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Cris Cyborg on making 140 pounds: ‘It’s too much for my body’
- Updated: September 9, 2016
Cris Cyborg isn’t having much fun making it down to 140 pounds. The Invicta featherweight champion has already been showcased once in the UFC at 140, and will be again later this month when she takes on Lina Lansberg in the main event of a Fight Night card in Brasilia. In a Q&A with FightHub, the undefeated fighter spoke about how hard it is to make 140, and said she might only do it for superfights in the future (transcribed by MMA Fighting):
“Almost two years I’ve been doing dieting and working with George Lockhart and for me to make 140 [pounds] it’s a big challenge. I’m not 18 years old anymore. I’m 30 years old it’s really hard. I started this camp now – for 140 again – I started running and I said, ‘man, …
