Cris Cyborg makes one of the shortest turnarounds in her career when she places her UFC featherweight championship on the line vs Yana Kunitskaya in UFC 222 on March 3. Cyborg will enter this most important event as one of the biggest favorites that the UFC has seen in years.
However, when you get past the lopsided main event, the remainder of the chief card is piled with tough-to-call, aggressive bouts. In the time of this writing, none of the four fights on the most important card beyond the title bout has a favorite bigger than -190.
Cris Cyborg vs Yana Kunitskaya
We watch Cyborg (-1600) because she has made a career from destroying her enemies. Cyborg has always been one of the most competitive fighters in the industry but the featherweight champion has learned to harness that and become much more patient. The actual meat to her game is the jab, as Cyborg will throw the jab out until a competitor feels the need to fire back then she’ll counter with quick, fight-ending intentions.
Cyborg is a huge fighter that owns huge power for tough clinch battles, though she is technically well served in this region as well. Her natural equilibrium and core power make takedown attempts typically unsuccessful.
Yana Kunitskaya (+800) is an unknown for many but she is far from a novice. The challenger has spent her entire life practicing martial arts and contains a well-versed striking repertoire due to her extensive training in Muay Thai and taekwondo. Kunitskaya does her best work when she can dictate the pace and distance of a fight, working from the outside with her kicks.
In terms of grappling, Kunitskaya is strong although largely depends upon her sneaky strength. The technique still hasn’t caught up fully, though there have been noticeable improvements. If Kunitskaya can get high hands on the floor, she moves well and has great ground and pound.

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