COSTA MESA, Calif. -- For the first time in a long time, Cris Cyborg's opponent almost made it out of the first round.
Almost.
Daria Ibragimova did a decent job of pushing Cyborg against the cage and going for takedowns. But when the 10-second clack sounded, Cyborg went for broke. She crushed Ibragimova with a hard right hand and then pounced for a knockout finish at 4:58 of the first Saturday night in the main event of Invicta FC 15 at The Hangar at the Orange County Fair.
With the victory, Cyborg defended her Invicta women's featherweight title in front of a sold-out crowd of 1,504 in her adopted home of Orange County.