UFC Fight Night 95 Media Day Highlights Featuring Cris Cyborg, Lina Lansberg

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If you want to see one reason why Cris “Cyborg” Justino is a heavy betting favorite over Lina Lansberg Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 95, check out the video below when the two faced of…

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If you want to see one reason why Cris “Cyborg” Justino is a heavy betting favorite over Lina Lansberg Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 95, check out the video below when the two faced off after media day events recently in Brazil.

In the video above, you can listen in on highlights from media day with Cyborg, Lansberg and others.

Lina Lansberg On Cyborg Fight: “I Have Nothing To Lose”

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Lina Lansberg will make her Octagon debut Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 95 opposite a person many consider the greatest female MMA fighter in history.

Lansberg takes on Cris “Cyborg” Justino in a catchweight bout at 140 pounds. The fight is the main event and anchors the FOX Sports 1 telecast from Brazil. The 34-year-old nicknamed the “Elbow Princess” is 6-1 in her career with four finishes.

“It feels amazing to fight for the UFC, it is a dream coming true,” she said. “And I have nothing to lose, so it feels perfect. I don’t know how the fight will end, but I really want to fight five rounds, because I prepared myself for that. I just want to do my thing and make it hard for her.

Being not only a heavy underdog and an Octagon newcomer, Lansberg knows that the crowd will be in full-support of Cyborg, who is fighting for the second time in the UFC and in Brazil once more.

“I’m excited to fight with the crowd cheering for my opponent, I think it puts a lot of pressure on her,” Lansberg said.

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Lina Lansberg will make her Octagon debut Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 95 opposite a person many consider the greatest female MMA fighter in history.

Lansberg takes on Cris “Cyborg” Justino in a catchweight bout at 140 pounds. The fight is the main event and anchors the FOX Sports 1 telecast from Brazil. The 34-year-old nicknamed the “Elbow Princess” is 6-1 in her career with four finishes.

“It feels amazing to fight for the UFC, it is a dream coming true,” she said. “And I have nothing to lose, so it feels perfect. I don’t know how the fight will end, but I really want to fight five rounds, because I prepared myself for that. I just want to do my thing and make it hard for her.

Being not only a heavy underdog and an Octagon newcomer, Lansberg knows that the crowd will be in full-support of Cyborg, who is fighting for the second time in the UFC and in Brazil once more.

“I’m excited to fight with the crowd cheering for my opponent, I think it puts a lot of pressure on her,” Lansberg said.

Video: UFC Fight Night 95: Cyborg vs. Lansberg Weigh-In Results

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Well, it was quite the struggle, but she made it.

Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino successfully weighed in at the 141-pound limit for her catch weight fight against Lina Lansberg.

The Cyborg-Lansberg bout headlines Satur…

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Well, it was quite the struggle, but she made it.

Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino successfully weighed in at the 141-pound limit for her catch weight fight against Lina Lansberg.

The Cyborg-Lansberg bout headlines Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 95 event in Brasilia, Brazil. The show will air live via FOX Sports 1.

Below are complete results from the official UFN 95 weigh-ins:

Main Card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
Cris Cyborg (141) vs. Lina Lansberg (140)
Renan Barao (146) vs. Phillipe Nover (146)
Roy Nelson (258) vs. Antonio Silva (265)
Francisco Trinaldo (155) vs. Paul Felder (155)
Thiago Santos (186) vs. Eric Spicely (185)
Godofredo Pepey (146) vs. Mike De La Torre (146)

Undercard (FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET)
Gilbert Burns (156) vs. Michel Prazeres (158*) (Prazeres will be docked 20 percent of purse)
Rani Yahya (136) vs. Michinori Tanaka (135)
Jussier Formiga (126) vs. Dustin Ortiz (124)
Erick Silva (171) vs. Luan Chagas (171)

Undercard (UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET)
Alan Patrick (156) vs. Stevie Ray (156)
Vicente Luque (171) vs. Hector Urbina (170)
Glaico Franca (156) vs. Gregor Gillespie (156)

H/T: MMAFighting.com

Cyborg’s Opponent Won’t Fight Her If She Misses Weight

With two days left before this weekend’s (Sat., September 24, 2016) UFC Fight Night 95 from Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil, most of the news on the Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino vs. Lina Lansberg main event has centered on ‘Cyborg’s’ brutal weight cut in order to make 140 pounds. The former Strikeforce and current Invicta champion

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With two days left before this weekend’s (Sat., September 24, 2016) UFC Fight Night 95 from Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil, most of the news on the Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino vs. Lina Lansberg main event has centered on ‘Cyborg’s’ brutal weight cut in order to make 140 pounds.

The former Strikeforce and current Invicta champion has long been faced with pressure to cut down to bantamweight in order to fight Ronda Rousey, but if she can’t even make 140 to face Lansberg Saturday, then the fight may not happen at all. Speaking during today’s media day for the card (via MMA Junkie), Lansberg didn’t have much sympathy for her dominant opponent:

“We are both professionals and we have signed a contract at 140 pounds. And she has already been given 140 instead of 135, and we all have to remember the UFC weight is 135, and she’s the only one fighting above it. I’m fighting at 135 as well, and the contract is 140, so I do expect her to make weight, and I’ll fight at 140 and nothing else.”

As for her own weight cut, Lansberg, who usually fights at ‘Cyborg’s’ usual home of 145 pounds as well, said it was going “perfect” and focused on the fact she could still eat during the week, something Justino probably wasn’t able to do much of. she even ran into ‘Cyborg’ on the way to get some snacks:

“I was on my way there to buy some fruits and goodies – that I still can eat. And we crossed her way. She was running in her sweatsuit. Yeah, I know the feeling, but we’ve known for months, so it’s her responsibility.”

Justino supposedly had 24 pounds to cut early in the week, meaning things most likely aren’t all that pleasant for her as she attempts to make a second straight draining cut to 140 after her first well-documented dilemma with the scales for her UFC debut at UFC 198 in May.

She’s criticized her famed nutritionist George Lockhart for telling her to take birth control pills during this cut, but no matter what the reasons she’s so far over, it looks like it could cost her a second UFC fight – and this time a headliner – if she doesn’t make the weight.

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Video: Tyron Woodley Breaks Down Cyborg-Lansberg, Barao-Nover Ahead Of UFN 95

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During the official UFC Fight Night 94 post-fight show on FOX Sports 1 on Saturday evening, the FS1 crew looked ahead to next Saturday’s UFC event in Brazil.

Headlined by Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino vs. Lina Lansberg in Cyborg’s home country, UFC Fight Night 95 is scheduled to take place from Brasilia, Brazil.

The FS1 crew, which consisted of Karyn Bryant, Dan Hardy and UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley, examined the Cyborg-Lansberg fight, as well as the co-main event featuring former Brazilian UFC Champion Renan Barao against TUF veteran Phillipe Nover.

Watch Bryant, Hardy and Woodley take a closer look at the main and co-main events for next weekend’s UFN 95 event via the video embedded above.

UFC Fight Night 95 takes place live, Saturday, September 24, 2016 from Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil.

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https://youtu.be/SUH03oa9eRk

During the official UFC Fight Night 94 post-fight show on FOX Sports 1 on Saturday evening, the FS1 crew looked ahead to next Saturday’s UFC event in Brazil.

Headlined by Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino vs. Lina Lansberg in Cyborg’s home country, UFC Fight Night 95 is scheduled to take place from Brasilia, Brazil.

The FS1 crew, which consisted of Karyn Bryant, Dan Hardy and UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley, examined the Cyborg-Lansberg fight, as well as the co-main event featuring former Brazilian UFC Champion Renan Barao against TUF veteran Phillipe Nover.

Watch Bryant, Hardy and Woodley take a closer look at the main and co-main events for next weekend’s UFN 95 event via the video embedded above.

UFC Fight Night 95 takes place live, Saturday, September 24, 2016 from Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil.

Video: Lina Lansberg vs. Emma Delaney From Cage Warriors 66 (Full Fight)

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Ahead of her biggest MMA assignment to date — a UFC Fight Night main event bout against Invicta FC Featherweight Champion and rising UFC contender Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, Lina Lansberg is featured in UFC’s latest “U…

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Ahead of her biggest MMA assignment to date — a UFC Fight Night main event bout against Invicta FC Featherweight Champion and rising UFC contender Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, Lina Lansberg is featured in UFC’s latest “UFC Free Fight.”

Featured above, courtesy of the UFC’s official YouTube channel, is the full fight between Lina Lansberg and Emma Delaney from the Cage Warriors (CWFC) 66 event, which saw Lansberg secure the submission victory.

Lansberg takes on dangerous women’s champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino in her home country of Brazil when UFC Fight Night 95 takes place next Saturday, September 24th, from Brasilia, Brazil. The show is scheduled to air live on FOX Sports 1 (FS1).