One of the most difficult moments of Cris Cyborg’s career was when the Brazilian took a post-fight shower after her 51-second knockout loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 232.
Cyborg, real name Cristiane Justino, says vivid images of the knockout kept flashing through her head every time she closed her eyes in the shower, and that she found herself in an internal battle for an entire week following the fight. “One side says something, the other side says something else,” Cyborg said.
“The worst thing there is after you lose a fight is to take a shower,” she told MMA Fighting in a recent interview.