Cristiane Justino

Cristiane Justino
Cristiane Justino
Data
Fight name	Cris cyborg
size	172 cm
Weight	65 kg
nationality	Brazil
Date of birth	July 9, 1985
place of birth	Curitiba , Paraná
team	Chute Box / The Arena
Fighting style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu , Muay Thai , boxing , wrestling
MMA statistics
Victories	20th
Knockout	17th
Points	3
Defeats	2
task	1

Cristiane Justino (* 9 July 1985 in Curitiba as Cristiane Justino Venancio ; nickname Cyborg ) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter .

Justino was a handball player and started muay thai in 2004 . Her first MMA competition was on Showfight 2 on May 17, 2005 in São Paulo , where she lost to Erica Paes in the first round. Her next fight was on November 20th at the Storm Samurai 9 event in her hometown of Curitiba. There she defeated Vanessa Porto on points. The next Storm Samurai took place on January 28, 2006, when Chris Schroeder was knocked out by technical means. At the following two Samurai Storm events in the same year , Justino also emerged victorious from the fights against Elaine Santiago and Marise Vitoria.

Justino didn't fight for a year and a half before she met Shayna Baszler on July 26, 2008 in Stockton, California at an event organized by the promoter EliteXC . She won by technical knockout in the second round. Her next fight, on October 4th, 2008, in which she defeated Yoko Takahashi on points, was one of the last events organized by EliteXC . Justino then went to Strikeforce , where she attended the Shamrock vs. Diaz won on April 11, 2009 in the main card against Hitomi Akano by TKO. At the Strikeforce event on August 15, 2009 in the HP Pavilion , her encounter with Gina Carano was the main fight of the evening. Justino defeated Carano in the first round by TKO and thereby became the first Women's Featherweight Champion of the Strikeforce . Her first title challenger was Marloes Coenen , against whom Santos was able to defend on January 30, 2010. Her next fight against Jan Finney in June also ended victorious. Her MMA record was ten wins and one loss.

After a positive doping test for Stanozolol , she was banned for one year in 2012.

Cristiane Justino was married to Evangelista Santos . The couple has been divorced since 2012.

MMA statistics

Result	Professional record	opponent	date	event	method	round	time
defeat	0-1	Erica Paes	May 17, 2005	SF - Show Fight 2	Task (kneebar)	1	1:46
victory	1-1	Vanessa Porto	November 20, 2005	SS - Storm Samurai 9	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	2-1	Chris Schroeder	January 28, 2006	SS - Storm Samurai 10	TKO (blows)	1	0:00
victory	3-1	Elaine Santiago de Lima	May 21, 2006	SS - Storm Samurai 11	TKO (task of the team)	1	2:46
victory	4-1	Marise Vitoria	November 25, 2006	SS - Storm Samurai 12	TKO (kicks)	1	1:27
victory	5-1	Shayna Baszler	July 26, 2008	EliteXC - Unfinished Business	TKO (blows)	2	2:48
victory	6-1	Yoko Takahashi	October 4, 2008	EliteXC - Heat	Point decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
victory	7-1	"Girlfight Monster" Hitomi Akano	April 11, 2009	Strikeforce - Shamrock vs. Diaz	TKO (blows)	1	0:35
victory	8-1	Gina "Conviction" Carano	August 15, 2009	Strikeforce - Carano vs. Cyborg	TKO (blows)	1	4:59
victory	9-1	Marloes "Rumina" Coenen	January 30, 2010	Strikeforce - Miami	TKO (blows)	3	3:40
victory	10-1	Jan "Cuddles" Finney	June 26, 2010	Strikeforce / M-1 Global - Fedor vs. Become	TKO (knee against body)	2	2:56
No contest	10-1-1	Hiroko Yamanaka	December 17, 2011	Strikeforce - Melendez vs. Masvidal	Reversal of the decision by the Commission * 1	1	0:16
victory	11-1-1	Fiona Muxlow	April 5, 2013	Invicta FC 5 - Penne vs. Waterson	TKO (knees and punches)	1	3:46
victory	12-1-1	Marloes "Rumina" Coenen	July 13, 2013	Invicta FC 6 - Cyborg vs. Coenen	TKO (punches and elbows)	4th	4:02
victory	13-1-1	Charmaine “Not so sweet” tweet	February 27, 2015	Invicta FC 11 - Cyborg vs. Tweet	TKO (blows)	1	0:46
victory	14-1-1	"The Immortal" Faith van Duin	July 9, 2015	Invicta FC 13 - Cyborg vs. van Duin	TKO (knee to body & punches)	1	0:45
victory	15-1-1	Daria Ibragimova	January 16, 2016	Invicta FC 15 - Cyborg vs. Ibragimova	KO (blows)	1	4:58
victory	16-1-1	"The Peacemaker" Leslie Smith	June 16, 2016	UFC 198 - Werdum vs. Miocic	TKO (blows)	1	1:21
victory	17-1-1	"The Elbow Queen" Lina Lansberg	September 24, 2016	UFC Fight Night 95 - Cyborg vs. Lansberg	TKO (blows)	2	2:29
victory	18-1-1	Tonya "Triple Threat" Evinger	29th July 2017	UFC 214 - Cormier vs. Jones 2	TKO (knee)	2	2:29
victory	19-1-1	"The Preacher's Daughter" Holly Holm	29th July 2017	UFC 219 - Cyborg vs. Spar	Point decision (unanimous)	5	5:00
victory	20-1-1	Yana "Foxy" Kunitskaya	March 3, 2018	UFC 222 - Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya	TKO (blows)	1	3:25
defeat	20-1-2	Amanda Nunes	December 29, 2018	UFC 232 - Cyborg vs. Nunes	KO (blows)	1	0:51
victory	21-1-2	Felicia Spencer	July 27, 2019	UFC 240 - Holloway vs. Edgar	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

1) Justino won the fight by TKO. After the fight, she tested positive for illegal substances, so the decision was changed to no contest.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} criscyborg.com Bio . Archived from the original on February 18, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Cristiane Justino in the Sherdog database , accessed on March 25, 2010.
3. ^ 'Cyborg' Finishes Carano in First Round . Retrieved March 25, 2010.
4. ↑ CSAC: Strikeforce champ Cris 'Cyborg' Santos tests positive for anabolic steroid MMAJunkie.com, January 6, 2012
5. ↑ Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos and Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos in divorce shocker ( Memento from February 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Official website
• Cristiane Justino in the database of Sherdog (English)