video review : Cris Cyborg versus Leslie Smith at Bellator 259

video review : Cris Cyborg versus Leslie Smith at Bellator 259

Leslie Smith does better this time around; I’ll give her that; but still it’s not enough. As tough as she is, her opponent is simply too much. Cris Cyborg wins every round of this rematch in what seems destined to be an unanimous decision victory until Smith eventually goes down and out with just nine seconds left on the clock.

my rating : 4 of 5

2021

video review : Cris Cyborg versus Amanda Nunes at UFC 232

video review : Cris Cyborg versus Amanda Nunes at UFC 232

Declaring her “the greatest women’s mixed martial artist of all time”, as Joe Rogan does here, is a ridiculous overstatement, but you have to give Amanda Nunes a lot of credit. She knocks out Cris Cyborg; a fighter I rank above her; in less than a minute; about the same amount of time it took for her to beat “goat”-contender Ronda Rousey.

Rousey is just a tough woman though. Cris Cyborg is, from the looks of it, a virtual man, which, considering modern society’s delusional coddling of so-called transgenders, shouldn’t be regarded as an insult. That makes this Nunes victory all the more impressive, though a rematch could help remove the feeling of flukiness.

my rating : 3 of 5

2018