Cris Cyborg details post-fight altercation with Cat Zingano at Bellator 300

Cris Cyborg has divulged details behind she and Cat Zingano’s post-fight verbal exchange at Bellator 300.

This past weekend, Cyborg handed Zingano the first defeat of her Bellator MMA run with a first-round TKO in the night’s co-main event. After the fight, Zingano and Cyborg could be seen having a verbal exchange with one another that got fairly heated. Speaking at the post-fight press conference, Cyborg claims it was Zingano’s hostility towards her afte the fight that sparked things.

“Usually, I really don’t hate my opponents,” Cyborg said.“I just said thank you to her for accepting the fight to fight each other. Then she said, ‘I don’t want to be your friend.’ She was saying something like I was a stalker, something like this.

“The reality is she started this. She started saying bad things about me, and then I don’t know the reason, she tried to make this personal, and I don’t have anything against Cat Zingano. I always promoted her the nice way. She’s the girl who beat Amanda Nunes, she was the girl who beat Miesha Tate, she’s a huge name in the sport. And I’m going to continue that. I’m not going to change what I think about her. It doesn’t matter what happened tonight.”

Leading up to the fight, Zingano did express some concern with Cyborg’s “bullying” behavior towards her. In fact, she claimed that someone actually purchased a website URL with her full fight name, changing it to an advertisement showing off Cyborg’s career accolades. Zingano said the “weird” behavior from Cyborg prompted her to consider a restraining order.

Leading up to Bellator 300, the Brazilian did not resort to trash talking, instead simply producing some pretty intense staredowns with Zingano before the fight. The victory keeps Cyborg’s Bellator record perfect, extending her current win streak to seven-straight since her last defeat to Amanda Nunes in the UFC back in 2018.