Cris Cyborg
"Cyborg"
Cuts the cage, changes levels, drowns opponents in control time.
Fight Plan: Cris Cyborg
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Aggression can lead to defensive lapses against high-level counter strikers
- History of being wild in exchanges when rocked, leaving her open to follow-up shots
- Drill takedown defense and cage-wall scrambles
- Constant lateral movement to break their rhythm
- Stack southpaw sparring partners in camp
- Underhook battles and posture work off the back
Fighter fingerprint
Six-axis profile — the shape tells you the style at a glance.
Cardio and Aggression are the standout edges; opponents should expect their game plan to lean on these.
- Aggression88
- Cardio90
- Wrestling85
- Fight IQ88
- Distance Control88
- Finishing79
Prep for camp: Cris Cyborg
Recommendations a coach can act on tomorrow — opponent tendencies, drills, and the sparring styles to stack against this fight.
- Overwhelms opponents early with high-volume power strikes and constant forward pressure
- Utilizes a stiff jab to set up heavy right crosses and overhand shots
- Forces fights into the clinch against the fence to deploy devastating knees and short elbows
- Drill reactive sprawls — bait the shot off your right hand
- Pad work on cutting their right-side cage exits
- Match their pace through round 2, then turn the screws in 3
- Win exchanges with volume, not single shots — they walk through power
- Posture and frame drills off bottom — never give up the back
- Southpaw pressure striker
- Chain-wrestling D1 partner
- High-output kickboxer with heavy leg kicks
- Black-belt grappler comfortable on bottom
See it on film
Every read above should be verifiable. Jump straight to the footage on the platforms that host it legally — official channels first, archive sites second.
Entries, cage control, scrambles, submissions
Last 3 performances, full rounds and post-fight breakdowns
Coaches: official clip embeds per fighter are coming next — for now, deep links open searches pre-filtered to Cris Cyborg.
How Cris has changed
Trend lines across the last three years of tape.
Synthesized from recent fight tape · refresh to recompute
Stylistic neighbors
Closest matches across attributes, finish profile, and discipline — useful for sparring partner selection.
Status / Injuries
No recent documented injuries
Checked 6/21/2026
Recent Form
- W2023-10-07vs Cat ZinganoKO/TKO · R1 · Bellator 300
- W2022-04-23vs Arlene BlencoweU Dec · R5 · Bellator 279
- W2021-11-12vs Sinead KavanaghKO/TKO · R1 · Bellator 271
- W2021-05-21vs Leslie SmithKO/TKO · R5 · Bellator 259
- W2020-10-15vs Arlene BlencoweSub · R2 · Bellator 249
Availability
Scheduled to fight Larissa Pacheco
Attribute Profile
Scouting Summary
Cris Cyborg is one of the most dominant female fighters in history, characterized by relentless Muay Thai-based aggression and world-class power. She excels at forcing opponents into high-intensity brawls where her superior strength and volume overwhelm the competition. While maturing into a more patient striker in her later career, her primary threat remains her ability to finish the fight in any position through sheer physical force.
Primary source ↗Tendencies
- Overwhelms opponents early with high-volume power strikes and constant forward pressure
- Utilizes a stiff jab to set up heavy right crosses and overhand shots
- Forces fights into the clinch against the fence to deploy devastating knees and short elbows
- Masterful at cutting off the cage to prevent opponents from resetting or escaping her power
Signature Moves
- Muay Thai Plum
- Thai Knees in the clinch
- Overhand Right
- Ground and Pound
Weaknesses
- Aggression can lead to defensive lapses against high-level counter strikers
- History of being wild in exchanges when rocked, leaving her open to follow-up shots