There is only one more belt left for Cris Cyborg...

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...the PFL belt. If she defeats Pacheco (who defeated Kayla Harrison in her last fight), Cyborg will be the only WMMA fighter to hold titles in all major organizations - UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, Invicta FC and PFL.

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Can she do it? If so, how would this achievement affect the GWOAT discussion?
 
...the PFL belt. If she defeats Pacheco (who defeated Kayla Harrison in her last fight), Cyborg will be the only WMMA fighter to hold titles in all major organizations - UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, Invicta FC and PFL.

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Can she do it? If so, how would this achievement affect the GWOAT discussion?
She’s definitely up there in the discussion. Lifetime accomplishments, hard to argue her place in the top spot. I can see people giving a valid argument that the UFC 145 division was a joke and Nunes decimated her there, but for overall career accomplishments… definitely up there. I’d have to sift through the criteria if I were to choose between Nunes and Cris. Enjoyed watching both do their thing.
 
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...the PFL belt. If she defeats Pacheco (who defeated Kayla Harrison in her last fight), Cyborg will be the only WMMA fighter to hold titles in all major organizations - UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, Invicta FC and PFL.

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Can she do it? If so, how would this achievement affect the GWOAT discussion?
Aren't they fighting for Cyborg's belt? PFL doesn't have a FW divisional belt they just have tournament champions. They are fighting for Super Fight belts which unless they are to be defended aren't Championships.
 
Ignoring Invicta no one's done that before.
Much tougher to do for guys. I don't think Women's FW ever had enough fighters to fulfill a top 15 listing at any point in time, a fighter of Cyborg's caliber there in such a small pond would've always ruled the division for years.
 
Much tougher to do for guys. I don't think Women's FW ever had enough fighters to fulfill a top 15 listing at any point in time, a fighter of Cyborg's caliber there in such a small pond would've always ruled the division for years.
It's more about longevity and circumstance. The Gina Carano fight was 15 years ago, who else has been on top for that long? Not any generational talent. Jones comes the closest but he spent his entire career in one promotion. Cyborg wouldnt have the Bellator belt had she gotten along with Dana.
 
It's more about longevity. The Gina Carano fight was 15 years ago, who else has been on top for that long? Not any generational talent. Jones comes the closest but he spent his entire careet in one promotion. Cyborg wouldnt have the Bellator belt had she gotten along with Dana.
Competition matters a lot when it comes to longevity, vast majority of Cyborg's career she was just mauling girls without taking much damage.

It's way harder for a guy to do that because there's just more men fighting, especially when compared to 145 for women.

What she's done is still pretty impressive though, no doubt about it.
 
Cyborg has had a great career, but for me, she comes in 2nd in the GOAT talks to Amanda Nunes. Their fight was my favorite WMMA fight ever, and the way Nunes went toe to toe with the most feared woman fighter ever, and won by KO, was impressive. If they had a womans BMF belt, that fight would have been it!
 
I like Cyborg, but winning a wmma belt at 145lbs can be done in 1 fight. There's not really a division to climb through contenders, the most difficult part is finding an org with a WFW division. WMMA Goat though, tied with Nunes who never accepted the rematch.
 
Cyborg has had a great career, but for me, she comes in 2nd in the GOAT talks to Amanda Nunes. Their fight was my favorite WMMA fight ever, and the way Nunes went toe to toe with the most feared woman fighter ever, and won by KO, was impressive. If they had a womans BMF belt, that fight would have been it!
It's such a shame there was never a rematch. That fight was a shootout - it easily could've been Nunes who got KO'd because both her and Cyborg have crazy punching power.

Here's hoping Cyborg gets that PFL belt. Would be a cherry on top of her legacy. One of my favorite WMMA fighters ever
 
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