Cris Cyborg and Angela Magana involved in altercation at UFC Athlete Retreat

Cris Cyborg and Angela Magana involved in altercation at UFC Athlete Retreat

Breaking news coming from this weekend’s UFC Athlete Retreat in Las Vegas.

Top UFC women’s featherweight contender Cris Cyborg and strawweight fighter Angela Magana got in to an altercation this afternoon in Sin City, this after “Justino” confronted Angela about her various online bullying posts.

Earlier this month, after Cris Cyborg had volunteered at a Cancer hospital in Brazil, Angela Magana used one of the photos taken from the hospital visit to poke fun at Cris’ physical appearance with the following:

Only 1 day to vote on #yourmajesty poll in previous tweet. Its anonymous you pussies. Who wore it better? Please see previous tweet to vote pic.twitter.com/ivLD7HD7vk

— Angela Magana (@AngelaMagana1) April 27, 2017

Cyborg, who is no stranger to online harassment, decided to confront Magana today while outside of the fighter hotel.

BJPENN.com’s Chris Taylor recapped what all went down after speaking with witnesses who were on the scene.

According to witnesses, Cyborg confronted Magana outside the fighter hotel about her various derogatory social media posts.

— Chris Taylor (@CTaylor_96) May 21, 2017

Magana told cyborg "I can say whatever the fuck I want" and so Cyborg replied with "you have to respect me"

— Chris Taylor (@CTaylor_96) May 21, 2017

Magana responded with "I don't have to respect you. Fuck you!" And made a motion towards Cris. That is when Cyborg fired off a shot.

— Chris Taylor (@CTaylor_96) May 21, 2017

Witnesses say that the punch left Magana visibly staggered

— Chris Taylor (@CTaylor_96) May 21, 2017

No more details have emerged from today’s recent altercation but the UFC will likely be releasing a statement on the matter in the following hours.

One thing is for sure, Angela Magana will likely think twice about trying to be an online bully to Cyborg or other fighters in the future.

Stay tuned to BJPENN.com for further updates.