Ediane Gomes. They call her ‘India’ solely for her love of waiting on the phone for tech-support customer service. Actually, I just made that up. None of that is true. Ronda Rousey defeated Cris Cyborg’s Invicta FC opponent, Ediane Gomes, in just twenty-five seconds with an arm bar back in 2011. Every bit of that last sentence is true.
People love to pit Cris Cyborg and Ronda Rousey in hypothetical match-ups with their 135/145 lb male counterparts, but Gomes actually shattered the gender barrier at Rio Heroes in Brazil by taking on a man in an underground vale tudo match. We’re not going to ruin the ending for you, so perhaps you should just check it out for yourself.