{"id":41383,"date":"2026-10-28T19:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T19:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Cris-Cyborg-says-Claressa-Shields-quit-MMA-because-it-was-too-hard-203394"},"modified":"2026-10-28T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T19:08:06","slug":"cris-cyborg-says-claressa-shields-quit-mma-because-it-was-too-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/cris-cyborg-says-claressa-shields-quit-mma-because-it-was-too-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Cris Cyborg says Claressa Shields quit MMA because it was ‘too hard’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Claressa had her first MMA fight in 2021.
\nShe could be a solid purple or brown belt in BJJ by now. Claressa
\nquit MMA because it was too hard and went back to boxing. Since
\nreturning to Boxing @Claressashields has only had 8 boxing
\nfights\u2026the same amount of Boxing fights I\u2019ve had while being MMA
\nWorld Champion. She picks and chooses the easiest road possible<\/p>\n

\u2014 CrisCy\u20bforg.com 19X World Champ (@criscyborg)
\nOctober 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Cris
\nCyborg<\/a> took aim at Claressa
\nShields<\/a>, accusing the boxing champion of abandoning mixed
\nmartial arts because it was too difficult.<\/p>\n

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In an Oct. 27 social media post, Cyborg questioned Shields\u2019
\nprogress in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and compared their boxing activity,
\narguing that she has pursued both sports while Shields has focused
\non boxing.<\/p>\n

Cris Cyborg criticizes Claressa Shields’ MMA departure and
\npredicts a first-round victory in a potential matchup<\/h2>\n

\u201cClaressa quit MMA because it was too hard and went back to
\nboxing,\u201d Cyborg wrote on X.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian also suggested Shields could have earned a purple or
\nbrown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu since making her MMA debut in
\n2021.<\/p>\n

Cyborg claimed Shields had competed in eight boxing bouts since
\nreturning to the sport, matching her own total while reigning as an
\nMMA world champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cClaressa quit MMA because it was too hard and went back to boxing.
\nSince returning to Boxing @Claressashields has only had 8 boxing
\nfights\u2026the same amount of Boxing fights I\u2019ve had while being MMA
\nWorld Champion,\u201d Cyborg continued. \u201cShe picks and chooses the
\neasiest road possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The feud dates back several years. Shields has claimed she got the
\nbetter of Cyborg during a 2018 sparring session, and both have
\npublicly discussed a potential boxing match. In August, Shields
\nalleged that Cyborg had turned down a $2 million offer to fight at
\n154 pounds. The two have yet to meet in a professional contest.<\/p>\n

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I would beat Claressa
\nShields<\/a> in MMA without throwing a punch. 145lbs Vs 175lbs and
\nshe still loses in the first round \ud83e\udd4b It would be ugly. She might
\nnever fight again.<\/p>\n

\u2014 CrisCy\u20bforg.com 19X World Champ (@criscyborg)
\nOctober 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Claressa had her first MMA fight in 2021. She could be a solid purple or brown belt in BJJ by now. Claressa quit MMA because it was too hard and went back to boxing. Since returning to Boxing @Claressashields has only had 8 boxing fights\u2026the same amount of Boxing fights I\u2019ve had while being MMA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}