6 highly anticipated UFC fights that will happen soon

#5: Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda Nunes – UFC 232 – 12/29/18

Cris Cyborg is signed to fight Amanda Nunes in a superfight at UFC 232

The long-rumoured ‘superfight’ between Women’s Featherweight champ Cris Cyborg and Women’s Bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes is apparently signed and sealed for UFC 232 right before New Year – traditionally one of the biggest UFC shows of the year – and it will probably main event due to Cyborg’s status as one of the few semi-big draws that the UFC has right now.

Despite that, the likelihood is that the UFC brass probably wants Nunes to win this fight. Cyborg has proven a difficult customer to deal with since arriving in the UFC in 2016 – although she did bail the promotion out with a late-notice title fight against Yana Kunitskaya, it seems that her relations with the UFC remain strained, as she’s said she’s likely to leave the promotion following this fight.

Whether Nunes is capable of the feat is another question entirely. She destroyed practically everyone she faced in the lead-up to her 2016 title win over Miesha Tate, and then ended Ronda Rousey’s MMA career by knocking her out in under a minute, but since then she hasn’t looked quite as devastating – defending her title in a dull fight with Valentina Shevchenko before taking her time in putting away an overmatched Raquel Pennington in May.

Still, Nunes is the most accomplished fighter Cyborg will have fought since Holly Holm last December, and she’s a naturally bigger fighter than ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ too, and arguably hits much harder. More to the point, she might be the first fighter to face Cyborg who’s capable of taking the champion to the ground and keeping her there.

Despite all the controversy surrounding her career in general, any Cyborg fight feels like a big event and this one is no exception. Expect some fireworks.