Cris Cyborg Reacts To Kayla Harrison’s Upset Loss At PFL 10

It didn’t take long for Cris Cyborg to react to Kayla Harrison’s first career loss. For over a year now, arguably the biggest dream match in women’s MMA has been Bellator Women’s Featherweight Champion Cris Cyborg vs. two-time P…

It didn’t take long for Cris Cyborg to react to Kayla Harrison’s first career loss. For over a year now, arguably the biggest dream match in women’s MMA has been Bellator Women’s Featherweight Champion Cris Cyborg vs. two-time PFL lightweight champion Kayla Harrison. This is not only due to the dominance both women have shown…

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Archives: UFC’s Ronda Rousey Paradox: White’s Looming Decision (2014)

Ronda Rousey has walked through every opponent placed in front of her. Is it time for UFC to finally put her to the test?
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Ronda Rousey has walked through every opponent placed in front of her. Is it time for UFC to finally put her to the test?

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Harrison To Be Cageside For Bellator 271 Cyborg Bout: “Gonna Be Fun”

Bellator 271 will have itself a special guest.

Tomorrow night, Friday, November 12, Bellator 271 will take place from the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida. If that venue sounds familiar to you, that may be because this is the same bu…

Kayla Harrison, Cris Cyborg

Bellator 271 will have itself a special guest.

Tomorrow night, Friday, November 12, Bellator 271 will take place from the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida. If that venue sounds familiar to you, that may be because this is the same building where the PFL has hosted its events. So with Cris Cyborg headlining the card, Kayla Harrison took special notice of the Bellator champ’s arrival.

“I heard someone’s coming in my backyard. I heard someone’s coming into my town…I might have to roll through, check it out, look at some future opponents,” Harrison teased on the Punchin’ In With American Top Team podcast.

Cyborg and Harrison have had exchanges in the past, including Cyborg challenging Harrison to a fight. Though Harrison has returned that interest recently, she still mostly dismisses whatever the Brazilian has to say.

“Yeah, she tries to stay relevant. I feel like any time anyone has any bit of press or anything, she chimes in and says irrelevant things,” Harrison said.

There’s one sure-fire way in life to prove that you are not all talk: show up face to face. And that is exactly what Harrison plans to do at Bellator 271, strictly as a fan, of course. Although, the back-to-back PFL lightweight champion did tease that her attendance may carry some “audience participation” of some kind.

“I’m pretty sure I’m gonna be cageside. Gonna be fun, gonna be a good time,” Harrison said with a smirk.

Kayla Harrison is currently a free agent after winning the latest PFL season. Tomorrow night, Harrison will begin to get a closer glimpse at potential opponents before making her next move.

Will you be tuning in to Bellator 271 to see what might unfold with Kayla Harrison in attendance for Cris Cyborg’s main event?

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Cyborg: There Is No Such Thing As A WMMA GOAT

Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg does not consider herself the greatest of all time in large part because she does not believe such a thing even exists. Cris Cyborg’s run of going on a 13-year winning streak is one the most respected…

Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg does not consider herself the greatest of all time in large part because she does not believe such a thing even exists. Cris Cyborg’s run of going on a 13-year winning streak is one the most respected feats in MMA history. It is this streak that made her the […]

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[ARCHIVES] Scott Coker Wants “Female Tyson” Cyborg vs. Nunes 2

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On this day one year ago, Bellator President Scott Coker expressed his desire to see his pick for the WMMA GOAT, Cris Cyborg, face Amanda Nunes in a rematch of their 2019 bout. The following article is presented to you in its or…

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On this day one year ago, Bellator President Scott Coker expressed his desire to see his pick for the WMMA GOAT, Cris Cyborg, face Amanda Nunes in a rematch of their 2019 bout. The following article is presented to you in its original, unaltered form, courtesy of the MMA News Archives.

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Bellator President Scott Coker would love for Cris Cyborg to have a rematch against Amanda Nunes to prove who is the greatest female mixed martial artist of all time.

Tonight, “Iron” Mike Tyson will be “competing” for the first time in over 15 years when he takes part in an exhibition bout against Roy Jones. Jr. And if you were to ask Bellator President Scott Coker, the “Female version of Mike Tyson” Cris Cyborg just competed last month at Bellator 249 and earned her third consecutive win and second straight finish. Scott Coker believes that Cyborg’s longevity of dominance puts her #1 on the WMMA all-time list and would love to see a particular rematch that would help validate his opinion.

“There is no denying that Cyborg is the best fighter of all time,” Coker told Combate. “She was undefeated for 13 years, who else did that? A defeat cannot define her legacy, and I, as the guy who started the first female division in MMA history, have to say this: Cyborg is the best and is still fighting at a high level, demolishing opponents in the same way that (she) demolished at the time of Strikeforce.

“Cyborg’s speed and accuracy are much better, seeing the combinations she uses is phenomenal. She is the female version of Mike Tyson and nothing is more fair than having the rematch with the only fighter who knocked her out.”

It is doubtful that a rematch between Amanda Nunes and Cyborg will happen for many reasons. For one thing, if the UFC was unable to make the rematch while the two were still in the same promotion, that should give an idea of a cross-promotional bout being made between the two. For what it’s worth, though, one-half of the promotions would happily sign off on it.

“If the UFC ever wants to do it, we’re in,” Coker said. “But my opinion is that it will never happen because they have a lot to lose. The only way for this rematch to happen is if Amanda Nunes ever becomes a free agent and Cyborg still wants this fight.

“I don’t know how many fights Amanda still has in the contract, but if she is going to depend on the UFC to release, I find it difficult. It’s sad, because this is the struggle that people want to see. If it were up to me, I would do anything to happen, but that’s not the case. I already know the answer that would come from the UFC.”

With all the loopholes and barriers between a Nunes/Cyborg rematch, the public is going to have to accept the answer provided to them on December 29, 2019, which both Nunes and the UFC believe to be a pretty definitive one.

Are you still interested in seeing a rematch between Amanda Nunes and Cris Cyborg?

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Kayla Harrison Would “Jump At The Chance” To Fight Cris Cyborg

Kayla Harrison would be thrilled to share the Octagon with WMMA legend Cris Cyborg if provided the opportunity. Kayla Harrison is coming off another dominant performance last week at Invicta FC 43 when she battered Courtney King for a TKO finish. What …

Kayla Harrison would be thrilled to share the Octagon with WMMA legend Cris Cyborg if provided the opportunity. Kayla Harrison is coming off another dominant performance last week at Invicta FC 43 when she battered Courtney King for a TKO finish. What makes this finish particularly noteworthy isn’t the promotion she was making her first […]

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