Former StrikeForce Female Champion Cris Cyborg took a moment out of her busy training schedule to speak with Aaron Tru from MMAprime.tv this week. Although the former champion has not competed in over a year, Cyborg maintained a strong training schedule the entire time and appears to be in great shape. One change Cris Cyborg has made in the past year involves her management team. Cyborg has joined former UFC Champion Tito Ortiz’ management team PrimeTime 360 and as a result, she has also been able to train with Ortiz. Tito Ortiz is known as one of the most brutal ground and pound fighters in history and he has been passing that knowledge down to his client Cris. Cyborg, a constant student of the game feels it is important to learn something new each day in practice. As Cris prepares for her April debut in Invicta, she is extremely excited for the opportunity. Invicta has a stacked 145lbs weight class and provides a solid stage for female competitors at this time. When asked if she has a chance to view the inaugural UFC women’s title fight between Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche, Cris Cyborg had nothing but compliments to give. She said that both fighters did very well and it was an exciting fight for the fans. Cris Cyborg is a true athlete and loves to compete. She is anxious to get back into the cage and to compete; regardless of winning or losing, Cris always does her best and looks for a big finish and exciting fight. Cyborg honestly loves to perform and learn about herself through competition, but remains humble. She says that you can never think you are the best and try to learn and work hard everyday. The former champion says that how she trains in the gym is how she will perform in the cage and high intensity work outs are important to that. Cris Cyborg concludes by saying that she does not need to prove anything to anyone, but for any doubters wait to see what she does in April at her Invicta debut Read more:
WAR CYBORG! But you gotta train with WANDY! Fight like Wandy and you'll smash 'em.
Love this chick. She is respectful, hard working and humble. She'd make a great UFC Champion.
Nice Tru.
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Nice Tru.
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thanks buddy hope all is well on your end.
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great to see her training with Cheeto Oritz.
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great to see her training with Cheeto Oritz.
And I think that's where Tito needs to stay, training fighters.
Tito needs to start his own camp, train/coach, and let someone else manage/promote them IMHO.
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tito is actually a pretty good coach IMO
Cris standup + tito GNP = no one can defend
good interview
Excellent interview
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tito is actually a pretty good coach IMO
I agree with that 
thanks for all the support guys
That's a nice interview - Cris back to being herself I think rather than saying things she thinks she should say.
Tru - don't spoil it by calling her champ - she doesn't hold a belt at the moment.
She left Alliance? She mentioned it was her gym before her last fight.
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FOX Force Five - That's a nice interview - Cris back to being herself I think rather than saying things she thinks she should say.
Tru - don't spoil it by calling her champ - she doesn't hold a belt at the moment.
thanks and i see your point. To me, she is the champ and I call her champ. It's like calling mike tyson champ even though he has not won a fight in ten years. She never lost the belt with a loss. LIke I said, I 100 percent see your point and don't dissagree, just giving you my reason for having said it. Tito is the people's champ....and so on.
thanks again for the nice comments and supporting cris getting back to fighting.
Now you put it like that, I see your point too.
I strongly suspect she WILL have a belt in 2 fights time anyway!
Cyborg / Marloes 2 could be very interesting.
Aaron, taking into account your friendships with both, is there anything you can share with us having been tossed around by both Ronda and Cyborg?
Maybe you can pm me if you don't want to hurt one of their feelings and have people start spreading stuff. I meant to ask you this after you posted your Ronda interview, but I got sidetracked.
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Aaron, taking into account your friendships with both, is there anything you can share with us having been tossed around by both Ronda and Cyborg?
Maybe you can pm me if you don't want to hurt one of their feelings and have people start spreading stuff. I meant to ask you this after you posted your Ronda interview, but I got sidetracked.
wow...i just wrote about 6 paragraphs over 20 minutes and hit the browser back button by mistake.
great question and I will answer again when I have a few free minutes. Thank you presenting the question in a very polite and non agressive way.