The first winner vs winner fight has been reserved. Amanda”The Lioness” Nunes is currently making the move up from the bantamweight division to take on Cristiane”Cyborg” Justino in the featherweight division at UFC 232 on December 29 at California. Oddsmakers have Cyborg opening as a -250 favorite using The Lioness coming back at +195 with this superfight from the women’s divisions.
The -260 line for Cyborg may jump at you as a bargain, as in her previous five fights in the Octagon she has been an average -1619 favorite. What I find interesting about the present odds is that Cyborg entered the struggle against Holly Holm as a -275 favorite and I think Nunes has a much greater chance to sneak the featherweight belt out of Cyborg than Holm ever did. Both have been jousting for months and now the talk ends when the two conflict later this season.
Nunes at Featherweight
Although Cyborg will be the larger woman from the Octagon when the two match, Nunes had success at featherweight in her past. She competed in the featherweight division to start her career in which she published a record of 6-1. All six successes for The Lioness from the 145-pound division came by knockout, including wins within Ediane Gomes and Julia Budd.
Nunes has her difficulties cutting the weight at 135 pounds and has seemed to be the larger woman in all of her fights at bantamweight. The Brazilian is currently riding a seven-fight winning streak and has defended her belt four times, completing her competitor three of those times, including a fifth-round TKO over Raquel Pennington in UFC 224.
How can Cyborg vs NUNES play out?
This is sure to be a standup war between both Brazilians with 17 of Cyborg’s 20 victories coming by way of T/KO and 11 of Nunes’ 16 wins coming the identical way. With two fighters coming to battle with legit knockout power, it’s tough to give the advantage one way or another. Cyborg is going to use her size and strength to try and corner Nunes and look for the finish. The Curitiba native is methodical and aggressive, landing 7.02 strikes per minute whilst protecting 70 percent of strikes against. Cyborg hasn’t suffered a loss since her very first professional fight in 2005 when she was halted by a kneebar. She’s won five consecutive UFC struggles for example defending her belt double.
Nunes’ road to victory over Cyborg can come to the mat. The Lioness averages 1.82 takedowns a 15 minutes and it is in her very best interest to steer clear of Cyborg’s power from the standup game. Two of Nunes’ four losses came by means of TKO/KO, most recently being stopped by Cat Zingano at UFC 178. The Bahia native may look for her leg kicks to slow Cyborg down and fasten the takedown where she can work her impressive floor and pound to become the first girl two-division winner.
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