Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg returned to the boxing ring on Saturday, June 15, as the promotion struggles to find her a fight in MMA.
Cyborg took on Aria Wild at Crypto Fight Night Off-Chain 1 at Indigo at The O2 in London, England.
It marked the fourth boxing match of Cyborg’s career, and he was able to advance his record to 4-0 with a brutal second-round knockout.
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In Cyborg’s previous boxing match against Kelsey Wickstrum in January 2024, she recorded a knockout in the former.
Cyborg has said she’s looking forward to a busy year in both boxing and MMA, including a possible superfight with two-time PFL champion Larissa Pacheco later this year. He also hopes to defend his Bellator title before the end of the year.
“My next fight will be in MMA,” he said, via bloody elbow. “It’s going to be Larissa Pacheco so I’ll have to take a little break from boxing.
“It will be fireworks, it is good, we have made it possible and it will be good. I’m excited. “People are very excited about this fight, both the Brazilians and Larissa is a great fighter, the PFL champion, so we are very excited and it will be a great fight.”
Cyborg (27-2 1 NC) is on a 7-fight winning streak in MMA, with four TKOs and one submission during his career.
