Top 97 Quotes & Sayings by Cris Cyborg

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Brazilian athlete Cris Cyborg.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Cristiane Justino Venâncio, known professionally by her ring name Cris Cyborg, is a Brazilian–American mixed martial artist who as of January 2021 competes in Bellator MMA, where she is the current Bellator Women's Featherweight Champion, having held the title since January 2020. She is also a former UFC, Strikeforce and Invicta FC World Featherweight Champion. She is the only MMA fighter in history, male or female, to become a Grand Slam Champion, holding world championships across four major mixed martial arts promotions. Cyborg is widely regarded as one of the greatest female mixed martial artists of all time.

Brazilian - Athlete | Born: July 9, 1985

Source: Wikipedia

I had trouble making weight before in my career.

Cris Cyborg

I like to compete in everything - I like to compete in jiu-jitsu, I like to compete in wrestling and Muay Thai, and if I have a chance to compete in boxing one day, why not?

Cris Cyborg

If you have the belt, you have to fight anyone.

Cris Cyborg

Tito Ortiz and I, in that short time that we worked together, we created a very nice connection. We became a family. I learned many things from him as he must also have learned from me. We talked as friends, and a good friend always wants your best.

Cris Cyborg

I always admired Dana White as a great businessman that always believed in MMA and helped our sport to grow around the world.

Cris Cyborg

Nothing is impossible for God.

Cris Cyborg

A fighter has to be prepared for anyone, to train every day. That's what I learned at Chute Boxe.

Cris Cyborg

Who inside MMA that's a champion goes to fight Muay Thai? Nobody. But I love competing.

Cris Cyborg

I love training - I train a lot - but for 140, it's worse. You have to run every day. I ran six miles in the morning, six miles at night and train MMA and other arts, too. It's a lot of work, a lot of work.

Cris Cyborg

I think it would be the biggest fight ever. Me and Ronda Rousey. Everybody wanna watch.

Cris Cyborg

I love to fight. Keeping me at home without a fight is the same to offer candy to a kid and then take it away. That's why I'm always competing in other martial arts. That keeps me motivated to train and helps me learn even more.

Cris Cyborg

I want to make super fun fights for all my fans so people will remember me.

Cris Cyborg

I think when you lose the fight, it's not the end of the world. You can keep training and catch up and try again better, you know?

Cris Cyborg

I never say bad things about my opponent.

Cris Cyborg

I'm open for big fights, and it would be my dream to make my division in the UFC.

Cris Cyborg

I have a dream fight - boxing fight - and I am for sure gonna fight a boxing fight.

Cris Cyborg

Losing a fight, winning - it happens.

Cris Cyborg

If I make 140, I sacrifice a lot of things in my life: my diet, my training, my thyroid. It's insane to make 140.

Cris Cyborg

I think I did a lot for my division. My division is my story.

Cris Cyborg

Sometimes people fight with injuries and nobody knows, so it's important for the fans to see what we do to - for everything.

Cris Cyborg

I have jiu-jitsu, wrestling... I like to do everything, especially knocking people out. People like fights like that.

Cris Cyborg

Everyone's style is different, but I have a lot of things in my game the people don't know.

Cris Cyborg

Both fighters can't win in this sport, so you have to leave it in God's hands. Losing is not the end of the world. Losing is natural; the better-prepared athlete will win.

Cris Cyborg

Love me or hate me, it's all in my favor. If you love me, I'll always be in your heart. If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind.

Cris Cyborg

I believe that some athletes have fear, but you have to work on that. Athletes can't have fear. Fear of what? Fear of losing? Everybody loses one day.

Cris Cyborg

Everybody has a game plan, but the plan changes after the first punch.

Cris Cyborg

I'm always prepared for five, six rounds. I train hard. Sometimes it's over quickly, but you have to be prepared for every round, always respecting your opponent.

Cris Cyborg

Not a lot of girls can KO fighters. I KO all the girls.

Cris Cyborg

I train everything: I train wrestling; I train jiu-jitsu. I like to suplex people. I like ground-and-pound, but in my fight, I never have the opportunity.

Cris Cyborg

I think each fight is a challenge for me.

Cris Cyborg

I've already overcome a lot of things in my career, and if I don't fight in the UFC anymore, for sure I'm gonna find other ways to keep growing my legacy.

Cris Cyborg

I think when you train in just one sport separately, you learn more.

Cris Cyborg

Who's the best MMA fighter of all times? I always left that for fans to decide.

Cris Cyborg

I never choose my opponents.

Cris Cyborg

I love my job. I love to fight, and I love to compete.

Cris Cyborg

I fight the same as a man. I train the same as a man. I think this is different from other girls.

Cris Cyborg

Trash talk is not my thing. I believe I have other weapons to make a fight get booked.

Cris Cyborg

I'm the world champ at 145. Why do I have to go down a division? Of course I want to make the fights nice for the fans, but I don't want to do something to make my life terrible.

Cris Cyborg

I feel great at 145. This is my division. I'm open to fight anybody.

Cris Cyborg

I love to fight, but it's not just about the fight. You have to be healthy.

Cris Cyborg

I'm a woman, but I want to fight the same as a man.

Cris Cyborg

I'm a two-time world champion in jiu-jitsu. I can try to submit you.

Cris Cyborg

I like training hard. I like to punch the face. I like getting punched in the face.

Cris Cyborg

Man, I got to say I love my haters because they challenge myself... it challenges me. It challenges me to be better. It challenges me to show who I am and that I deserve to be who I am.

Cris Cyborg

Beauty doesn't win a fight.

Cris Cyborg

I'm a big fan of Wanderlei Silva; he's a big international idol.

Cris Cyborg

I really want to fight Ronda. The problem is, I can't drop to 135.

Cris Cyborg

I believe I deserve to be respected as an athlete because I'm a pioneer in this sport.

Cris Cyborg

My job is fighting.

Cris Cyborg

I fight for the women. I try to do my best inside the Octagon to fight like a man; then, people will respect girls in the Octagon.

Cris Cyborg

A champion must be ready at all times.

Cris Cyborg

I never hated Ronda. She's always talked about me; she did that to promote herself because when she started, nobody knew her, and she talked about me for people to know who she is. And she opened the doors for women's MMA.

Cris Cyborg

What wins a fight is training hard, working hard, and that's what I do: Train hard every time. Being pretty or not is not the point.

Cris Cyborg

I'm always ready for a fight.

Cris Cyborg

It's no secret that the UFC doesn't promote Brazilians.

Cris Cyborg

I'm already used to being a target, so I'm building a castle with the stones people throw at me.

Cris Cyborg

I love striking, but MMA and Muay Thai are different.

Cris Cyborg

I like to fight where people respect me.