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4 ways that the UFC can proceed with the featherweight division
Surely when you first saw this title you were a little confused as to why this is a list of four rather than five. Well, to be honest, that’s just the kind of state of affairs that we’re working with here. It’s no secret that the experiment known as the UFC women’s featherweight division has been […]
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UFC featherweight champ Cris Cyborg discusses options in other promotions
UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg has not fought since her first-round mauling of Yana Kunitskaya in March. Since then, she’s been angling for a fight with women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes, but the fight still hasn’t come together, and it doesn’t seem like it will until at least December. To say that Cris Cyborg is […]
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Cris Cyborg is down to lose to Ronda Rousey in WWE
For a time, one of the biggest super fights possible in MMA was one pitting former Strikeforce and UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey against former Strikeforce, Invicta, and now UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg. Regrettably, this fight never came together, and now that Rousey is firmly embedded in the pro wrestling world, it almost […]
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Disrespected Cris Cyborg trashes Amanda Nunes and the UFC
UFC featherweight Cris Cyborg wanted to fight bantamweight Amanda Nunes at UFC 228 in Dallas, but that’s not happening. Instead, Nunes wants the fight to occur at UFC 232 in December, some nine months after Cyborg’s last fight. Cyborg isn’t happy about this. ”Amanda has talked a bunch of stuff, saying she couldn’t fight, that […]
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Dana White gives promising update on Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda Nunes super fight
The UFC has been trying to book a women’s featherweight super fight between reigning divisional champion Cris Cyborg and bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes for months. Unfortunately, the promotion has not been able to nail the fight down as of yet. Speaking earlier this weekend in the buildup to UFC on FOX 30 in Calgary, Alberta, […]
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Pam Sorenson making it clear that she wants next shot at Cris Cyborg
Looking for a fight of her own against seemingly anyone, Cris “Cyborg” Justino isn’t generally one that attracts opponents. In the UFC’s borderline non-existent featherweight division that consists of only two legitimate 145ers, something needs to change. That something being additional fighters. After former Invicta FC champion Megan Anderson’s loss to recent Cyborg victim Holly […]
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Julia Budd’s response to people saying she ran from Cris Cyborg: ‘Give me a break’
May the MMA Gods answer our prayer! With Bellator featherweight champion Julia Budd’s continued success and solidification as the second best 145 to ever do it, the question that comes with such always becomes, ‘what’s next?’. Last Friday night in the main event of Bellator 202, Budd put on the most impressive performance of her […]
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Dear MMA Gods | We need to see Cyborg’s toughest test
If you love something, let it go…or wait for its contract to expire. The seemingly never-ending civil war between UFC featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino and the UFC rages on. Whenever things finally seem resolved and good between Cyborg and her MMA playground, something else comes up for one reason or another. Which leads us […]
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Cris Cyborg believes Amanda Nunes fight will be her last in the UFC
UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg was hoping her super fight with bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes would occur at UFC 228 this September 8. Regrettably, Nunes turned this date down, and the UFC is now working on the fight for UFC 232 on December 29. This is not ok with Cyborg, who has not fought […]
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Report | Holly Holm vs Ketlen Vieira possible for an interim title if Amanda Nunes challenges Cris Cyborg
With the possibility of yet another super fight on the horizon…this time in the women’s divisions, it presents an opening for the UFC to grant another interim crown. A super fight between the UFC’s featherweight and bantamweight champions has been on the minds of many fans and pundits alike. Dating back to around the beginning […]
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Amanda Nunes Tweets signed bout agreement for December 29 superfight, ‘Cyborg’ is not happy
Last night, UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg began to call for a super fight with Amanda Nunes at UFC 228 on September 8. I agreed for second time , fight Amanda Nunes September 8 #UFCdallas #UFC228 my last fight was 4 months ago. I’m ready to fight. — @CrisCyborg.Com (@criscyborg) July 11, 2018 Let’s go […]
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Cris Cyborg agrees to potential bout with Amanda Nunes for UFC 228
From the biggest super fight between men in MMA to the biggest super fight between women? It certainly appears to be a possibility. In the early stages of UFC 226’s coming together, it was looking like there was a possibility for the card to be the “super fight card” by playing host to three epic champion […]
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Amanda Nunes nunes calls for fight with Holly Holm, Cris Cyborg joins conversation
Former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm was the picture of dominance in her UFC 225 main card featherweight battle with Megan Anderson, showing off a rarely seen but extremely impressive ground game en route to a lopsided unanimous decision win. With this victory, Holm effectively established herself as the number-one contender at both featherweight and […]
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Cris Cyborg thinks UFC wants rematch with Holly Holm, will fight with Amanda Nunes after
Everyone has their eyes on a big super fight these days it seems. And UFC women’s featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg is no different. Cyborg is unbeaten in the UFC(5-0) and has racked up two title defenses since officially becoming the champion in July 2017 when she defeated Invicta FC bantamweight champion, Tonya Evinger. Although the […]
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Cris Cyborg gives her take on upcoming Holly Holm vs. Megan Anderson showdown
UFC 225, which goes down on June 9 in beautiful Chicago, Illinois, looks like an early frontrunner for 2018’s Card of the Year. One of the latest additions to this absolutely stacked card is a women’s featherweight showdown between former Invicta featherweight champ Megan Anderson, and former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm. Given that […]
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VIDEO | Cris Cyborg Visits Skid Row and Helps Feed the Needy with 222 Burgers
Champions do champion things. And Cris Cyborg continued to show why she’s a champion in and out of the cage recently when she went to visit Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles, where she brought 222 In & Out Burgers to the homeless that occupied the area. Why 222 you ask? Well, Cyborg’s last fight […]
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Cris Cyborg Believes Amanda Nunes is Just Using Her Name as Promotion Now
The superfight has been put on hold, Cris Cyborg eradicated her last foe, and Amanda Nunes has a title defense at UFC 224. Both women are down to meet up after their business is finished, but now Cyborg thinks Nunes isn’t actually going to end up showing her face in the Octagon and has just […]
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Coach Jason Parillo believes Holly Holm was tougher test for Cris Cyborg than Amanda Nunes
Having demolished short-notice challenger Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222 last weekend, UFC women’s featherweight champ Cris Cyborg now has her crosshairs set on bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. And while this potential showdown is considered the toughest test of Cyborg’s career by many fans, her boxing coach Jason Parillo believes it’s actually a perfect stylistic matchup. […]
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VIDEO | Chael Sonnen argues Cris Cyborg has “massive holes in her game”
After watching UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg maul Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222 last weekend, Chael Sonnen believes he’s identified some glaring holes in her game. Sonnen broke it down in the latest episode of Beyond the Fight, and implored Cyborg’s potential future opponents to listen. “As she continues to fight, we continue to see […]
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Dana White and Cris Cyborg squash the beef following UFC 222
Dana White and Cris Cyborg squash the beef following UFC 222 UFC President Dana White and current women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg have not always had the best relationship and that is putting things lightly. With that said, it appears as if the brash UFC boss and the Brazilian bomber have finally squashed their beef. […]
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UFC 222 salaries: Cris Cyborg pockets $500K
Last night, the UFC returned to its home turf of Las Vegas, Nevada, with the exciting UFC 222 pay-per-view. The card was headlined by a women’s featherweight title fight between champion Cris Cyborg and challenger Yana Kunitskaya. This bout that replaced the card’s originally scheduled main event, a men’s featherweight title fight between champion Max […]
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MMA community reacts to Cris Cyborg’s execution of Yana Kunitskaya
Though UFC 222 was originally expected to be headlined by a men’s featherweight title fight between champ Max Holloway and challenger Frankie Edgar, a late Holloway injury meant that the card was ultimately topped by a women’s featherweight title fight between champ Cris Cyborg and challenger Yana Kunitskaya. While Yana Kunitskaya deserves props for taking a […]
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UFC 222 Results: Cris Cyborg stops Yana Kunitskaya (VIDEO)
UFC 222 Results: Cris Cyborg stops Yana Kunitskaya A women’s featherweight title fight between current champion Cris Cyborg and UFC newcomer Yana Kunitskaya served as the main event of tonight’s UFC 222 fight card in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Kunitskaya comes out quickly. Cyborg lands a right hand followed by a body shot. […]
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BJ Penn Talks Possible Return & Cris Cyborg: “She’s as strong as anyone I’ve felt.”
A masked invader broke into the UFC 222 open workouts and attacked the featherweight champ, Cris Cyborg the other day! Who would do such a thing?! Obviously the one and only ‘Prodigy’ BJ Penn. It was a fun surprise for MMA fans and after all was said and done, Penn took time to talk about […]
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Tonya Evinger Doesn’t See How Yana Kunitskaya Beats Cris Cyborg on Any Level
Cris Cyborg is only a day away from defending her UFC women’s featherweight title against former Invicta FC bantamweight champion Yana Kunitskaya. Another woman who held that belt is Tony Evinger, who knows both women in the main event of UFC 222 very well. Not only has she fought Cyborg, but she fought and beat […]
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VIDEO | Cris Cyborg Grapples With Surprise Guest BJ Penn at the UFC 222 Open Workouts
The combat sports game is chaotic, sometimes you have to roll with punches outside of the cage just as much as the punches inside of it. After the main and co-main events got switched and transplanted, Cris Cyborg stepped up to defend her UFC women’s featherweight title against former Invicta FC bantamweight champion Yana Kunitskaya […]
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Yana Kunitskaya Has Been Wanting to Fight Cris Cyborg Her Whole Career, “I don’t feel any pressure”
Invicta FC has lost two consecutive bantamweight champions to the UFC. And they will both have left to fight for the UFC featherweight crown against Cris Cyborg(who happens to be a former Invicta champ herself). First, it was the dominant, Tonya Evinger who finally made her UFC debut at UFC 214 as she fought for […]
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Cris Cyborg Still Has Her Eyes on Super Fight With Amanda Nunes But Isn’t Looking Past Yana Kunitskaya
It’s right back to work at UFC 222 this Saturday for the reigning featherweight queen, Cris Cyborg. Cyborg last fought and defended her title on the year-end card of 2017 at UFC 219 when she defeated former UFC bantamweight champion, Holly Holm. This quick turn around wasn’t the plan, but Cyborg wasn’t going to turn down […]