Cris Cyborg Makes Case as WMMA’s Undisputed GOAT While Offering to Save UFC 332 with Amanda Nunes Rematch

Cris Cyborg has stepped forward with a solution for the UFC’s headliner problem at UFC 332. With reports indicating Valentina Shevchenko’s withdrawal from a rumored women’s flyweight title fight against Natalia Silva has left the Oct. 3 card in Salt Lake City without an announced main event, the former multi-promotion champion took to social media to propose a high-stakes rematch against Amanda Nunes.

“[Amanda Nunes] tired of waiting for [Kayla Harrison]? Feel like saving an UFC event?” Cyborg posted on X, tagging the promotion and her longtime rival. Nunes, who retired in 2023, had been linked to a potential return against Kayla Harrison earlier in the year before Harrison’s neck injury derailed those plans. The two last met at UFC 232 in December 2018, when Nunes scored a first-round knockout to claim Cyborg’s UFC featherweight title and become a two-division champion.

Cyborg most recently competed at PFL Tampa on Aug. 22, 2026, defeating Ketlen Vieira by unanimous decision in what was widely expected to mark the end of her mixed martial arts career. Yet the call for a Nunes rematch underscores both her enduring competitiveness and a broader argument about her place in the sport’s history.

That argument positions Cyborg as the greatest women’s MMA fighter of all time. Her professional MMA record stands at 30-2 with one no-contest. Her only losses came in her 2005 debut (a submission to Erica Paes) and the 2018 knockout against Nunes. After that second defeat, Cyborg has gone undefeated across two combat sports: 10-0 in MMA and 8-0 in professional boxing, for a combined 18-0 run. She captured the WIBA World Super Welterweight title in March 2026 with a third-round TKO of Paulina Cardona, becoming the first fighter to simultaneously hold major titles in both MMA and boxing.

The dominance stretches further back. Following her debut loss, Cyborg embarked on a 13-year stretch of 20 consecutive MMA victories, a run that established her as the pioneer and standard-bearer of women’s featherweight. She became the first woman to headline a major MMA card when she knocked out Gina Carano in the main event of a 2009 Strikeforce show. She went on to claim and defend world titles in Strikeforce, Invicta FC, the UFC, Bellator (where she was the longest-reigning and final women’s featherweight champion), and the PFL—making her the only quintuple champion in MMA history across five major promotions.

Nunes, long regarded by many as the sport’s pound-for-pound queen and a two-division UFC champion, suffered a high-profile setback of her own when Julianna Peña submitted her in the second round at UFC 269 in December 2021 to capture the bantamweight title. Nunes avenged the loss with a dominant unanimous decision in their rematch at UFC 277, but the temporary interruption in her reign highlights the rarity of sustained supremacy. Cyborg’s pre-Nunes era of near-total control, followed by another extended period of excellence after the loss—while continuing to add titles in a second sport—creates a dual legacy of dominance that few can match.

Cyborg’s finishing ability has been a constant: 21 of her 30 MMA wins have come by knockout or TKO. Her post-Nunes MMA streak includes victories over notable names such as Felicia Spencer, Julia Budd, Arlene Blencowe (twice), Leslie Smith, Sinead Kavanagh, Cat Zingano, Larissa Pacheco, Sara Collins, and Vieira. In the boxing ring she has remained perfect, blending power and technical growth into another championship résumé.

Whether the UFC answers Cyborg’s call remains to be seen. A Nunes rematch would deliver star power, history, and closure to one of women’s MMA’s defining rivalries. Regardless of the outcome of any potential booking, the numbers and the timeline make a compelling case: two distinct eras of excellence, an unmatched multi-promotion championship resume, an 18-0 combined record after her sole modern loss, and continued success across combat sports. In the conversation about the greatest women’s mixed martial artist of all time, Cris Cyborg’s body of work stands alone.