Except the latter two have said they would move up to face the Brazilian superstar, who returns to action Saturday opposite newcomer Lina Lansberg in the main event in a fight card created to further showcase Cyborg to the UFC audience. In May she fought Leslie Smith, who at the time of their fight had a record of 8-6-1, on Saturday she will be facing Lina Lansberg who has a record of 6-1.
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The UFC now only has bantam and strawweight divisions for female athletes, and with Cyborg having to push herself to make featherweight, there hasn’t been an option for her to sign permanently with the organisation.
UFC Fight Night 95 took place inside Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil.
We could be cursing things here, but Paul Felder is never involved in boring fights.
But she’s been part of the UFC’s USADA testing pool since the 24/7/365 testing went into effect previous year, and going into Saturday’s event, she’d passed all 10 tests she’s been given. I’ve been fighting for 11 years, and I’ve had to drop a lot of weight to be able to fight in the UFC.
“I thought I would do a little better”, Lansberg said.
“I already said 135 is off the table”, Justino told ESPN earlier this month.
Lansberg has a good Muay Thai background, but she was no match for Justino in any area on Saturday.
By Tuesday of next week, fight fans will know exactly who they’ll be watching when the UFC makes its debut in New York City on November 12. Had she chosen to remain at that distance and keep brutalizing her opponent, the fight likely would’ve been over far quicker. “Fans only see the fighter inside the Octagon, they don’t see the training, the weight cut”.
“I’ve trained really hard for this fight, I always train hard but this camp I’ve trained more, because I was anxious that my weight wasn’t going down”. I want the super fights for my fans. Formiga is the best flyweight to not fight for the title against Demetrious Johnson.
I think that if the @UFC opened up more WMMA divisions the level of talent in each division would grow like it has in new men’s divisions. She needs to cut 20 lbs.to be exact. Justino was 165 pounds just four days before weigh-in and still needed to lose roughly 18 pounds when she spoke to Rolling Stone less than three days from weigh-in. “It was tough but everything worked out”, she said. I believe I’m gonna get a finish, I don’t wanna go to the judges, because I think it’s always a risk. She separates and lands some big shots which draw blood from Lansberg’s nose, and the Swede will no doubt be relieved to hear the horn for the end of the round.
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That didn’t make the performance of Cris “Cyborg” Justino any less impressive. “Usually, I weigh about 170 [pounds]”.
