Yeah, it's a cool news story extolling the virtues of legitimate self-defense for women, but it doesn't change the fact that against other trained fighters (as opposed to tiny, shriveled-up Brazilian crackheads), Viana kind of sucks. Her stand-up is atrocious, getting beaten up by JJ Aldrich, who is herself more of a grappler, and making basic mistakes you wouldn't expect out of someone boxing/kickboxing after 3 months of training. And like many BJJ players nowadays, she struggles to take the opponent down to where she can actually use that ability.
All that being said, Cifers is really bad herself, and hilariously undersized to boot. Viana will obviously be a hefty favorite, ALTHOUGH it should be noted that Cifers does have some solid takedown defense and while her own stand-up is poor, it will be enough to compete with Viana, despite the massive height and reach disadvantage.
Most likely scenario? Viana turns in another underwhelming performance before winning a much closer than it should be decision or using her size and strength advantage to get a late takedown and finish. (Cifers is terrible off her back)
