If all goes according to plan, Claressa Shields hopes one day to be fighting against all-time great Cris Cyborg in MMA. The highly decorated boxing champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist knows there’s a long road ahead to get to that point, but if it was up to her, Cyborg would be her ideal matchup in MMA. The possibility of a Shields-Cyborg bout did become a little more real now that the PFL, for which Shields fights in MMA, purchased Bellator, which is Cyborg’s home. “The fight that I see – it’s the scariest fight for me in MMA – would be me vs. Cris Cyborg,” Shields told MMA Junkie Radio.
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All-time boxing great Claressa Shields’ dream MMA matchup would be against another GOAT – MMA Junkie