5 Times MMA bullies were taught a lesson

#2 Cris Cyborg vs. Jorina Baars (Muay Thai rules)

Cris Cyborg (L) eats a knee courtesy Jorina Baars (R) (* Credits- Lion Fight).

Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino is a former Strikeforce and current Invicta FC Women’s Featherweight Champion and is touted to be the favourite in a potential matchup against the inaugural UFC Women’s FW champ, Germaine de Randamie, if and when that fight takes place.

On the other hand, Jorina Baars is a Dutch Muay Thai and MMA fighter, who is widely regarded as one of the best female fighters in the sport of Muay Thai. She is also the current Lion Fight Welterweight champion. Cyborg faced Jorina Baars for the Lion Fight Welterweight title in a Muay Thai matchup scheduled for five 3-minute Rounds.

With Cyborg being one of the most notorious steroid users in the game, and widely despised by MMA casuals owing to her destruction of Hollywood star Gina Carano, Lion Fight 14 in March of 2014 was a memorable event for the anti-Cyborg brigade.

The fight started off with Cyborg’s usual flurry, but Baars dropped Cyborg in Round 1 with a huge front kick to the face. She dropped her again, this time with a roundhouse headkick. After a close second round in which she outpointed her Brazilian opponent, Baars dropped her again in Round 3 once with a knee to the jaw.

Furthermore, several spinning back-kicks connected for Baars throughout the duration of the fight. Now although Cyborg landed a higher volume for trips and dumps on Baars (dumps and trips are allowed in MT but submissions and ground-grappling are not), Baars was clearly the more technically superior fighter.

In Round 5, she landed a picture-perfect spinning back kick to the gut that knocked Cyborg down. The judges awarded Baars the decision victory and with it, the Lion Fight WW title.

Baars vs. Cyborg once again proved that technique trumps brute force and although the Dutch striker has a less-than-stellar MMA record (1 win with 3 defeats), on that night she faced Cyborg in the sport of Muay Thai and absolutely schooled the Brazilian bully, giving the steroid-abusing Invicta champ a taste of her own medicine and leaving her footprints all over Justino’s face.

Up next we take a look at two bullies who took turns to humble one another...