Cris “Cyborg” Justino is big.
Like, really big.
During filming for the upcoming movie Fight Valley, Cyborg squared off with UFC women’s bantamweight Miesha Tate, dwarfing her in the process.
The production posted the faceoff to their Instagram page for us to enjoy.
Tate is no small woman, either. She fights at a chiseled and fit 135 pounds, and as a professional athlete competing at the highest level, there’s no doubt she makes the average female look frail by comparison.
Cyborg is just a step above the rest.
Besides being two inches taller than Tate, Cyborg clearly has Tate out-muscled and out-bulked, a point made evident in the photo above.
The story here, of course, is the fact that Tate has openly said she’d fight Cyborg at a catchweight of 140 pounds.
Cyborg, the current Invicta FC featherweight champion, is already massive at 145 pounds, and any cut—to 140 or 135—might be too much to ask.
Of course, it’s impossible to tell from one photo from a movie set, but if this snapshot reads true, Cyborg will clearly have a rough road ahead if she ever wants a showdown with Tate or champ Ronda Rousey inside the UFC Octagon in the bantamweight division.
This on-set staredown isn’t the first time we’ve been reminded of Cyborg’s sheer size, either.
She posted a photo to her personal Instagram profile earlier this year, showing just how much work she has to do just to meet the featherweight title-fight limit of 145 pounds.
If that isn’t enough to convince you Cyborg might be a stretch to make bantamweight, UFC commentator Joe Rogan reminded us that Cyborg is a large human being this August, when he posted a photo of the Invicta FC champ posing with former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar.
In the picture, Cyborg appears to dwarf Edgar just as she did Tate, further suggesting that we might not want to hold our breath for her bantamweight debut.
What do you think? Do these photos prove anything, or are they just bad angles? Can Cyborg make 135 with proper dieting, or is her frame just too large?
Sound off below, and we’ll discuss.
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