Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg has continued to prove herself in the UFC, as she has gone 2-0, putting on spectacular performances as she has finished both Leslie Smith, and most recently Swedish striking ace Lina Lansberg. Although she is now 2-0 inside the Octagon, both fights have been at a catchweight of 140 pounds due to the fact that the UFC doesn’t have a women’s 145 pounds division.
With that being said, Cyborg has continued to call for the UFC to create a women’s featherweight division, however UFC President Dana White has remained adamant that there simply aren’t enough female fighters competing at 145 pounds, where Cyborg reigns in Invicta FC, to warrant creating an entire division in the UFC around her. Despite White’s comments, Cyborg has continued to campaign for the UFC to create a women’s featherweight division.
When Dana White announced the news that former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey would be returning to the Octagon at UFC 207 to fight Amanda Nunes for the women’s bantamweight championship, he also announced that if Rousey emerges from her comeback fight victorious, she will then have a superfight with Cris Cyborg.
During a recent appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres show this week, Rousey informed Ellen that her fight with Nunes could very well be one of her last in the Octagon before stepping away from the sport permanently.
That didn’t sit too well with Cyborg, who took to Twitter to react to the news:
Ronda has been gone from mma for a year. And Ellen is the first interview she gives. That tells you where she is mentally #candyman
— Cris Cyborg (@criscyborg) October 30, 2016
The talk of retirement and rumors of the fight happening are predictable.Time 2 bring n the FW division @ufc can make stars there with promo https://t.co/wuu5xHVY1Z
— Cris Cyborg (@criscyborg) November 1, 2016
If Ronda retires and Conor takes. Year off who is going to help make up those 56% of ppv buys?! #teamcyborg introduce the featherweights! https://t.co/p4GKjRJc54
— Cris Cyborg (@criscyborg) November 1, 2016
Only time will tell if Rousey is able to make her successful return to the cage, and if she and Cyborg will ever step into the Octagon.