Cris Cyborg had a cool mural in her hometown of Curitiba, Brazil, even before she became the UFC featherweight champion, but the mayor has decided to take it down.
The art, located at the Afonso Botelho square, was painted right before Cyborg’s UFC 198 win over Leslie Smith in May 2016. The pay-per-view event took place at the Atletico Paranaense soccer stadium, right next to the mural.
Rafael Greca, who became mayor of Curitiba in January 2017, has decided that it was time to remove the mural.
Greca believes that a piece of white marble shouldn’t be painted, and said the monument has been “restored.