At UFC 232, Amanda Nunes authored one of the most important upsets in UFC history, knocking out Cris Cyborg in just 51 seconds to claim the featherweight title and stake her claim as the greatest female mixed martial artist of all time. But as impressive of a performance as it was from Nunes, Cyborg’s coach, Jason Parillo, says that really his pupil beat herself.
Speaking with MMAjunkie recently, Parillo said that Cyborg’s years of invincibility led her to disrespect Nunes’ power, which ultimately led to the KO.
“I saw Cris go out there and beat herself,” Parillo told recently.