Cris "Cyborg" Santos

                Hey, its Ariyan again! Last, week I talked about Gina Carano so this week I will write about her rival Cris Santos also known as “Cyborg”. She was born July 9, 1985 in Curitiba, Parana which is located in Brazil. Her husband is Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos, also a mixed martial artist. He is always by the cage cheering her on no matter what. Santos weighs in at 144 lbs and is 5’8”. This is considered being in the lightweight class. Her record is 10-1. This means she has won 10 of her fights and lost 1. That is a pretty good record! The style of fighting she is into is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai. She earned her purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2009. Cris fights out of San Diego, California with her team at Chute Boxe Academy.

               Santos made a name for herself in Mixed Martial Arts in 2008, against Shayna Baszler. She won in the second round by TKO. TKO means technical knockout. Cyborg was scheduled to fight a Dutch submission specialist but backed out and signed a contract with Strikeforce. Her fight against Gina Carano  took place on August 15, 2009. Santos won 4:59 of 5:00 in the first round by TKO. Santos says she thought this fight would be hard and trained five years!  Cris was stalking her in the cage when the first bell rang. Gina Carano managed to escape but Santos was right behind her throwing hit after hit. After the fight Santos hugged Carano and said it was an honor to fight her and had great respect towards her. Santos contract expired with Strickforce on June 26, 2011 but then renewed it on August 25, 2011.

                Cris states that she only trains with men because it is more comfortable for her. She says “She is afraid of hurting the women.” She inheritated her nickname from her husband. It means half human and half machine. Cris loves this name and it’s more of a last name to her.