Cyborg vs Evinger

Who won Cyborg vs Evinger?

Cris Cyborg beat Tonya Evinger by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC 214, on Saturday 29th July 2017 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the vacant UFC Women’s Featherweight championship.

Cyborg vs Evinger stats

Cris Cyborg stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Tonya Evinger made her way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Cris Cyborg's 7th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2016.

Cris Cyborg's UFC record stood at 6-1-0, while Tonya Evinger's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Cyborg had a massive power advantage over Evinger, boasting a 88% knock out percentage over Evinger's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Evinger had a massive advantage over Cyborg, boasting a 37% submission rate over Cyborg's 0%.

Cris Cyborg was the younger woman by 5 years, at 39 years old.

Cyborg had a height advantage of 1 inch over Evinger. Despite this, Evinger had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Cyborg's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Evinger's, having had 6 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2005, 11 months earlier than Evinger, whose first professional fight was in 2006. She had fought 13 more professional rounds, 69 to Evinger's 56.

Cyborg vs Evinger form

Cyborg had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Cat Zingano at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Arlene Blencowe at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Sinead Kavanagh at Bellator 271 on 12th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood.

Before that, she was victorious against Leslie Smith at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by knockout in the 5th round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

She had won against Arlene Blencowe at Bellator 249 on 15th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round in their Bellator Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Cyborg's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 24 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 5 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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