While Cris “Cyborg” has made it absolutely clear that she has no interest in facing Ronda Rousey for her Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Championship, the Brazilian wrecking machine is open to meeting with “Rowdy” at a catchweight. Her logic being simple, she just can’t make 135 lb., as she told the host of The MMA Ariel Helwani, she is ”160 lb. and is already really skinny,” but the former Women’s Featherweight Champion says she can make 140.
“I really wanna fight Ronda. She says bad things about me. I’ve never said bad things about my opponents. I want to do my best in the octagon, and if she says she wants to fight me, she can come to my weight or at 140. She started at 145, and she’s running to 135. She’s running to not fight me.”
While UFC president Dana White recently said that this is match-up he is interested in seeing in the Strikeforce cage, the Chute Boxe product is currently serving a year-long suspension which will be up in December of this year. The suspension came after “Cyborg” obliterated Hiroko Yamanaka in just 16 seconds at Strikeforce: Melendez vs Masvidal, the Brazilian then saw herself stripped of the title after testing positive for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid.
Whether or not a match between the two consensus top ranked women on the planet remains to be seen, but it is certainly a big money fight for the UFC’s sister promotion.
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If she wins no belt.. suck it up and puke it out. get down to the weight class she is trying to defend.
This would be the biggest female fight to date. Cyborg would win convincingly with a first ko though. Ronda still needs work on stand up. I was at the Tate fight and she didn’t do great on the feet.
were you drunk at the fights? the fight was on the feet for a total of maybe 45 seconds
BigHurt – save your money buddy! I’ll be willing to take everything you’re willing to risk! “Cyroid” couldn’t even stop gina carano from taking her down and mounting her, and gina’s got no graound or grappling game at all!
Let me put this another way; “roids” has NO CHANCE of beating ronda rousey! Nor, for that matter, does any other fighter currently in women’s mma! Ronda’s skill set is far advanced of any fighter there is, male or female! Combine that with her quickness and strength, and you have what is the most dominant female mma fighter…ever!
I know “roids” is trying to run as fast as possible from the ufc and strikeforce, (she asked to be released from her contract as soon as RR’s demolition of kaufman was finished (did i say, 54 SECONDS! If somehow the ufc and/or strikeforce can force cyroid into the cage with ronda, then “roids” will not only get beat, very highly likely in the 1st round, but she will quite likely leave the cage with one and possibly both arms broken!
save those pennies bud… i’ll be happy to take them from you if this fight ever comes off…
And she got lit up on the feet in that time. She did manage to take some punches but from cyborg she won’t be able to.
I love Rhonda but I agree her standup needs work.I am rooting for her against Kaufman but unless she can get the fight to the ground she’s outgunned and she will get pummeled.As far as Cyborg is concerned Rhonda needs to stay at 135 and pray Cris can’t make that weight, ever! Cyborg has way too much experience and firepower.Rhonda’s not gonna be too pretty after that fight if it ever happens, Cyborg is a beast!
Unless she’s promised the heftiest bonus ever given to a female Mixed Martial Artist by Dana White, I see no upside for Rousey fighting Santos at catchweight. I mean she’s the champion, and thusly should only be fighting to defend that belt.
Who else besides cyborg fights at 145 that anyone can name off the top of their heads? I really do see cyborg fighting at 135 in the future, im sure she will be able to make weight without the steroids :)