The photos are sad: Cris Cyborg wants to be beautiful. Cyborg, as she’s best known, fully flush with makeup, a gleam in her eye desperate to not be seen as her public persona: angry, ugly, monster who kills. They aren’t just the glamour shots that most women in MMA essentially must take in order to make it in a man’s world, they’re something more. They resonate to me, crying out for people to not see her as a glorified gorilla.
I know the pundits and such, and what they say. She should embrace the “mean, ugly, unstoppable monster.” That to do so allows her to be a perfect foil for the pretty blonde haired champion (once Ronda, now Holly). It’s a trope of movies, pro wrestling, just any form of story-telling: you need the dragon so the hero can slay it and be King (or in this case, Queen).
But there’s Cyborg and it’s forced. She doesn’t want to be a sex symbol so much as I think she just doesn’t want to have play the role of modern Andre the Giant. And who can blame her? Who wants to be known to the world as … a beast?
What’s wrong if Cyborg wants to be beautiful?
Ronda gets to get painted up and be in Sports Illustrated; Holly Holm doesn’t embrace the sexuality, but everyone is comfortable with her as this All-American Girl-Next-Door type, and even Miesha Tate gets to be a sex symbol. And that’s just at 135 lbs. Paige VanZant wouldn’t have had her “very rough road to the UFC” were it not for her Lolita-reminding looks. Heck, Michelle Waterson is a great fighter and her nickname is the Karate Hottie.
Cristiane CYBORG Justino – she still had the same nickname as her former husband. Heck, I started this piece calling her Cris Cyborg because that’s – far and away – what most people know her as. But, she’s ultimately Christiane Justino. I sense this sadness in her, a desire to simply be loved for who she actually is, not for the character she’s become in public. Granted, it’s a bit tougher to be seen as a cute, cuddly, soft woman when you’re one of the most overwhelming and vicious fighters – male or female – in MMA today but still… Mark Hunt KOs everyone and we all want to give him a hug!
Those same pundits don’t have to live life as her, they get to write stories. Same with the promoters. And on some level they’re right: her best path to making the most money possible is to be the diametric opposite of Ronda (and now Holly). Embrace the public’s already formed opinion, go all the way with it, and find yourself richer than ever! That’s simple enough to say when it’s not you being called ugly; when it’s not you having your very gender questioned.
Maybe what’s saddest is that she thinks she needs to do this – and she might be right. Female MMArtists are judged on their looks as much as their skills. If Ronda Rousey had the physique of Daniel Cormier, is she making movies right now? If Gina Carano didn’t look like the girl next door, would you remember her? If she wants to make real money in MMA, she was told she had to weigh 135 lbs (because when we all know how dangerous weight cutting should be, let’s encourage someone to do more of it). But unspoken was that even if she did make weight, even if she did beat Ronda, even if she was champion, she’d still need to be pretty.
Is Cyborg attractive? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so you can judge on your own. But does she deserve to be seen on her terms? Maybe. I hope she makes her money – a lot of it. She’s a curious case of a bully inside the cage and a victim outside.
At least she knows on fight night what her role will be. After that? It’s back to being a dartboard.
She is incredibly beautiful!!!!!!!!!! I’d love to meet her.
Quit feeling sorry for Cyborg. The world isn’t against her. No one is stopping her from walking around at around 150 and making an easy weight cut. There are plenty of fighters who make weight cuts that are more than 25 lbs. I didn’t see Weidman crying about cutting 30+ lbs, I just saw him win because he cut 30+ lbs. You cant cheat the system, bitch about the system you are cheating then act like the world is out to get you because you want your own special weight class created for you at whatever is most convenient for you to cut to. Don’t even get me started on the steroids/steroid maskers or diarhetics that she has been busted for then blames on her dr’s.
Cyborg is ugly as hell. Don’t let that makeup fool you.
how is she NOT hot?
Going to rip HG a bit here…
You wanted to talk about Cyborg today because her fight was booked… great…. however, instead of actually writing an article you just repost the one you made in January.
That’s fair. I’m trying to cycle older stuff. We’ve had A TON of growth lately and sometimes this stuff gets lost in the ether.
> Nice to hear you are growing. This site is really a lot of good fun.
Very happy to see she is getting a UFC PPV fight….
Although, I am not happy they did it at 140…… I doubt she makes it.
I dont think i would fuck her….
I think i will try to pleasure her and make her feel beautiful again…
I do see that and agree. It’s sad how Joe Rogan and Dana White and others make fun of her. She has to be thick skinned to put up with the pressure. But all women, for any woman, it is a sensitive subject to be judged upon your looks and body. I don’t think it is very nice all the things people say about her in media. But anyways… that is fuel for the fire because she is a beast in the ring. Can’t wait to see her fight tomorrow. She’s looking a little smaller in mass, we’ll see if she can bring the strenght shes known for. BTW her legs are looking on point. Very feminine and sexy. Toned.
She’s gorgeous
I’d crawl over broken glass to sniff the shadow of the cock of the last guy who fucked her.
> I can honestly say I didn’t see this one coming. But: who can disagree?
I would fuck her brains out.
> I’ll put you down in the “Yes” column then.
Ah poor cyborg. I feel bad for her, she will never get a fair shake on a widespread basis. She will always be accused of steroids and always be called names because of how she looks when she is fighting.
I do hope she gets that one big money fight at some point in her career at 145. 135 isn’t ever happening unless she shaves off a bunch of muscle mass and she doesn’t want to do that.
My vision is she gets a superfight at 145 with Ronda a couple years down the road (after Ronda retires and then is lured for a one fight comeback); and one big one with Holly at 145 sometime.
I believe she deserves that one big payday. She won’t draw or be popular as a champion due to people’s perception of her looks.
> I’ll let you be beautiful you are so fine. Ill cook you the best meal after you win babe.