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Cris Cyborg

Cris Cyborg is known as a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist currently signed with the UFC. She is most famous for being the former UFC World Featherweight Champion.

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Background and Age

Cristiane Justino Venâncio was born on July 9, 1985 in Curitiba, State of Paraná, Brazil. As a young woman, she contended as a handball player before getting acquainted with mixed martial arts by Rudimar Fedrigo, the founder and head mentor of Brazil's Chute Boxe Academy. Intrigued by her quality and physicality, Fedrigo offered her a free Muay Thai class at the Chute Boxe exercise center in an offer to urge her to join the game.

Career and Net Worth

Following the termination of her agreement with Invicta Fighting Championships, Cyborg joined the Ultimate Fighting Championship in March 2015. She was triumphant in her initial two battles under the UFC, stretching out her professional record to 16-1. Cyborg accomplished a noteworthy career achievement on July 29, 2017, when she vanquished Tonya Evinger to win her first UFC title. She effectively guarded the title against Holly Holm and Yana Kunitskaya in December 2017 and March 2018. expanding her record to a noteworthy 20-1-0. Cyborg is was scheduled to confront the bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes in the first historical super fight between two female champions at UFC 232 in December 2018. Nunes shocked the world when she knocked out Cyborg to become the first female double champ.

In July 2019, the former UFC champ Cris Cyborg bounced back from a merciless knockout against Amanda Nunes to close her final contract fight on a success. Her challenger, ex-Invicta champ Felicia Spencer achieved her objective of making her adversary look human. Cyborg took care of business and verified a uniramous decision triumph against an intense Spencer, who handled her initial wrath and made due in rough waters. The ladies' featherweight fight filled in as the UFC 240 co-headliner at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Biography | Marriage, Husband and Kids

Cris Cyborg was recently married to close friend and mixed martial artist Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos. The couple met during an instructional meeting at the Chute Boxe Academy in the early stage of her career. It is unknown when they officially got married but their romantic association finished in a separation in the year 2011.

Cyborg is as of now in a longterm romantic association with Ray Elbe, a veteran Mixed Martial Arts contender and teacher. Notwithstanding his celebrated professional career, Elbe is a pioneer of mixed martial arts and Brazilian jiu-jitsu in South-East Asia. He is the originator of the Tiger Muay Thai Training Camp in Phuket, Thailand, the chief Mixed Martial Arts program in the nation.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 9 Jul, 1985
Age: 35 yrs
Occupations: Mixed martial artist
Kickboxer
Thai boxer
Citizenship: Brazil
Birth Place: Curitiba
residence: San Diego
Gender: Female
Description: Brazilian mixed martial artist
Spouse: Evangelista Santos
Net Worth 2021: 30 million
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Last Modified: Feb 19 2023
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