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Professional fighter Cris Justino, better known by her nickname Cyborg, stated she would like a rematch against the UFC’s current reigning champion, Amanda Nunes, according to a report from TMZ. The last time the two fought each together was nearly two years ago, on December 29, 2018. Although Cyborg is no longer in the UFC, […]

UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes continues to make history in the world of mixed martial arts. Despite heading into UFC 232 as the heavy underdog, Nunes only needed 51 seconds to knock out former UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg and become the first woman in UFC history to hold championship belts […]

After beating Cris Cyborg at UFC 232, UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes succeeded to become the first woman in UFC history to hold championship belts in different divisions simultaneously. Despite heading into the fight as the underdog, “The Lioness” only needed 51 seconds to end Cyborg’s 15-year unbeaten streak. Amanda Nunes and […]

UFC star Holly Holm has reportedly filed for divorce from her college sweetheart Jeff Kirkpatrick. TMZ reports that the pair has been separated since March 2018 and Holm is finally making it official in Albuquerque court. Holm and her husband met in college at the University of New Mexico and were married in Cancun in […]

For years, fans have been clamoring for an MMA contest between UFC women’s featherweight champion Chris Cyborg and current WWE superstar Ronda Rousey. While fans were hoping for that contest to take place in the UFC, it seems that may never happen now that “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey is happily wrestling in the WWE and is […]

In the past few months, UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg has been campaigning for a super fight against UFC women’s bantamweight champion, Amanda Nunes. Since winning their belts, both female Brazilian mixed martial artists continue to dominate in their respective divisions. Amanda Nunes has already expressed interest in fighting Cris Cyborg, but she said […]

The UFC 224 showdown between Amanda Nunes and Raquel Pennington had some good moments and a few uneven ones. MMA fans got to see Amanda Nunes get pressured for a couple of rounds. What she deserved, however, was a better finish. Amanda Nunes got the finish over Raquel Pennington that she wanted. However, it took […]

Ronda Rousey made her long-awaited WWE debut by showing up after the women’s Royal Rumble match on Sunday night and letting everyone know she was there and headed to WrestleMania. However, her arrival was met with a sense of distaste by many WWE superstars, some of whom believed her arrival at that time overshadowed the […]

Former UFC Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey has seemingly turned her back on her MMA career. Rousey has signed a full-time contract with WWE wrestling and made her first appearance at last weekend’s WWE Royal Rumble. As reported by the Inquisitr earlier this week, Rousey says that WWE wrestling “is her life now,” and her longtime […]

Despite the absence of multiple MMA stars, UFC president Dana White continues to find ways to start 2018 with thrill and excitement. White recently announced the first two title fights of the year that are expected to rock the world of mixed martial arts. In an interview with Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, Dana White […]

After defeating a game Holly Holm, UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg wants to face Megan Anderson in her next title defense. However, Cris Cyborg may not get her wish to try and defeat Megan Anderson just yet. There could be another challenger or two looking to test Cyborg first. Cris Cyborg has done everything […]

On Saturday night, mixed martial arts fans will watch the UFC 219 Cyborg vs. Holm PPV live streaming online, or on television. The latest event takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada with the UFC Women’s Featherweight title on the line. Holly Holm will try to claim the title she has yet to hold […]

Since the creation of the women’s featherweight division, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes has expressed her intention to move up and chase for her second belt. Nunes called out then-UFC women’s featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie for a fight before Cris Cyborg came into the scene. In May, Amanda Nunes said in a promotional […]

Days before UFC 219, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm emerged as the heavy underdog against reigning UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg. However, Holm looks confident to win the fight and is already talking about her plans after the event. According to Bjpenn, Holly Holm expressed her willingness to give Cris Cyborg a […]

Former women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has been out of the world of mixed martial arts for more than a year, and most people believe she won’t be returning again to the Octagon. However, if MMA coach Edmond Tarverdyan gets his way, “Rowdy” will fight one last time against the perfect opponent, UFC women’s featherweight […]

In the latest WWE rumors and news, there may be a different opponent stepping forward for Ronda Rousey besides the women from the WWE roster. A fellow mixed martial arts star recently said she’d prefer to fight the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion inside a WWE wrestling ring instead of inside the Octagon. With Rousey […]

It took three rounds for Holly Holm to land a big strike on Bethe Correia, but when she finally did, she didn’t disappoint. Holm and Correia headlined that UFC’s return to Singapore, China, and the first round of the fight didn’t feature much action, which led to the referee warning the two women in the […]

Cristiane Justino — better known by her MMA nickname Cris Cyborg or just simply Cyborg — just got good news pertaining to her investigation for a possible doping violation charges. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) just cleared her of said charges. This puts Cyborg next in line for the Women’s Featherweight Championship in Ultimate […]

Ronda Rousey is just 10 days removed from the worst beating of her career and the match that many are speculating will be her final appearance inside the octagon. Until today, her fans did not have much to go on regarding the former UFC Bantamweight Champion’s future, and while Monday’s Instagram post did not quite […]

A major change by the UFC has one of their top stars, Cris “Cyborg” Justino, upset. The UFC has announced that they are creating a women’s featherweight weight class, which will have a roster of women who will fight at 145 pounds. Former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm will face Germaine da Randamie in the […]

Cris Cyborg has been one of the most feared women in MMA for the last 11 years. After starting with an early loss in her 2005 debut, she has rolled off 17 unanswered victories. It is important to note that when Cyborg (real name Cristiane Justino) lost, she was a 19-year-old girl new to the […]

Ronda Rousey has gone from all over the news feeds to enigmatic in the last year since her brutal loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 last November. By the time she steps back into the cage at UFC 207, it will be more than a year since that beatdown. Worse, she’ll have to face […]

Ronda Rousey has not been in any hurry to fight her arch-nemesis Cris Cyborg, and it’s a topic the UFC president attempted to address on a recent episode of UFC Unfiltered. White has been one of Rousey’s biggest cheerleaders since bringing her in from Strikeforce and creating a viable women’s bantamweight division around her. “Ronda […]

The biggest potential super fight in the women’s division, and possibly in entire UFC, is still a possibility according to UFC president Dana White. While speaking with comedian Jim Norton and former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra on the UFC Unfiltered Podcast, the UFC president said that former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is […]

Gabi Garcia, the jiu-jitsu champion-turned-mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, shows off her training regimen in which she trains with light heavyweights. Apparently to Garcia, training with them is just as tough as sparring with Cris Cyborg. During an exclusive with MMA Fighting, Gabi Garcia opened up about her journey in MMA right before she returns […]

Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg were once the most talked-about women’s MMA feud on the market. Both were unbeaten for all practical purposes. Rousey really was, and Cyborg hadn’t lost a match since one of her first contests when she got submitted while still trying to learn the ropes. Since that loss, Cyborg has torn […]

For many years, Cristiane Justino — professionally known in MMA as Cris Cyborg — has been criticized for her inability to cut her weight down to the bantamweight division maximum of 135 pounds. Usually the criticisms come up during the argument on who would win in an MMA fight, Cyborg or Ronda Rousey. For those […]

In MMA today, clearly the most dominant female fighter in the sport, hands down, is Cristiane Justino, professionally known as Cris Cyborg. With an official record of 16 wins, one loss (her first fight), and one no contest (originally a win but turned into a “no contest” after Cyborg failed a USADA drug test), Cyborg […]

Cris “Cyborg” Justino wants Ronda Rousey in the worst way. UFC’s newest star in the women’s bantamweight division has her eyes on the former champion. Cris Cyborg versus Ronda Rousey has been a long time coming. It is possible that a fight can finally take place between Cris Cyborg and Ronda Rousey. After years of […]

Holly Holm has received a bit of criticism from the mixed martial arts (MMA) community as of late for refusing to step in and face Cris Cyborg after saying that she would. Looking at Cyborg and her long-running unbeaten streak, it is easy to see where fear might be a core motivator for the former […]

Cris “Cyborg” Justino didn’t have Ronda Rousey on her mind following her win at UFC 198 last night. The fan expected her to call Rousey out as her next opponent, but Cris didn’t feel it was the right moment. Cyborg reveals the reason why she decided not to call out Ronda and what’s next for […]

Cris Cyborg made short work of her first opponent in the UFC at Saturday night’s UFC 198 from her home country of Brazil. The former Strikeforce and Invicta FC Champion has been on the radar for fans of the promotion for years, with interest only increasing as Ronda Rousey began taking the sport of women’s […]

Cris Cyborg does not like Ronda Rousey, and she has made no secret of that for the last few years. The former UFC Bantamweight Champion hasn’t really given her a lot of reason, frequently attacking the current Invicta FC Featherweight Champion for her PED scandal from a few years ago. At one point, Ronda hit […]

UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic is more than a month away, and it is already causing a lot of hype, more so than the upcoming UFC 197: Cormier vs. Jones 2. Set to take place on May 14, 2016, the UFC premier event will be the first to happen in Curitiba, Brazil. The fight card […]

After years of hope and speculation, Cris “Cyborg” will finally be making her debut on the biggest MMA stage of them all when she faces Leslie Smith in a 140-pound catchweight bout at UFC 198. UFC announced the news on Monday via its website. “One of the most feared fighters in the world is finally […]

In women’s mixed martial arts (MMA) today, Cristiane Justino, better known as Cris Cyborg, is one of the best the sport has to offer. Undefeated in 15 fights spanning more than a decade, she has dominated the women’s featherweight division in five different promotions including EliteXC and Strikeforce. Currently, Cyborg is fighting in Invicta Fighting […]

MMA star Cris Cyborg apparently did not hesitate to take a jab at Ronda Rousey Saturday via social media. The 30-year-old mixed martial artist used Twitter to mock Ronda as she hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time this weekend. Instead of insulting Rousey in a lengthy Twitter rant, Cris Cyborg decided to take […]

When it comes to women’s MMA, most fans will claim its biggest rivalry is Ronda Rousey versus Cristiane Justino, who is better known as Cris Cyborg. It is spurned on by the fact both are considered the best in their respective weight divisions which means Rousey and Cyborg never facing each other in the cage. […]

Invicta FC, the globally recognized women’s MMA promotion and current home of Cris Cyborg, is in a unique position. The company has specialized in one area where UFC is starting to make a name for itself — that of female mixed martial arts competitors. At one time, UFC President Dana White wouldn’t even entertain the […]

Ronda Rousey, by her own admission in an interview reported by ABC News, is still reeling from her loss at UFC 193 to Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm, and her recent Instagram post indicates that she may be taking a lot of the backlash against her, as seen in the Atlanta Daily World, to heart. […]

Ronda Rousey has made herself relatively scarce since getting knocked unconscious by then-challenger Holly Holm and losing her title at UFC 193. Unfortunately for the “Rowdy” one, that isn’t all she lost on that night. The fight — its outcome and the way it arrived there — did little to convince fans that she would […]

Holly Holm has jumped to the top of most searched lists in the MMA world as 2015 draws to a close, and it all happened in relatively little time. After dispatching Ronda Rousey in a brutal second round knockout in November at UFC 193, the veteran boxer and unbeaten MMA fighter became a household name. […]

Cris Cyborg (real name Cristiane Justino Venancio) has wanted a fight with Ronda Rousey for years, but she has faced an uphill battle due to Cyborg’s weight-cutting complications, and Rousey’s unwillingness to fight at a 140-pound catchweight. In the past, Rousey has noted that Cris Cyborg needs her a lot more than she needs Cris […]

Cris “Cyborg” (aka Cristiane Justino Venancio) took a couple of surprisingly low-key jabs at Ronda Rousey following the UFC bantamweight champion’s brutal knockout loss to unbeaten Holly Holm at UFC 193. “Surprising,” because, given the bad blood that exists between Rousey and Cris Cyborg, one might have expected a lot more gloating. To date, Justino […]

Among those who thoroughly follow MMA, most agree if there is one female fighter who has the best chance of defeating the undefeated UFC women’s bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey, it is Cristiane Justino, who is better known as Cris Cyborg. For those who do not follow Cyborg, she holds a record that many say parallels […]

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the MMA promotion recognized for having the best fighters in the combat sport. Some of the big names signed on to their roster includes Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Cain Velasquez, and Ronda Rousey. However, to make sure the promotion consistently has the best fighters, UFC will trim off the excess […]

Among those who enjoy MMA, Ronda Rousey is recognized as the best female MMA fighter in the sport. However, such a moniker for “Rowdy” is often argued. Some people say her claim to being the best is because she fights in UFC. If she were to go across all MMA promotions, probably the only one […]

The world’s top featherweight female fighter Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino isn’t happy, and Ronda Rousey is the target of her frustration, following an unfortunate news leak for the UFC. Cyborg then linked to a Deadspin article, which pointed at what they called a “sketchy” drug test result from Vitor Belfort before his fight with Jon Jones […]

Miesha Tate would like to think of herself as a thorn in the side of Ronda Rousey, but she’s had to work hard to stay that way of late after getting crushed by the UFC bantamweight champion in two previous encounters. In their first fight, Tate was unable to make it out of the first […]

If one were to ask who best represents MMA or UFC today, most fans would probably default to Ronda Rousey. With an undefeated record of 12-0-0 as the first, and only, UFC women’s bantamweight champion, she is sure to be written in the sport’s history books. Outside of MMA, she is often admired for her […]