Cris Cyborg: 5 most memorable fights in the former UFC Champion's MMA career

Media Day: Press Conference with UFC Featherweight Champion Cris Cyborg
Media Day: Press Conference with UFC Featherweight Champion Cris Cyborg

#4 Marloes Coenen

Marloes Coenen vs Cris Cyborg
Marloes Coenen vs Cris Cyborg

The first time that Cyborg had for Coenen, she had been defending the Strikeforce Featherweight title. That time, after 3 rounds, she was able to get the TKO victory over Coenen.

The second time that the two of them met, they were fighting for the Inaugural Invicta Featherweight Championship. The two of them were able to face each other in quite the epic battle, for the first time Cyborg showed that she was much more than someone who could only knock out her opponent. She displayed an entire arsenal of wrestling and submission abilities, before finishing her opponent with elbow shots.


#3 Felicia Spencer

Cris Cyborg vs Felicia Spencer
Cris Cyborg vs Felicia Spencer

While this might not be the most important or most hyped Cris Cyborg fight, this is extremely important for different reasons.

It was well known that this was the last fight that Cris Cyborg was contracted to take part in for the UFC. She obliged, but surrounding the fight there existed a lot more bad blood than anyone had expected.

The bad blood was not between Cyborg and Spencer, ut was between the fighter and the UFC President, Dana White. White had been talking about how Cyborg did not want to fight Nunes, and there was a lot going on behind the scenes on both sides.

Eventually, this grew to be toxic and Cyborg never signed a contract with UFC following this fight, opting to leave. Thus now, she is signed with Bellator.

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