Outside Source
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship, Strikeforce, Bellator MMA and Invicta Fighting Championships beltholder has done what no one else has in mixed martial arts: win titles across five major promotions. Currently serving as PFL’s featherweight champ, she claimed that throne by trumping Larissa Pacheco in 2024 across five rounds, and defended it by mollywhopping Sara Collins at the end of 2025. At the age of 40, “Cris Cyborg” wants one more MMA match, and she has already made her thoughts known.
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The Brazilian traveled to Rio de Janeiro recently and appeared on the Wednesday edition of Combate’s “Mundo da Luta” podcast. There, the longtime veteran confirmed that 2026 would be the last year she steps into a cage or a ring as a pro. “Cris Cyborg” solidified her plan to compete just once more in MMA, and only one more time in boxing. If she had her pick for the former, she would take on undefeated wunderkind and flyweight Dakota Ditcheva, a name she called for after crushing Collins with a face crank.
“Our legacy tour started against Pacheco and then with Sara Collins,” Justino explained. “I would like to do the last one with someone that made sense, so I suggested Dakota, who is undefeated, in a catchweight. I’m much thinner, but let’s see what the PFL decides.
From Harming to Healing
“Cris Cyborg” also revealed that she intends on having one more fight as a boxer, but unlike her MMA aspirations, an opponent is not her main focus. She is aware that finding a foe is up to the promoter and sanctioning body, and she is not tied to any in particular. The Brazilian turned pro in the sweet science in 2022, and she has since racked up seven wins across her home country of Brazil, the U.S., Britain and Colombia—with the show in London an exhibition affair that should not count on her professional record. Her last five wins as a boxer have come by stoppage within three rounds.
“When I don’t have an MMA fight scheduled, I train boxing,” she further declared. “I want to compete for a belt…this year.”
Once she has wrapped up her career of violence and carnage, the woman with a 78% finish rate in MMA would like to transition to do no more harm. If she has her way, she will next fulfill a lifelong dream.
“I love animals, and I’ve always dreamed of a being a veterinarian. And this will be my 100% focus from 2027 onwards,” “Cris Cyborg” expressed.
This is far from a new development for the Brazilian, who operates what she affectionally refers to as her “mini zoo.” She recently added several more animals to her homestead, including a pair of cows named Kayla and Ronda. They join a crew not limited to a dog whose name is Chael; cats named Laila, Holly and Sugar; a pig called Manny Porkiao and a parrot with the name of Jose Aldo.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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