On Saturday night, Amanda Nunes staked her claim as the WMMA GOAT, knocking out Cris Cyborg to become the first female two-division champion in MMA history. It was a shocking performance, with Nunes stunning Cyborg early and then slumping the most dominant woman in MMA history in under a minute. Nunes knocking out Cyborg was by no means an inconceivable notion but the ease with which she did it was astonishing, even for “The Lionness.”
Cyborg has been the most feared woman in fighting for over a decade. Since losing her pro debut in 2005, the former champion had strung together 20 wins, 17 by way of stoppage, and had left a trail of broken bodies in her wake.