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Midnight Mania! Cyborg goes full Breaking Bad on Nunes: ‘I am the pressure’

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It is flying a little under the radar, because we are all getting stoked for Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson 2 — a rematch five years overdue — but the UFC 232 co-main event superfight between women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes and featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is going to be fire. Cyborg will be facing an opponent with genuine knockout power, her toughest test to date. If she wins, she cements a legacy as the greatest female featherweight fighter of all time. If Nunes wins, she adds another belt to her collection and another superstar scalp to her legacy, having already choked Meisha Tate and blasted Ronda Rousey into oblivion.

Cyborg has done her homework, is confident ahead of the bout that she will give Nunes a fight the lighter fighter is not prepared for. Via MMAJunkie.com:

“I train for everything,” Cyborg said. “I have five rounds. I watched a couple fights of Amanda and I know she likes to do the pressure, but she don’t like when fighters put pressure on her. I’m the pressure. When she throws her best punch at me, I’m going to be the pressure. She’s going to feel that.”

UFC 232 goes down at the end of the year, on December 29th in Las Vegas. Who are you picking in the co-main event?

Poll

Who walks away with the featherweight belt December 29?

This poll is closed

  • 85%
    Cris Cyborg
    (1205 votes)
  • 14%
    Amanda Nunes
    (203 votes)
1408 votes total Vote Now

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