LAS VEGAS -- Cris Cyborg is headlining Invicta FC 13 on Thursday night here at The Cosmopolitan. The next most popular fighter on the card? She's the opener.
Marina Shafir is one of the most well-known athletes on the Invicta roster, but she's just 1-1 as a professional MMA fighter. Shafir is the long-time best friend of Ronda Rousey, the most famous mixed martial artist on the planet. With that has come undue expectations and a measure of fame, at least in this space.
"Yeah, it's a little weird for me," Shafir told MMAFighting.