MMA/UFC Breaking News: Long-awaited superfight Cyborg vs. Nunes set at UFC 232 Dec 29

[Thrilla]

Cris “Cyborg” Justino will put her 145-pound featherweight title on the line against bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes at UFC 232 in Las Vegas on Dec. 29, UFC president Dana White confirmed to multiple media outlets Wednesday.

The matchup will be the first champion-versus-champion bout between women in UFC history and will take place at T-Mobile Arena.

Cyborg (20-1, one no-contest) will be aiming for her third straight title defense. She claimed the belt against Tonya Evinger at UFC 214 in July 2017 before beating Holly Holm (UFC 219, December 2017) and Yana Kunitskaya (UFC 222, March 2018) in her past two fights.

Nunes (16-4), meanwhile, has won seven straight fights, including three defenses of her title. She earned the belt by beating Miesha Tate at UFC 200 in July 2016 and has since beat Ronda Rousey (UFC 207, December 2016), Valentina Shevchenko (UFC 215, September 2017) and Raquel Pennington (UFC 224, May 2018).


“You called me out. You picked the date. See you Dec 29th,” Cyborg tweeted.

Both Cyborg and Nunes hail from Brazil.

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[Thrilla]

An extremely compelling bout.

[Kermit]

Cyborg will smoke Nunes and then go play touch butt with Rousey in the WWF.

[BigBusiness]

Good night my sbr friends

Big Business signing off. See you tomorrow!

[Hugo de Naranja]

Best women's fight that can be made right now. Hopefully both Cyborg and Nunes make it to fight night.

[Kermit]

Best women's fight that can be made right now. Hopefully both Cyborg and Nunes make it to fight night.

Yeah, really. Who knows what can happen in the next few months. We know that Nunes is a carpet muncher, and I don't know if Cyborg has a man hitting it or not, so at least neither one will get knocked up.

[GunShard]

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Ariel Helwani speaks with UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg about her super fight against women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes at UFC 232 in Las Vegas. Cyborg discusses her training with Valentina Shevchenko, who has fought Nunes twice, and her current contract situation with the UFC.

[jjgold]

Nunes will get buried

Mismatch

[SharpAngles]

Nunes is in over her head here. Cyborg will drag her into deep water and smash her with some ground n pound rather easily. -250 is pawning grandmas jewelry territory. Got to be at least -300 by fight night.

[Thrilla]

Amanda Nunes tells Brett Okamoto about how she recently got engaged to Nina Ansaroff and how she prepares to fight Cris Cyborg at UFC 232 and how she expects the fight to go.

[Thrilla]

Uncle Chael addressing Cyborg's weaknesses after the Kunitskaya fight.

[MUHerd37]

Cyborg should win pretty easily. Kinda excited to see it.

[Thrilla]

Cyborg will smoke Nunes and then go play touch butt with Rousey in the WWF.

But Kermster you ended up betting Nunes?

[Thrilla]

Nunes will get buried

Mismatch

[sourtwist]

Pussy

[cincinnatikid513]

[kingdom]

i love nunes. like a 30 yr old kid that just loves to fight. i can't bet on her or joanna cause my fandom gets in the way. i used to think joanna could whoop anyone her size. i was wrong twice.