Cyborg vs Zingano

Who won Cyborg vs Zingano?

Cris Cyborg beat Cat Zingano by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of Bellator 300, on Saturday 7th October 2023 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.

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 Bellator women’s featherweight championship.

Cyborg vs Zingano stats

Cris Cyborg stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Cat Zingano made her way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Cris Cyborg's Bellator record stood at 6-0-0, while Cat Zingano's came in at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Cyborg had a massive power advantage over Zingano, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Zingano's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zingano had a large advantage over Cyborg, boasting a 29% submission rate over Cyborg's 4%.

Cris Cyborg was the younger woman by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Cyborg had a height advantage of 2 inches over Zingano. Despite this, Zingano had 1-inch reach advantage.

Cyborg was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made her debut in 2005, 3 years earlier than Zingano, whose first professional fight was in 2008. She had fought 22 more professional rounds, 64 to Zingano's 42.

Cyborg vs Zingano 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 Arlene Blencowe at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, she had defeated 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.

Before that, she was victorious against 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.

She had won 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.

Cat Zingano had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had beaten Leah McCourt at Bellator 293 on 31st March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, United States.

Previous to that, she had defeated Pam Sorenson at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she was victorious against Gabrielle Holloway at Bellator 245 on 11th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she had won against Marion Reneau at UFC Fight Night 133 on 14th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at CenturyLink Arena, Boise.

She had lost to Ketlen Vieira at UFC 222 on 3rd March 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Cris Cyborg had been fighting more than Cat Zingano.

Going to this contest, Cris Cyborg had last fought 2 years and 2 days ago, while Cat Zingano's last outing had been 1 year and 25 days ago.

Cyborg's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 3 months, meaning she had been fighting on average every 10 months and 6 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Zingano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 22 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 25 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Cyborg vs Zingano?

Cris Cyborg was a 1/10 (-1000) favourite going into the contest, while Cat Zingano made her way into the ring at 24/5 (+480) with oddsmakers.