Cris Cyborg has two more MMA fights left on her ‘legacy tour’.
This weekend, the five-promotion women’s featherweight champion and one of the greatest fighters of all time will celebrate her 20th anniversary in MMA from inside the boxing ring.
That’s right, Cris Cyborg will look to improve to 7-0 as a pro boxer when she takes on the 4-1 Precious Harris-McCray at Fight Night San Jose on Saturday.
The former UFC champion hasn’t fought in MMA since dethroning PFL champion Larissa Pacheco last October—the same night Francis Ngannou made his return from boxing.
Cyborg holds an impressive MMA record of 28-2 (1 NC) with many of those championship wins.
After her upcoming boxing match, Cyborg will look to have two more MMA fights in the PFL before she calls it a career, one of which she wants against an undefeated star.
Cris Cyborg believes she’s fighting Bellator’s Sara Collins next
Earlier this week, 6-0 Bellator star Sara Collins tagged the champ Cyborg on an Instagram story, posing with the belt. Cyborg replied to Collins: “Be careful what you wish for…”
“I believe she’s gonna be my next opponent,” Cyborg confirmed to Bloody Elbow.
“She’s the next one on the line for the belt. Sara Collins, she’s the girl that beat Leah McCourt, she was the next challenger.”
Ireland’s McCourt was long thought to be the next to face Cyborg for the Bellator title but before that could happen, Collins submitted her in the first round last September.
The Australian Collins also defeated Sinead Kavanagh, who was a former title challenger of Cyborg’s in Bellator.
“I believe she’s gonna be next,” Cyborg said of Collins.
“I’m excited. I like to think about the next fight in my line. Probably after this [boxing] fight, I’m gonna have the announcement for my next MMA fight.”
Cris Cyborg is enjoying the end of her run at 39
After 40 fights across combat sports, Cyborg still enjoys the journey in her 20th year of fighting.
Cyborg has fought the likes of all-time great Amanda Nunes, Holly Holm, Gina Carano, Cat Zingano, Marloes Coenen and many more.
“I enjoy it; I believe we are in the end—the end [of] the run. So, I’m really happy.
“I’ve been telling people, my legacy tour started in my last fight when I fought Pacheco.
“I have two fights left in my MMA career. I’m really happy.”
Cris Cyborg has 17 title wins between UFC, PFL, Bellator, Strikeforce and Invicta. Only three women have gone the championship distance with the Brazilian.
Cyborg once went on a 13-fight finish streak, cementing herself as one of the most destructive fighters we’ve ever seen.