Best Local Girl Made Good
Cristina Brador
By day, Cristina Brador is a pediatric nurse, healing and soothing the smallest patients with medical precision. By night, she’s a menace in the octagon, channeling that precision into lethal elbows and forced tap-outs. Since her professional MMA debut two years ago, the Miami-born-and-raised Brador has been making waves in the ring, taking down opponents with the kind of grit and heart our city is known for. With no sign of slowing down any time soon, Brador seems ready to spread a message we all know too well: You don’t mess with Miami girls.