Cris Cyborg after retaining the title: “I knew she was tough and I’ve fought her before. I know her and respect her and she’s a real fighter. I knew with her it would be a great match, because she’s capable and she’s tough.” “I was really working in sparring to keep going and going because I knew it was going to be this way. I noticed I enjoyed it a little more. It’s going to be 16 years as a professional fighter this month so I started to enjoy it in there.”
“I’ve been working on grappling my whole life but I just feel like I’m getting better and better every day. I got a black belt, but it’s like a white belt because I’m always learning.” “I’ve been doing this 16 岁月, I’ve got four titles. But before you can be a G.O.A.T. you have to fight the ‘Cat.’ So, I’d like to fight with Cat Zingano and I will ask Scott Coker. Because before you can be a G.O.A.T. you have to fight the ‘Cat.’”
“I’ve been waiting for this fight for three years now. It’s exactly how I wanted it to go. I used my wrestling and I used my jiu-jitsu. I’m a complete fighter and I’m ready for any fighter on the planet because I believe I’m the best. I knew I had lost the first round, but in the second when he was throwing all those elbows and cut me open, I’m from a poor family in Brazil and that was nothing I hadn’t seen before. I felt happy being in that cage with blood all over me.
“He ended up taking me down in the second and I went for a kimura, which is something I’m very accustomed to doing, but he reversed it but then he didn’t do anything and I hit him with a lot of strikes on bottom. A lot of elbows and strikes and I stayed very on bottom and he wasn’t doing anything. That’s why I won the second and third round.”
“I think that I deserve a title shot. I just beat three of the biggest names in the game and I just beat a former world champion. And nobody has beaten the top three guys of this world-class caliber like I have done in three consecutive wins. I’m going for that world title and that’s what’s next for me. So let’s make it fast.”
Austin Vanderford following his unanimous decision win:
“I like my fights bloody, whether it’s me or my opponent. I’ll get a scab. But hats off to Fabian who cut me up a little bit. But happy to get the win.”
“He was a big, 壮小伙. I started feeling him give me that head and arm choke. 不幸, I didn’t capitalize on it. But I knew what I was going to do. I was going to just grind it out. He’s a good striker so I had to be careful but I felt good. Wrestling … it’s my heart. I’m ready for the next step.”
Hannah Guy following her first win inside the BELLATOR cage…
“I felt like I had really good cardio, so that was awesome because I was really worried about that a little bit. I’m so thankful she took the fight and I’m so thankful BELLATOR gave me this opportunity.
“I thought I was going to finish with the triangle (呛), 老老实实. She just slipped right out of there, so that was awesome of her. Her defense was really good. I was really impressed with that. I didn’t know what her ground game was but it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be.
“Grappling is just where I want to be if you’ve seen any of my other fights. My striking has really improved a lot though so I’m hoping to change that. But grappling has always been my strong suit. I didn’t want to just depend on my grappling, but I thought I landed some shots pretty well a few times. In this fight I thought I could see when the punches were coming. And I was able to defend a little bit better and how I’ve grown. So I’m just really proud of myself right now.”
初步卡: 你阿瓦德 (24-13, 1 NC) 打败 内特·安德鲁斯 (16-4) 通过KO (罢工) 在 3:16 of round one #7-尼尔·格兰特 (6-0) 打败 #8-泰里财富 (5-1) 通过提交 (后方裸体扼流圈) 在 4:20 of round one 稻叶澄子 (2-0) 打败 Kristina Katsikis(1-2) 通过TKO (罢工) 在 3:35 第三轮 特拉维夫维多多 (6-0) 打败 Sean Felton (5-3-1) 通过提交 (脚后跟钩) 在 1:17 of round one #9-Davion富兰克林 (3-0) 打败 泰勒·金 (12-10) 并通过KO 2:02 of round one #7-利亚·麦考特 (5-1) 打败 6-Janay哈丁 (6-5) 通过提交 (三角阻气) 在 2:42 第二轮的 丹尼·萨巴特罗 (11-1) 打败 布雷特·约翰斯 (17-3) 通过一致决定 (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 亚历山大·沙比利 (20-3) 打败 #9-阿尔菲·戴维斯 (14-4) 通过一致决定 (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
CRIS CYBORG SET TO DEFEND WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST LESLIE SMITH IN A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED REMATCH
LOS ANGELES– BELLATOR MMA 已经确认了完整的战斗卡BELLATOR MMA 259: 电子人VS. Smith 2此星期五, 五月 21 在金神体育馆. The event caps off an exciting month of action for BELLATOR, and airs LIVE on SHOWTIME at9 P.M. ET /下午6时. PT.
With plans to continue her dominance over the women’s featherweight division, 克里斯机器侠(23-2, 1 NC) will put her world championship on the line against No. 4 羽量级排名莱斯利·史密斯(12-8-1) in a rematch to crown the world’s top 145-pound female athlete.
该 BELLATOR MMA 259 main card on SHOWTIME is loaded from top to bottom, including former bantamweight championDarion Caldwell(15-4)rematching别. 6 最轻量级 莱昂德罗肥后 (20-5) in a 135-pound contest, a top-five middleweight clash between the undefeated No. 3 排名 奥斯汀Vanderford (10-0) 和No. 4 排名 法比安·爱德华兹 (9-1), and a welterweight matchup that will see the streaking贾里尔·威利斯（Jaleel Willis） (14-2) face off against former LFA championMaycon Mendonca(11-4), who’ll be making his promotional debut. Capping off the main card action will be the undefeated Jackson Wink-product and No. 9 排名轻重量级 克里斯蒂安·爱德华兹 (4-0) challenging Mississippi’s本·帕里什 (4-1).
The nine-fight preliminary card has no shortage of action-packed bouts, featuring a top-10 light heavyweight matchup between No. 7 排名尼尔·格兰特(5-0)和No. 8 排名泰里财富(5-0) and the return of Israeli lightweight superstar特拉维夫维多多 (5-0), as he looks to add to his five first round finishes and record breaking 11-second submission win. 更多, the charismatic No. 8 ranked women’s flyweight瓦莱丽Loureda (3-0), 总是令人兴奋的你阿瓦德(23-13, 1 NC), 和No. 6 ranked Australian featherweightJanay哈丁 (6-4), who takes on No. 7 ranked Irish sensation利亚·麦考特(4-1). 最后, 别. 9 排名轻量级阿尔菲·戴维斯 (14-3) makes his sixth promotional appearance against BELLATOR newcomer亚历山大·沙比利 (19-3).
All prelims will stream live at5:30 P.M. 与 / 2:30 P.M. PT 在 BELLATOR MMA YouTube 频道上, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube 频道和 Pluto TV. 完整的列表如下:
