Cyborg vs Kunitskaya

Who won Cyborg vs Kunitskaya?

Cris Cyborg beat Yana Santos by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC 222, on Saturday 3rd March 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the vacant UFC Women’s Featherweight championship.

Cyborg vs Kunitskaya stats

Cris Cyborg stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Yana Santos made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Cris Cyborg's UFC record stood at 6-1-0, while Yana Santos' came in at 4-5-0.

The stats suggested Cyborg had an advantage in power over Santos, with a 84% knock out percentage over Santos' 70%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a slight advantage over Cyborg, with a 10% submission rate over Cyborg's 0%.

Cris Cyborg was the older woman by 5 years, at 39 years old.

Cyborg had a height advantage of 2 inches over Santos. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Cyborg was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made her debut in 2005, 4 years earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 18 more professional rounds, 64 to Santos' 46.

Cyborg vs Kunitskaya form

Cyborg had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Sinead Kavanagh at Bellator 271 on 12th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Leslie Smith at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by knockout in the 5th round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Arlene Blencowe at Bellator 249 on 15th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she was victorious against Julia Budd at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 4th round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

She had won against Felicia Spencer at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

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Cyborg's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 30 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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