Cyborg vs Kunitskaya

Who won Cyborg vs Kunitskaya?

Cris Cyborg beat Yana Santos by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC 222, on Saturday 3rd March 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the vacant UFC Women’s Featherweight championship.

Cyborg vs Kunitskaya stats

Cris Cyborg stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Yana Santos made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Cris Cyborg's 7th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2016. Yana Santos marked her 11th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Cris Cyborg's UFC record stood at 6-1-0, while Yana Santos' came in at 6-5-0.

The stats suggested Cyborg had an advantage in power over Santos, with a 84% knock out percentage over Santos' 70%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a slight advantage over Cyborg, with a 10% submission rate over Cyborg's 0%.

Cris Cyborg was the older woman by 4 years, at 39 years old.

Cyborg had a height advantage of 2 inches over Santos. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Cyborg was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made her debut in 2005, 4 years earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 17 more professional rounds, 69 to Santos' 52.

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Yana Santos had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Chelsea Chandler at UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 on 10th August 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Karol Rosa at UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs. Magomedov on 1st July 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Holly Holm at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Before that, she had been defeated by Irene Aldana at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

She had beaten Ketlen Vieira at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Cyborg's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 8 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 3 years, 10 months and 19 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 17 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 10 months and 3 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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