INGLEWOOD, Calif. During the lead-up to Cris Cyborgs Bellator debut on Saturday, promotional videos featured highlights of the Brazilians fights in Strikeforce, which had been broadcast on Showtime dating back to 2009.

Eleven years later the premium cable network agreed to open its content vault to help Scott Coker promote Cyborgs challenge of Bellator womens featherweight champion Julia Budd, an inkling, perhaps, of the synergy that comes with deepening ties between Showtime and Bellator following the corporate merger of their overseers, Viacom and CBS.

These vintage images were classic Cyborg.

Raw, violent and captivating.

Telling, too.

Placing Budd (13-3) on the receiving end of the same explosive power and speed that flattened Gina Carano and Marloes Coenen a decade ago, Cyborg (22-2) captured her fourth major promotional title at 145 pounds with a rampaging fourth-round stoppage.

Ten years...

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New Bellator champ Cris Cyborg was as raw, violent and captivating as ever - The Athletic