Cris Cyborg makes one of the shortest turnarounds in her career when she puts her UFC featherweight championship on the line vs Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222 on March 3. Cyborg will enter this most important event among the greatest favorites that the UFC has seen in years.
However, once you get beyond the lopsided principal event, the remainder of the chief card is piled with tough-to-call, aggressive bouts. In the time of this writing, none of the four conflicts on the main card outside the title bout has a favorite bigger than -190.
Cris Cyborg vs Yana Kunitskaya
We watch Cyborg (-1600) because she’s made a profession from ruining her opponents. Cyborg has ever been one of the most competitive fighters in the industry but the featherweight champion has learned to harness that and become more individual. The actual meat to her match is the jab, as Cyborg will throw the jab out until an opponent feels the need to fire back — then she will counter with quick, fight-ending goals.
Cyborg is a huge fighter who owns huge power for tough clinch battles, though she is technically well served in this area too. Her natural equilibrium and core power make takedown attempts typically ineffective.
Yana Kunitskaya (+800) is an unknown to many but she’s far from a novice. The challenger has spent her whole life practicing martial arts and has a well-versed striking repertoire thanks for her extensive training in Muay Thai and taekwondo. Kunitskaya does her very best work when she can dictate the speed and distance of a fight, working from the outside with her kicks.
In terms of grappling, Kunitskaya is solid although largely relies on her sneaky strength. The technique still hasn’t caught up fully, though there have been noticeable improvements. If Kunitskaya can get top control on the floor, she moves well and has good ground and pound.
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