Cris Cyborg
Cris ‘Cyborg’ shocked her fans when a harrowing documentary video emerged of her appearing to be in serious distress while making weight for her 140lb catchweight fight with Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night 95 in 2016.
Six days before the fight Cyborg still had to shed a staggering 25lbs to make the weight limit the UFC had controversially imposed upon her.
“It’s crazy sh*t,” Cyborg’s trainer grimly told the camera as he watched her lose the weight. “What we do is we all sit here in a room and watch a human being bring themselves close to death.”
Frankly the whole process looked inhumane and left Cyborg crying in agony as even some onlookers shed tears watching her suffer.
Cyborg did eventually make weight for the fight and the documentary gained traction with the likes of ESPN, leading to a backlash against the UFC and helped pave the way for the creation of the women’s 145lb featherweight division.
