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Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce. It was held in San Jose, California on August 15, 2009. [ 3 ] The event aired live on the Showtime cable network and marked the first time two women headlined a major MMA event.
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 ...
Carano won the fight by knocking out Sexton late in the second round. [citation needed] Carano faced Elaina Maxwell at Strikeforce: Triple Threat on December 8, 2006. She won the fight via unanimous decision. [16] Carano proved critics wrong when she defeated Maxwell for the second time; the first victory coming in a Muay Thai bout.
Cris Cyborg, Amanda Nunes and Kayla Harrison are the three best featherweights in the world and are really the only viable competitors in that division. MMA: Bizarre reality for Kayla Harrison ...
Her first MMA loss and last fight was against Cris Cyborg. Between 2006 and 2008, Carano went 7-0 with three knockouts, one submission and three unanimous decision wins. Two of those wins came in ...
Werdum faced Marcin Tybura on 19 November 2017 at UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura. [54] [55] He dominated most of the action and won the fight via unanimous decision. [56] Werdum faced Alexander Volkov on 17 March 2018 at UFC Fight Night 127. [57] He lost the back-and-forth fight via knockout in the fourth round. [58]
Carano has been in the news a lot this week after she posted a risque photo that Instagram eventually took down. There are a number of former MMA fighters transitioning from the octagon to the ...
The fight was then moved to Strikeforce's 15 August card, Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg and changed into a bout for the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship with Sobral as the titleholder. [18] Sobral lost the title to Mousasi via knockout in the first round.