Cris Cyborg full Bellator 249 media day press conference
Cris Cyborg is ready to make her first Bellator featherweight title defense on Thursday night against Arlene Blencowe in the main event of Bellator 249.
The fight will be Cyborg’s second fight of 2020. Her first fight of the calendar year came back in January at Bellator 238 when she defeated Julia Budd for the title in her first fight under the Bellator banner.
Now Cyborg will look to start a dynasty within the Bellator promotion. On Tuesday, Cyborg spoke to MyMMANews and other media outlets at Bellator 249 virtual media day to discuss her fight on Thursday night.
You can see Cyborg’s full media day press conference in the video above.
The full Bellator 249 fight card is listed below:
Main Card
CBS Sports Network / DAZN
10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
Women’s Featherweight World Title Bout: Cris “Cyborg” (22-2) vs. Arlene Blencowe (13-7)
Lightweight Co-Main Event: Patricky “Pitbull” (23-9) vs. Jaleel Willis (13-2)
Bantamweight Feature Bout: Ricky Bandejas (13-4) vs. Leandro Higo (19-5)
Lightweight Feature Bout: Saad Awad (23-13) vs. Mandel Nallo (7-1)
Middleweight Bout: Curtis Millender (18-6) vs. Joe Schilling (4-6)
Heavyweight Bout: Steve Mowry (7-0) vs. Shawn Teed (6-2-1)
Middleweight Bout: Andrew Kapel (15-7) vs. Joseph Creer (7-1-1)
Welterweight Bout: Kyle Crutchmer (6-0) vs. Kemran Lachinov (9-2)
Light Heavyweight Bout: Christian Edwards (3-0) vs. Hamza Salim (5-3)
140-Pound Contract Weight Bout: Mike Kimbel (3-2) vs. Da’mon Blackshear (7-3)
Welterweight Bout: Aviv Gozali (4-0) vs. Logan Neal (1-0)
Welterweight Bout: Albert Gonzales (1-2) vs. Kastroit Xhema (3-4, 1 NC)
