MMA defeat to Cyborg. Transitioning from the ring to the screen, Carano landed her first major role as the lead of the action film Haywire (2011), which was followed by ...
Cris "Cyborg" Justino and Amanda Nunes are set to meet at UFC 232 in the first women's champion vs. champion bout in UFC history. Cyborg stepped on the scale at 144 pounds, while Nunes weighed 145 ...