Cris Cyborg Addresses UFC 232 Loss to Amanda Nunes

Speaking at the post-fight press conference following UFC 232, former UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino addressed her first-round knockout loss to Amanda Nunes in the co-main event. Below are some highlights from the presser (transcript via MMAjunkie).

Cyborg on losing her first MMA fight: “In the beginning, when I did my first MMA fight, I lost my first fight. I trained for three months, six months, I think. I started training MMA. I did my first fight and I lost. After this day, I trained harder, harder, harder and I stayed 13 years undefeated. I never said I’m going to be invincible. Like, ‘I’m never going to lose,’ I never said that. I just work hard. And I did everything for this fight. I trained hard. I did everything I could. My team didn’t everything. And it happened, today is not my day, I lost. It happens (in) the fight game.”

Cyborg on what’s next for her: “You think about your loss for 24 hours and that’s it. You get back to the gym and train. I’ve had several examples in my life, several people like (Evangelista) ‘Cyborg,’ like Wanderlei (Silva), (Fabricio) Werdum. They’ve all gone through losses. And I lost my first fight. This just makes you better and better.”

Her thoughts on Amanda Nunes: “Amanda, OK, she’s won today, but she had four losses,” Cyborg said. “And then I have two losses. How she can be the greatest? And she didn’t even rematch her opponents. I can rematch her. … She has four losses – the greatest in history would be to never lose.”

Cyborg on wanting a rematch: “Of course, I can rematch any time Dana White want to put together. I love (to) fight. And this just put more fire in my heart to continue (to) fight. Of course. And Jorina Baars (who beat Cyborg in a Muay Thai match in 2014), I want to rematch, too. I always say this. When I stop fighting MMA, I want to go to muay Thai and rematch her. I never want to go step in the cage and say I want to prove something. I like to improve.”