Cris Cyborg wrote history with Gina Carano more than 15 years ago.
Very few hunters have a CV such as those of Cris Cyborg. The current PFL champion has won titles in the UFC, Bellator, StrikeForce and Invicta with its ultra-aggressive fighting style.
Cyborg shared the cage with people such as Great Amanda Nunes, Holly Holm, Larissa Pacheco, Cat Zingano and much more. The Brazilian once had a 13-Fight win-streak and was undefeated for 13 years until she met Nunes in perhaps the biggest fight in the MMA history of women at UFC 232 in 2018.
A decade before she lost to Nunes, Cyborg won her first world title against undefeated superstar (and future actress) Gina Carano in a battle that the MMA of women changed forever.
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Cris Cyborg was Gina Carano retired in the first superfight in MMA for Women
On August 15, 2009 Cyborg and the unbeaten Carano became the first women to head a large MMA event when they fought for the Strikeforce Featherweight Championship. More than 500,000 fans agreed to view the ladies' title fight on Showtime, so that ladies put MMA on the map.
Cyborg and Carano got the reception in San Jose and fought to the crowd of the crowd while they fight for five consecutive minutes.
Cyborg pushed the pace and went for two Takedowns that Carano used to get top control. Carano landed a decent soil and beech on Cyborg from the entire mountain before she left her opponent.
Carano resisted Cyborg's attacks and succeeded in landing several good shots of her own in the striking fairs.
Cyborg smothered Carano with strikes before completing a Takedown. After placing an attempt at an Americana entry on the ground, Cyborg Teed landed and landed vicious shots of the top in the last seconds of round 1.
Exactly while the buzzer sounded, the referee stopped the match with the newly crowned champion Cyborg clocks in the first round of TKO at 4:59 of round 1.
This would be the last MMA fight of Gina Carano. The selection room withdrew with a record of 7-1 to pursue a future in acting, where they rolled in Deadpool and the Mandalorian landed.
The next fight of Cris Cyborg marks a full-circle moment
Cris Cyborg has been fighting since 2005 and this weekend she will celebrate her 20th birthday as an MMA hunter.
Cyborg returns to San Jose, California, in the same place where she put Carano in Strikeforce-for a boxing match against the 4-1 precious Harris-Mcray on Saturday. Fight Night San Jose is promoted by former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez and the former StrikeForce/Bellator -Baas Scott Coker from Cyborg.
“May 17, I'm going to complete in sport for twenty years,” Cyborg told Bloody Elbow.
“I am really happy back to San Jose. San Jose was a very special place.
“It was where I fought against Gina Carano. It was my first world title. It was the first time in Women's MMA. I fought on live TV [Showtime].
“It's a great memory,” said Cyborg about beating Carano in 2009.