Cris Cyborg delivered a dominant victory in the cage on Friday night and provided a challenge shortly thereafter.
Cyborg stopped Leslie Smith for the second time in the main event of Bellator 259. This was a much different fight than their first meeting a little over five years ago at UFC 198 where Cyborg finished Smith in just over a minute. In her second defense of her Bellator featherweight title, the champion retained with a TKO in the final seconds of the five-round headliner.
In her post-fight interview with John McCarthy, Cyborg called for a fight with Cat Zingano and further explained her reasoning during the event’s post-fight press conference.