Cyborg defended his belt at UFC 222 (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC)
The Russian It's Kunitskaya Well, she tried, but the world of MMA still doesn't know of an athlete capable of stopping Chris Cyborg. In the main fight of UFC 222, an event held this Saturday (03), in Las Vegas (USA), the Brazilian showed why she is the greatest fighter of all time. She needed just over three minutes to knock out her rival and defend the women's featherweight (65,7 kg) belt for the second time. At the end of the dispute, the woman from Paraná sent a message to her compatriot Amanda nunes, champion of the bantamweight division (up to 61,2 kg.), who had challenged her on social media.
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'I want to face Amanda nunes in my next fight. It's Brazilian against Brazilian. It's sad, but she asked and I'm ready to face her.', stated Cris still in the octagon.
In addition to Cyborg, the UFC 222 fight program brought three more representatives from the country into action: on the preliminary card, Peter Munhoz was surpassed by John Dodson, while the Brazilian-American Mackenzie dern derrotou Ashley yoder in the decision. In the main portion, Ketlen Scallop passed by Zingano cat and came close to the Ultimate bantamweight division belt.
Cyborg runs over Kunitskaya
Cyborg needed just two seconds to land the first left and right combination and rock Kunitskaya. The Russian felt and desperately sought the takedown. Cyborg was on the bottom on the ground and the challenger tried to dominate his back on the fence. However, much stronger, the Brazilian came out of the pressure very calmly. As soon as he escaped the clinch game, Cris went to end the dispute. She combined a series of strikes that knocked Kunitskaya down. Already on top on the ground, the champion only needed a few more punches to reach the technical knockout after 3m25s of the fight.
UFC 222 results
MAIN CARD
Feather weight: Chris Cyborg derrotou It's Kunitskaya by technical knockout at 3m25s of R1
Feather weight: Brian ortega derrotou Frankie Edgar by knockout at 4m44s of R1
Bantamweight: Sean O'Malley defeated Andre Soukhamthath via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-28)
Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski derrotou Stefan struve in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Bantamweight: Ketlen Scallop derrotou Zingano cat in the judges' split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Straw weight: Mackenzie dern derrotou Ashley yoder in the judges' split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Lightweight: Alexander Hernandez derrotou Beneil Dariush by knockout 42s into R1
Bantamweight: John Dodson derrotou Peter Munhoz in the judges' split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Middleweight: CB Dollaway defeated Hector Lombard due to disqualification 5m from R1
Welterweight: Zak Ottow defeated Mike pyle by technical knockout at 2m34s of R1
Bantamweight: cody stmann derrotou Bryan caraway in the judges' split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Light heavyweight: Jordan Johnson defeated Adam Milstead via unanimous decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
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