The fight was for the UFC women's featherweight title with Cristiane Justino defending.
The Fight[]
The first round began. Holm in southpaw. Crowd chanting Holly resoundingly. Cyborg lands a grazing left, Holly stepping outside the lead leg, lands a nice right hook. Her angles are beautiful as is Cruz's analysis. Holly catches a high kick for a single, lets her up, lands a nice high kick, clinch. Cyborg grins at the camera. "Cyborg's just kinda hanging out there," Rogan muses. Ref wants work. Double underhooks from Holly. They break. Cyborg misses an inside kick. Holly's ass is fucking fantastic at featherweight as are her legs, Jesus.. Sorry, I'm a pervert. Holly lands a left, eats a huge counter right and backpedals frantically immediately. Holly lands a left, eats a counter left. Cyborg hunting her down, lands a partially blocked body kick. Holly respecting her power. "This is like if Lawler fought Wonderboy Thompson or some shit," my inner monologue watching this. "Holly work!" Holly lands a left, eats a counter right. They're just trading back and forth like that it seems. Holly lands a left. "Keep going!" Cyborg smiled at Holly, lands a right. Cyborg lands an inside kick. Cyborg lands a counter right. She's got Holly's exits timed. Holly lands a left and another, clinch. They seem to be evenly matched when it comes to physical strength. Cyborg knees the body. Cyborg seems a little beleaguered for the first time. Holly separates. Crowd is behind Holly. Cyborg lands a counter right. They clash heads. Clinch. Cyborg kisses Holly's forehead. They break exchanging and Cyborg rocks her with a right. Cyborg lands a body kick, blocks a high kick, misses a Superman punch and R1 ends. 10-9 Cyborg in my opinion.
R2 began, Holly's nose is significantly swelling. Holly counters a body kick with a left. Cyborg's nose is starting to bleed. Cyborg lands a right eating a counter right hook. Holly lands a left, then a right jab. Cyborg lands a leg kick and a counter right. Cyborg lands a counter right but eats a counter left. "She's having a hard time breathing out of that nose." Holly lands a right hook. Cyborg lands a big body kick. Crowd chanting Holly, Cyborg blocks a high kick. Holly lands a left and a right hook and a teep kick, Cyborg misses a right. Holly lands a right hook and they clinch, Holly gets double underhooks. They break. Cyborg seems puzzled, eats a left. Holly blocks a high kick. She lands a left, clinch. Cyborg's frustrated. Holly breaks with a right uppercut. Holly lands a left, dodges a high kick. Holly lands a left and they clinch. Rogan compliments Holly's strength. Cyborg knees the body. Cyborg shrugs at the ref. She seems a bit tired. They break, Holly lands a left. She blocks a high kick. And another. Cyborg lands a right and another. Holly lands a left and eats a body kick. Ten seconds left. Clinch. R2 ends, 10-9 Holly.
R3 began. Cyborg misses a high kick. Is apparently outlanding her throwing twice as many strikes. Cyborg lands a high kick, eats a leg kick. Cyborg lands a big right and another. Holly skipping away. "Powerfist!" Cyborg blocks a high kick and catches another, Holly stuffs a single to the clinch and they break. Holly oblique kicks the leg, lands a left. Cyborg lands a body kick. Holly lands a left, eats a hard right and three or four more and a left in a late round flurry, R3 ends, 10-9 Cyborg.
R4 began. Holly cut over the left eye. Cyborg lands a jab. And a one-two. Holly lands a nice left. Misses a high kick. Holly circling better this round as well. Cruz wants her to continue to get away from the right hand. Holly lands a left and eats a counter right. Cyborg lands a right. Cyborg lands a body kick. Holly lands a left on the end of it. Holly swelling over that left eye, lands a good right hook. Cyborg lands a flush high kick. Holly lands a right hook. Cyborg lands a right. Holly lands a body kick, eats a leg kick, lands a blocked high kick. Holly lands a jab. Holly lands a left. Cyborg blocks a high kick. Cyborg narrowly misses a high kick. "Straighten that right hand out!" Cyborg lands a body kick and an inside leg kick. "Make her go back to the fence!" Holm blocks a high kick. Cyborg lands a jab, eats a body kick. C yborg lands a right, clinch, knees the leg. Good headfighting. They break. Cyborg blocks a high kick, lands a left. Her left eye is swelling shut, she sidekicks the body and blocks a high kick. Cyborg lands a counter right. Cyborg adjusts her Reebok sports bra *shudders*. Cyborg looks like she lands an eyepoke there, Holly lands a good left. Cyborg lands a stiff jab, eats a front kick to the body. Cyborg lands a jab. Cyborg lands a right, Rogan groans sympathetically. Holly lands a right hook. Cyborg smiling, R4 ends, 10-9 Cyborg.
R5 began. Cyborg looks dissatisfied. Holly lands a body kick and a double jab. Cyborg blocks a high kick. "Watch those fingers!" Holly misses a high kick, lands a left, blocks a high kick. Much better movement this round. Cyborg lands an inside kick, Holly lands a left elbow. Clinch. Ref warns Cyborg not to grab the fence. Holm is clearly as strong as or stronger than Cyborg. Holly breaks with a right hook, eats a right and a body kick, Holly lands a right jab and a blocked high kick. Cyborg lands a body kick. Cyborg lands an inside kick and another. Holm lands a right jab. Cyborg lands a jab and a left. Holm lands a pair of hard lefts, eats a jab and a body kick. Holm lands a nice body kick, eats a jab and a right. Holm's face looks deformed. Cyborg lands a high kick. Holm lands a left. Cyborg dodges a high kick. Holm lands a hard body kick. Cyborg lands a right and another. Cyborg lands a leg kick, hunting Holm down landing a hard right. Holm lands a left and another, feints the high kick, lands the right jab and another. Crowd chanting Holly. Cyborg lands a hard counter right. Holly misses a right hook kick. Holly lands a pair of lefts and a sidekick, slips a counter right. Holly lands a right jab. And a counter left. Holly lands a left to the body then the head, eats a counter right then a hard right. Holly lands a right and a left, lands a left and a right, great combos, clinch, Cyborg knees the leg, lands a few right palm strikes, her nose is bleeding quite badly now. Holly with double underhooks. Ref wants work. Holm wearily knees the leg. Ten seconds left. Cyborg breaks kneeing the body twice. Cyborg lands a right. R5 ends, 10-9 Holm, they touch gloves and hug. 48-47 Cyborg IMO. Great fight. 49-46, 48-47 twice UD for Cyborg. Cyborg falls to her knees, bows, hugs her cornerman.