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

#2 Gina Carano

Gina Carano vs Cris Cyborg

Every sport that exists had that one moment which it is often defined by or that one moment that put in on the radar in the first place. Cris Cyborg's fight against Gina Carano is just such a fight.

Taking place in 2009, this was at a time that women fighting in MMA were not common at all. The fight was at Strikeforce and this was the time when every fan was on the Gina Carano bandwagon. Unfortunately for Carano, once this fight would take place, that bandwagon would crash and be replaced by the Cris Cyborg train which has since led her to stardom.

With a first-round knockout at the very last second of the round, Cris Cyborg was able to derail Carano, win the fight, and prove herself in the world of MMA.

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#1 Amanda Nunes

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Unfortunately for Cris Cyborg, the fight that she is most likely to be remembered by most, is the fight that she lost.

In possibly one of the most crucial fights in Women's MMA, Amanda Nunes faced Cris Cyborg for the Featherweight Championship in a bid to become the first-ever UFC Women's Double Champion.

There was a lot riding on this, but not too many people were giving Nunes a chance given Cyborg's success and power in MMA.

Nunes shocked the world.

Within 51 seconds of the first round starting, she did what no one else had been able to do before her. She knocked out Cris Cyborg and became the Dual UFC Women's Champion.

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