Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino has punched in these GPS coordinates once before.
The reigning Bellator MMA women’s featherweight champion will defend her crown against Arlene Blencowe when their rematch headlines Bellator 279 on Saturday at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. Justino submitted the Australian with a rear-naked choke in the second round of their first encounter some 18 months ago. “Cyborg” enters the cage on the strength of a five-fight winning streak. She last appeared at Bellator 271, where she punched out Sinead Kavanagh just 92 seconds into their Nov. 12 encounter. Blencowe, meanwhile, has recorded back-to-back victories over Dayana Silva and Pam Sorensen. She has compiled an 8-4 mark across two tours in Bellator.
As Justino and Blencowe make final preparations for their five-round sequel, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
36: Years of age for Justino, who was born in Curitiba, Brazil, on July 9, 1985.
20: Justino victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 80% of her career total (25). Her list of victims includes Leslie Smith (twice), Marloes Coenen (twice), Julia Budd, Tonya Evinger and Gina Carano. Justino holds one other victory by submission and four more by decision.
11: First-round finishes on the Justino resume, including two of the sub-minute variety. She buried Charmaine Tweet with punches in 46 seconds at Invicta Fighting Championships 11 on Feb. 27, 2015 and cut down Faith McMah with a knee to the body and follow-up punches in 45 seconds at Invicta Fighting Championships 13 on July 9, 2015.
58: Rounds started by Justino as a professional mixed martial artist. She has gone the distance on four different occasions and carries a perfect 4-0 mark in those bouts.
.774: Cumulative winning percentage between the two women—Amanda Nunes and Erica Paes—who have defeated Justino. They boast a combined record of 24-7.
39: years of age for Blencowe, who was born on April 11, 1983 in Manly, Australia.
8: Blencowe wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 53% of her career total (15). Amanda Bell, Amber Leibrock and Janay Harding are among those she has victimized. Blencowe owns one other win by submission—she took care of Kenani Mangakahia with a triangle choke at a FightWorld Cup show in 2014—and six more by decision.
22: Seconds needed for Blencowe to punch out Bell at Bellator 224 on July 12, 2019. Having occurred nearly three years ago, it remains her quickest stoppage to date.
9: Consecutive calendar years in which Blencowe has fought at least once. She went 3-4 in 2013, 2-0 in 2014, 2-1 in 2015, 0-1 in 2016, 3-1 in 2017, 1-0 in 2018, 2-0 in 2019, 0-1 in 2020 and 2-0 in 2021.
93: Combined victories between the seven women—Budd (twice), Justino, Coenen, McMah, Kate Da Silva, Jessica-Rose Clark and Kyra Purcell—who have beaten Blencowe. They sport a cumulative .762 winning percentage (93-29).
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