{"id":160125,"date":"2015-08-11T12:33:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T19:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=160125"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:22:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:22:20","slug":"rousey-coach-says-absolutely-no-to-a-cyborg-fight-at-catchweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rousey-coach-says-absolutely-no-to-a-cyborg-fight-at-catchweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Rousey Coach Says Absolutely NO, To A Cyborg Fight At Catchweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Edmond-and-Ronda-PNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-130250\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Edmond-and-Ronda-PNG.png\" alt=\"Edmond-and-Ronda-PNG\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Edmond-and-Ronda-PNG.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Edmond-and-Ronda-PNG-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Edmond-and-Ronda-PNG-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Edmond-and-Ronda-PNG-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is holding her ground and says she&#8217;ll fight Cristiane Cyborg, if she can get down to 135 lbs.<\/p>\n<p>Well, her coach, Edmond Tarverdyan, recently talked to <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1P3uhWb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a> and explained his stance on the subject, discussing why he doesn&#8217;t want Rousey to take a fight with Cyborg at featherweight, or a catchweight.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I honestly don\u2019t understand what she\u2019s even talking about. She needs to make the weight to fight. I don\u2019t understand catchweights, I don\u2019t like catchweights. I don\u2019t understand what she\u2019s talking about catchweights, I don\u2019t even like it in boxing. There is a weight division and everybody should follow the weight divisions and fight at that weight for the title to be one the line, and Ronda is a champion at 135 right now. She has done things in her past to put fighter&#8217;s life in danger. When we&#8217;re training and we&#8217;re in the gym, we try and make everything so intelligent and smart and safe so we could be right, we could be respectful to the sport.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Those girls did not done what Cyborg has done, those girls did not cheat. Cyborg has cheated. People have to understand that. And now, no fucking exceptions. I don\u2019t want exceptions, I want it at 135.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC Fighters Give Us Their Favorite BJ Penn Moment! 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