{"id":230640,"date":"2017-03-30T17:33:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T00:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=230640"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:21:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:21:53","slug":"video-cris-cyborg-challenges-men-who-say-women-cant-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-cris-cyborg-challenges-men-who-say-women-cant-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Cris Cyborg challenges men who say women can&#8217;t fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cris Cyborg challenges men who say women can&#8217;t fight!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cris Cyborg shadow boxing wearing Hijab inside BRAVE FC cage in Abu Dhabi\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XACsgfPzYN8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The most feared women&#8217;s fighter on the planet, Cris Cyborg (17-1 MMA), is making waves in Abu Dhabi this week.<\/p>\n<p>Cyborg took to Youtube earlier today where she released the above video showcasing her shadow boxing inside the Brave FC cage in Abu Dhabi while wearing a hijab.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the video, Cris walks up to the camera and delivers the following message:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Who said that women can&#8217;t fight?!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/cris-cyborg-invited-to-brave-4-event-in-abu-dhabi-by-sheikh-hamad-bin-isa-al-khalifa\/\">Brazilian standout will be in attendance for Brave FC 4<\/a> which takes place March 31 at IPIC Arena in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>Cris Cyborg was last seen in action in the headlining bout of September&#8217;s UFC Fight Night 95 event in Brazil, where she scored a second-round TKO victory over Lina Lansberg in a catchweight contest of 140-pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Justino recently made headlines after <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-cris-cyborg-vacates-her-invicta-featherweight-championship\/\">she announced that she had been forced to vacate her Invicta Featherweight title.<\/a>According to Cyborg, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will no longer allow her to compete at 145-pounds with a rival promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the UFC did not make this decision until they crowned their own 145-pound women\u2019s champion, Germaine de Randamie, this past February at UFC 208.<\/p>\n<p>Cristiane Justino competed under the Invicta FC fight banner on five occasions, winning the promotions featherweight title in July of 2013 by defeating Marloes Coenen via fourth-round TKO.<\/p>\n<p>Cyborg would go on to defend her Invicta championship on three different occasions, all while fighting on her current UFC contract, scoring first-round knockout victories over Charmaine Tweet, Faith Van Duin and most recently Daria Ibragimova at \u2018Invicta FC 15\u2019 in January of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-cris-cyborg-calls-out-germaine-de-randamie-for-ufc-214\/\">Cyborg called out current UFC featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie for a fight at UFC 214<\/a> which takes place July in Southern California. <\/p>\n<p>Do you think &#8220;GDR&#8221; will accept Cris Cyborg&#8217;s challenge for UFC 214? 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