Cindy Dandois
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| Born |
October 26, 1984 Deurne, Belgium |
| Other names | Battlecat |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st) |
| Division |
Featherweight Bantamweight |
| Reach | 62.0 in (157 cm) |
| Team | Perfect Team |
| Rank | Black belt in Judo Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 11 |
| Wins | 8 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 1 |
| By disqualification | 1 |
| Losses | 3 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Website | CindyDandois.com |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Cindy Dandois is a Belgian mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions in Invicta and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She began her judoka training at the age of 5 under the training of Johan Laats, and freestyle wrestling at age 8 under Joseph Mewis. Dandois later transitioned into mixed martial arts, and trains at a gym in Belgium owned by her brother Ben Dandois. She trains at Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts while she is in the United States.
Dandois is a high school teacher, and speaks 5 languages (Dutch, English, Greek, French and German). She teaches gym education and training classes at Perfect Team gym, and competes in MMA career while continuing her other careers. She has four children: Eleftherios, Lola Katerina, Nafisatu and Victoria.
During her time in Strikeforce she was scheduled to fight Miesha Tate, but the bout never materialized. This brought the two together, and they have been friends ever since. Tate later invited Dandois to the United States, to assist in her in training for her second fight against Ronda Rousey.
In January 2009, Cindy Dandois made her professional MMA debut, defeating Marloes Coenen. Over the next several years Dandois defeated champion kickboxer Jorina Baars, and took on other fighters under the M-1 banner. Dandois was going to fight Gina Carano after the later had lost to Cris Cyborg, but had to withdraw due to getting pregnant. After three years of inactivity due to pregnancy Dandois became active again, and signed with Invicta Fighting Championships.
In her promotional debut with Invicta FC in December 2014, December faced Tonya Evinger at Invicta FC 10: Waterson vs. Tiburcio. She lost the fight by armbar submission. Cindy's next opponent was Megan Anderson, who she defeated by submission. Cindy Dandois tapped out Jessamyn Duke at Invicta FC 18: Grasso vs. Esquibel. She was later scheduled to face Cyborg at a 140 pound catchweight, but the fight was cancelled. Daria Ibragimova was given the headliner fight instead, as a 145 title shot against Cyborg.
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