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Cyborg: I’m The Real 145-Pound Champion

Cris Cyborg feels that she is the true pound-for-pound best female mixed martial artist in the world, and she has the stats to back it up. Justino was in attendance during this past weekend’s (Sat. February 11, 2017) inaugural women’s featherweight title bout between Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208, and is

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Cris Cyborg feels that she is the true pound-for-pound best female mixed martial artist in the world, and she has the stats to back it up.

Justino was in attendance during this past weekend’s (Sat. February 11, 2017) inaugural women’s featherweight title bout between Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208, and is likely to challenge the new Dutch champ after her unanimous decision win over ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’.

During a recent interview with FOX Sports, Cyborg stated that regardless of who is currently holding the title at 145 pounds, mixed martial arts (MMA) fans know who the true champion of the division is:

“ESPN and FOX Sports both have me ranked No. 1 pound-for-pound in women’s mixed martial arts. I haven’t lost in 10 years,” Cyborg said. “Until someone beats me I am No. 1 in the world no matter what belt is around my waist.”

The UFC’s original plans preferred Cyborg to be a part of the inaugural 145-pound title contest this past weekend, but the Brazilian knockout artist turned the bout down on multiple occasions due to the inability to make weight on time. Now Justino finds herself in a battle with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for a potential violation.

While in attendance at the Barclays Center this past weekend and watching De Randamie take home the featherweight crown, however, Justino was not disappointed that she was cage-side rather than inside the Octagon for the historic moment; but happy that the division has finally found its way to the UFC:

“I was not ready to fight Feb.11th. Germaine is a great fighter and a win over Holly only helps increase her star power,” Cyborg said. “It wasn’t disappointing to be sitting cage side, I was excited because the UFC has made the division. I am ranked No. 1 in the world at 145-pounds and feel confident the fans know that too.”

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De Randamie took home a controversial unanimous decision win over Holm after delivering late punches after the horn that signaled the round’s end, on two separate occasions. The referee failed to deduct a point from ‘The Iron Lady’ for the late shots, and given that each judge scored the contest 48-47 for De Randamie, the contest could have arguably ended in a draw had a point been taken.

As for how Cyborg had the bout scored, she believes the judges made the right decision in giving the former muay thai champ the nod:

“I had Germaine de Randamie winning. It was a close fight but the damage done by significant strikes by de Randamie made the difference in my opinion,” Cyborg said. “Holly needed to chain her wrestling transitions better to get that takedowns.”

After the contest De Randamie claimed she will need some time off to get surgery on her injured hand before making her first title defense. Cyborg is happy to give the featherweight champ the time she needs to recover, and already has an opponent in mind that she’d like to step into the Octagon with next to keep her busy:

“I am ready to enter fight camp now. If [de Randamie] is injured and can’t fight I would like a chance to fight Megan Anderson,” Cyborg said. “She is an interim champion for the belt I own and calling out fighters in the UFC.

“It only makes sense if [de Randamie] is not ready to fight that the UFC would offer her a contract and a chance to fight me on the biggest stage, inside the UFC octagon. I think it would be a great addition to the June event in Rio if she’s ready to fight.”

When asked why she turned down the two opportunities to compete for the inaugural featherweight title before, Cyborg revealed that her body was not ready to go through another vigorous weight cut so soon once again:

“I needed to give my body time to recover from my past two weight cuts. I’ve given my body a proper off season allowing it to recover and am ready to start training camp soon,” Cyborg said.

“My USADA situation is still ongoing and at this time I have no comment, but am hopeful my lawyer and doctors will resolve this and are cooperating fully with USADA.”

“Let’s go champ,” Cyborg said.

Do you think Cyborg will win her case against USADA? Who do you think we’ll see her fight next upon her Octagon return?

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Betting Odds For UFC Fight Night 95: Cyborg Massive Favorite

UFC Fight Night 95 is here, and it goes down tonight (Saturday, September 24th) from the Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia. The UFC Fight Pass prelims begin at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT and feature three bouts, the FOX Sports 1 prelims begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 pm. PT and feature

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The main features Cris Cyborg vs. Lina Lansberg while the co-main event features Renan Barao vs. Phillipe Nover. Rounding out the main card is Roy Nelson vs. Antonio Silva, Francisco Trinaldo vs. Paul Felder, and Godofredo Pepey vs. Mike De La Torre.

Here are the full UFC Fight Night 95 betting odds courtesy of BigOnSports:

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L A Lansberg +712 vs. C Cyborg -1285

P Nover +360 vs. R Barao -455

A Silva +340 vs. R Nelson -425

P Felder +105 vs. F Trinaldo -125

E Spicely +464 vs. T Santos -602

M De La Torre +100 vs. G Pepey -120

M Prazeres +197 vs. G Burns -243

M Tanaka -103 vs. R Yahya -117

D Ortiz +160 vs. J Formiga -185

L Chagas -121 vs. E Silva +101

A Patrick +141 vs. S Ray -166

H Urbina +360 vs. V Luque -455

G Franca -139 vs. G Gillespie +119

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Quote: I’m Going To Make Cyborg Bleed

Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino is set to make her second appearance in the UFC’s Octagon, when she takes on the ‘Elbow Princess’ Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night 95. Justino (16-1) most recently saw Octagon action for the first time under the UFC banner when she dismantled Leslie Smith via round one KO at UFC 198

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Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino is set to make her second appearance in the UFC’s Octagon, when she takes on the ‘Elbow Princess’ Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night 95.

Justino (16-1) most recently saw Octagon action for the first time under the UFC banner when she dismantled Leslie Smith via round one KO at UFC 198 this past May.

Lansberg (6-1) will make her own UFC debut against arguably the most dominant women’s mixed martial artist of all time, coming off of a second round TKO win over opponent Maria Hougaard Djursaa in March.

During a recent interview with MMA Junkie, Lansberg discussed her upcoming bout with ‘Cyborg’ and credited the Brazilian for her ability to mentally break her opponents before they even step inside of the cage:

Cris Cyborg fed her fists with the brains of Leslie Smith, but they are still hungry... — Cris Cyborg fed her fists with the brains of Leslie Smith, but they are still hungry…

“It’s tough for them to find opponents for Cris, and I’ve had a lot of standup fights before, so I do understand why they chose me,” Landberg said. “Of course I was familiar with her.

I know some of the others as well, but I have been following her for years in muay Thai and in MMA. I know her well.Definitely she beats opponents before they get in the cage. When she gets in there, and you see it in her last fight against (Leslie) Smith.

You saw it from the start that she was beat waking to the cage. It’s definitely the biggest reason to why she wins all the time.”

While Lansberg may be criticized by many MMA fans for not knowing what she is getting herself into with such a tall task in her UFC debut, her track record certainly speaks volumes about her ability to stand and trade with any female combatant she is thrown in against:

“I’ve been fighting muay Thai for so many years now,” Lansberg said. “I have 85 or 90 fights, many of them in the European and world championships.

I’ve fought against (Valentina) Shevchenko, who is fighting in the UFC now. I fought her in the finals of a world championship match. I’ve done it for many years, and I’ve won several gold medals in the European championship and the world championship.

“I’ve been preparing for something like this for a long time. I’ve been traveling the world to fight before, and it’s a lot of pressure, but it’s the way I want it to be. That’s the fun part as well. The bigger, the better.”

Lansberg claims that mentally she is ‘100 percent’ ready to step inside the cage with Justino, but pities ‘Cyborg’s’ current position as the one with everything to lose but nothing to gain from this contest:

“Everything is mental 100 percent,” Lansberg said. “It’s a mental game. The technique and the physics is just a small part of it. It’s the mental gave that’s most important.

I’m comfortable with that, and I work a lot mentally right now, as well, and I have for quite a while with my coach and with a psychologist. It’s a mental game.

“I’m lucky I’m not Cris in this actually because I know the feeling when you go into a fight and you have everything to lose and nothing to win really. I wouldn’t like to be her in this fight. It’s much better to be me to be the underdog and have everything to win.”

The ‘Elbow Princess’ plans to topple ‘Cyborg’ en-route to a ‘shortcut’ to the top of the UFC, and plans on utilizing her coveted elbows to bust open the ‘beatable’ Justino in order to do so:

“I love elbows,” Lansberg said. “They make everybody bleed so much, and I love that. It will be so much fun. She’s tough, and she’s going to bleed a lot. That’s why I do it. I’m going to enjoy it, and we’re going to have a good time, me and Cris.”

“This fight is absolutely a shortcut to the top, and it’s the best way possible,” Lansberg said. “She is beatable. She has beat many good names, but also a lot of names that weren’t that good, and she’s still human.

A lot of people win all the time, but everybody is beatable.”

‘Cyborg’ and Lansberg will meet in the main event of UFC Fight Night 95 live from the Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil on September 24, 2016.

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