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Other names
  
Battlecat

Reach
  
62.0 in (157 cm)

Height
  
1.7 m

Nationality
  
Belgian

Team
  
Perfect Team

Other name
  
Battlecat


Born
  
October 26, 1984 (age 32) Deurne, Belgium (
1984-10-26
)

Weight
  
145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)

Division
  
Featherweight Bantamweight

Similar
  
Tonya Evinger, Peggy Morgan, Alexa Grasso, Jessamyn Duke, Megan Anderson

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Cindy Dandois is a Belgian mixed martial artist who competes in Bantamweight and Featherweight division in Invicta , and now the UFC . Beginning her wrestling under jeff merrit fulton and judo training at the age of 8 with her Judoka fundamentals under the training of the renowned Johan Laats. Cindy began to transition into mixed martial arts by following along with her brother Ben Dandois into broadening her martial arts skill sets.

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She has been training with her brother and now in his gym at "Perfect Team" gym in Belgium ever since.

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At one point in time during her time in Strikeforce she was scheduled to fight Miesha Tate. However this fight did not materialize. This did however bring the two together and had Miesha a few years later invite Cindy to the United States, to assist in her in training for her second fight against Ronda Rousey. Ever since then the two have become best friends and are very close. Miesha Tate and Xtreme Couture is Cindy's home base in the United States and they also corner her on most fights outside of the EU.

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Early career

M-1

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In January 2009, Cindy Dandois made her professional MMA debut, defeating Marloes Coenen. Over the next couple of years Cindy Dandois would defeat the likes of world class kickboxer Jorina Baars. and others Under the M-1 Banner.

StrikeForce

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Originally Cindy Dandois was supposed to be Gina Carano's comeback fight after losing to Cris Cyborg but had to withdraw due to getting pregnant. After three years of inactivity due to pregnancy Cindy became active again and signed with InvictaFC

Invicta FC

In her promotional debut in December 2014, December faced Tonya Evinger at Invicta FC 10: Waterson vs. Tiburcio. She lost the fight by Submission (armbar). Cindy's next opponent was Megan Anderson who she defeated. Cindy Dandois tapped out Jessamyn Duke. She was later scheduled to face Cyborg at 140 pounuds but it never occurred and the fight was cancelled on her 2 weeks out and given to Daria Imbragmova at 145 for a title shot.

Cindy has vocally been chasing the fight again since that date but it has still yet to materialize at either 140 pounds or 145 pounds.

UFC

Dandois is expected to fight Alexis Davis at UFC Fight Night 108.

References

Cindy Dandois Wikipedia