Cyborg vs. Holly Holm for the featherweight championship is less than two weeks away and Mike Winkeljohn is positive that Holly Holm will defeat UFC featherweight champion her first MMA loss since her professional debut when they meet.
Winkeljohn drew parallels between Cyborg and Ronda Rousey, with Holm’s devastating knockout victory over Rousey at UFC 193.
“You know what, behind the scenes when we fought Ronda we were pretty confident that we had the proper game plan to beat Ronda,” said Winkeljohn.
“Everybody thought we were crazy. Everyone thought Holly was crazy when she first fought Christy Martin back in the early days in boxing because Christy Martin knocked everyone out, and Holly made that look easy. And she had what I call that ‘Christy Martin moment’ where Christy tried to throw a punch at her, Holly slipped under and then Christy almost went through the ropes.
“Guess what? Ronda did the same thing, and it’s gonna happen in the Cris Cyborg fight, she’s gonna have that same moment.” Holm will be noticeably be smaller than the featherweight champ and according to Winkeljohn, being the bigger fighter could work against Cyborg as the fight goes on. Winkeljohn predicts that Holm would claim a late stoppage over the champion.
“Oh, Holly’s stopping Cris Cyborg probably later in the fight. You know, round four, round five she’s gonna finish the fight, shock the world again.”