Claressa Shields claims she almost introduced Cris Cyborg to tears throughout a sparring session between the 2.
Boxing’s undisputed GWOAT and the GOAT of girls’s combined martial arts went toe-to-toe behind closed doorways all the way in which again in 2018. Among the footage of their sparring session was launched on-line, however based on Shields, the video was fastidiously edited to make it appear like Cyborg was greater than holding her personal in opposition to the ‘T-Rex.’
As Shields tells it, she hopped off a aircraft, jumped within the ring, and completely embarrassed the multi-time MMA world champion. A lot in order that the Brazilian was almost in tears.
“I beat her up in sparring, you recognize that, proper? I did it getting jetlagged off a aircraft,” Shields mentioned in an in-studio interview with Ariel Helwani. “I flew from Michigan, had simply had a struggle, after which I flew to LA and sparred in opposition to Cris Cyborg.
“We had been presupposed to go six rounds. I solely kicked her ass for 4, and she or he was about to cry, so we didn’t do the final two. That’s the true deal. She was jealous, she was envious, and she or he was plotting from then.
Claressa shields accuses Cyborg of preventing ‘bums’ all through her profession
Exterior of a loss in her skilled MMA debut and a defeat to Amanda Nunes 13 years later, Cris Cyborg has remained good, profitable gold in nearly each main combined martial arts group on the planet, together with Invicta FC, Strikeforce, UFC, Bellator, and the PFL.
Extra lately, Cyborg has been testing her expertise in boxing. To this point, she’s an ideal 4-0, not together with exhibition bouts, with all of these victories coming by means of knockout. In truth, Cyborg already has extra KOs in her boxing profession than the undefeated (16-0) Shields.
“She’s preventing bums in MMA and boxing, yelling, ‘Oh, extra knockouts than Claressa!’ However she’ll by no means have the ability to get within the ring with the world champion and beat them,” Shields continued. “She’s a punk, that’s what she is. All these ladies who speak trash on-line, then see you face-to-face and don’t know what to say—punks! They swap up. I’m about that motion. If you happen to assume you’re going to bully me on-line, after I see you in particular person, I’m going to bully you!”
With Cyborg closing in on the top of her 20-year profession, might we see her step within the ring with Claressa Shields earlier than hanging up her gloves for good?
