The #Hashtag Show welcomes Cris Cyborg to the December 24, 2014 episode.
Cris Cyborg, a mixed martial artist and former Strikeforce Women's Featherweight World Champion shares her story about what it is like to be a female MMA fighter, what inspired her to get into this field, her brutal daily training and how even someone as tough as her has been bullied by other fighters. Cris is also a big user of hashtags and listen to hear how she uses them.
Cris Cyborg
Born Cristiane Justino Venancio on July 9, 1985 is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and the former Strikeforce Women’s Featherweight World Champion and the current Invicta FC World FeatherweightChampion. Justino won the Strikeforce’s title on August 15, 2009, by defeating Gina Carano via first-round by TKO.She lives in San Diego where she trains and teaches at The Arena.
Justino is currently the #2-ranked pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com and the #1-ranked 145-pound female fighter according to the Unified Women’s MMA Rankings.
Early life
Cristiane was a national-level team handball player in Brazil before being discovered by Rudimar Fedrigo, a Chute Boxe Academy trainer.
Mixed martial arts career
Cyborg made her anticipated United States MMA debut on July 26, 2008 against Shayna Baszler at EliteXC: Unfinished Business. She won the fight by TKO in the second round.
Cristiane faced Yoko Takahashi on October 4, 2008 at EliteXC: Heat. She won the fight by unanimous decision.
Justino was scheduled to face Dutch submission specialist Marloes Coenen at XMMA 7 on February 27, 2009, but backed out of the fight after signing a new contract with Strikeforce. Justino earned a BJJ Purple Belt under her jiu-jitsu instructor Cristiano Marcello in 2009.
Strikeforce
She later signed to fight for Strikeforce, which greatly increased the chance that a fight with Gina Carano would takeplace. In her Strikeforce debut, Justino faced Hitomi Akano on April 11, 2009 at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz. Justino defeated Akano by TKO in the third round.
Before the fight with Carano, Justino was interviewed by mmaworldwide.com’s reporter Aaron Tru. When asked how long it would take to submit Carano with a choke hold, Justino choked the interviewer out cold, in a matter of seconds. Justino fought Gina Carano on August 15, 2009 at Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg for the Women’s Featherweight Championship. Justino won via TKO at 4:59 of the 5:00 first round. The card was the first time that a major promotion had featured a main event between women. After the match, Justino hugged Carano, and stated in her interview that she had the utmost respect for Carano, and that it was an honor to fight her.
Cris next defended her title against Dutch standout Marloes Coenen at a Strikeforce event on January 30, 2010. Cyborg won the fight via TKO at 3:40 of round 3.
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker stated that thenext challenger for Justino would most likely be Erin Toughill. However, Toughill later announced her intentions to leave Strikeforce and plans for the fight with Justino were cancelled.
On April 7, 2010, Coker stated that Justinowould fight again in June. She faced Jan Finney at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum and won the fight via KO in the second round. Justino’s contract with Strikeforce expired on June 26, 2011. She renewed her Strikeforce contract on August 25, 2011.
Invicta Fighting Championships
On February 15, 2013, Cyborg signed a multi-fight deal with Invicta Fighting Championships. She was scheduled to make her debut on April 5 at Invicta FC 5: Penne vs. Waterson against Ediane Gomes to determine who would move on to face Marloes Coenen.[26] However, Gomes suffered an injury and Justino instead faced Fiona Muxlow. Justino was successful in her return, winning the bout via TKO in the first round.
Justino faced Marloes Coenen in a rematch for the inaugural Invicta FC Featherweight Championship at Invicta FC 6: Coenen vs. Cyborg on July 13, 2013. Cyborg defeated Coenen by TKO in the fourth round to become the first Invicta FC featherweight champion.
Check out her website and connect with her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
Host, Laurie Paolone
Laurie Paolone is the CEO and Founder of the #1 Hashtag search engine www.HashAtIt.com. HashAtIt.com searches HASHTAGS ( # ) on today's most popular social media websites like facebook, twitter, instagram and pinterest. HASHATIT.com brings every single #Hashtag conversation to one place in REAL TIME.
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