Bellator 271: Cyborg vs. Kavanagh was a

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event produced by

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that took place on November 12, 2021, at the

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The event was headlined by

Cris Cyborg Cristiane Justino Venâncio (born July 9, 1985), known professionally as Cris Cyborg and formerly by her married name Cristiane Santos, is a Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist and Professional boxing, professional boxer who com ...

who faced off against

Sinead Kavanagh Sinead Kavanagh is an Irish female mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Bellator MMA. Fight Matrix had her ranked at #10 in Women's Featherweight from April 2021 till July 2021, and March 2022. She is currently r ...

for the

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. Cyborg completed her third successful title defense since coming over from the

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in 2019. The 36-year-old captured the championship in her first promotional appearance when she stopped

Julia Budd Julia Budd (born July 4, 1983) is a Canadian mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and Kickboxing, kickboxer competing in the Featherweight (MMA), featherweight division. She was the first List of Bellator MMA champions#Women's Featherweight ...

in the fourth round at Bellator 238 in January 2020. Since then, Cyborg has gone on to earn stoppage wins over Arlene Biencowe and Leslie Smith. Kavanagh got her first shot at Bellator gold in her ninth promotional appearance. The SBG Ireland featherweight entered the bout on back-to-back victories — a unanimous decision win over

Katharina Lehner Katharina Lehner (born April 9, 1990) is a German mixed martial artist who competes in the women's Bantamweight (MMA), Bantamweight division. She has also previously fought in Bellator MMA and Invicta FC. She fought Sarah Kaufman (fighter), Sarah ...

at Bellator Euro Series 9 in October, and a second-round TKO of Olga Rubin at Bellator 234. A heavyweight bout between #6 ranked Steve Mowry and promotional newcomer Rakim Cleveland was also scheduled for this event. A middleweight bout between Jordan Newman and Shane O'Shea was scheduled for the event, however O'Shea won't weigh-in due to undisclosed reasons and the bout was scrapped.

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