{"id":121045,"date":"2014-12-01T09:36:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T17:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=121045"},"modified":"2022-02-06T15:20:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T23:20:37","slug":"ortiz-way-rousey-vs-cyborg-happens-catchweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ortiz-way-rousey-vs-cyborg-happens-catchweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ortiz: &#8216;Only way Rousey vs. Cyborg happens is at catchweight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/cris-cyborg-injures-ankle-out-of-bantamweight-debut-at-invicta-10\/cyborg-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117508\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cyborg.png\" alt=\"cyborg\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cyborg.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cyborg-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cyborg-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tito Ortiz had stated a long time ago that Cris Cyborg simply couldn&#8217;t safely cut down to 135 to fight Ronda Rousey.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually after much back and forth between Cyborg and UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, Cyborg had a date, and opponent for her bantamweight debut.<\/p>\n<p>She would fight December 5th at Invicta 10, with hopes of eventually earning a shot at Ronda Rousey in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, news broke that Cyborg had severely injured her ankle, and would be unable to fight at Invicta 10 (Read that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/cris-cyborg-injures-ankle-out-of-bantamweight-debut-at-invicta-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Now, Cyborg&#8217;s former manager, Tito Ortiz is saying that there&#8217;s no way Cyborg can make it down to 135, and the only way a bout with Ronda Rousey happens is if the fighters agree to meet at a catchweight.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OFBKMs1R9-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m still very close friends with Cris. She was at my last fight, and I&#8217;d seen her after her last fight, and trying to get her down to 135 is almost impossible. As I said a long time ago that they would try, they would try, and it\u2019s going to be very hard for her to do it. And she\u2019s tried, and she\u2019s tried and it&#8217;s almost impossible for her to do it. And if Ronda made it catch weight; I know Ronda doesn\u2019t want to do it because she doesn\u2019t want to lose. I see &#8211; I mean this is strictly my opinion &#8211; I just think that\u2019s the only way that fight is ever going to happen, is if it\u2019s at a catch weight. Because Cris is not gonna make 135. She\u2019s never made 135. She\u2019s always made 145 and that\u2019s been her weight her whole career. I mean that\u2019s like me trying to get down to 185. I mean I would never make that happen. No possible way. I could never do that. So I think that\u2019s the only way that will ever happen, and time will tell. Let\u2019s see if Ronda will get pushed into pressure so much [that] she has to fight Cris. If that happens, I think that\u2019s the only way that that it will happen. I mean she wanted to fight Gina Carano at 145 so what\u2019s the difference of fighting Cris Cyborg at 145?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tito Ortiz had stated a long time ago that Cris Cyborg simply couldn&#8217;t safely cut down to 135 to fight Ronda Rousey. Eventually after much back and forth between Cyborg and UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, Cyborg had a date, and opponent for her bantamweight debut. She would fight December 5th at Invicta 10, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":117508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10430,2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ortiz: &#039;Only way Rousey vs. Cyborg happens is at catchweight&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ortiz-way-rousey-vs-cyborg-happens-catchweight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ortiz: &#039;Only way Rousey vs. Cyborg happens is at catchweight&#039; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tito Ortiz had stated a long time ago that Cris Cyborg simply couldn&#8217;t safely cut down to 135 to fight Ronda Rousey. 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