{"id":190598,"date":"2016-03-29T08:49:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T15:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=190598"},"modified":"2016-03-29T08:49:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T15:49:20","slug":"leslie-smith-was-the-only-one-who-wanted-cris-cyborg-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/leslie-smith-was-the-only-one-who-wanted-cris-cyborg-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Leslie Smith was &#8220;the only one&#8221; who wanted Cris Cyborg fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday it was announced that longtime Invicta FC champion Cris Cyborg would be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/cris-cyborg-justino-will-make-ufc-debut-at-ufc-198-in-brazil\/\">making her long awaited UFC debut<\/a> at UFC 198 in her hometown of Curitiba Brazil.  Cyborg will face Leslie Smith on the already stacked card, which features a heavyweight championship scrap between Fabricio Werdum and Stipe Miocic in the main event.<\/p>\n<p>While many were thrilled that Cyborg will be making her UFC debut, some were very critical of the fact that she would be debuting against <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-198\/odds-released-ufc-198-card-including-cris-cyborg-justino-vs-leslie-smith\/\">8-6 Leslie Smith<\/a>.  Interestingly enough however, UFC President Dana White says that Smith was the only fighter who was willing to fight Cyborg.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xSAVExHARLEYx\">@xSAVExHARLEYx<\/a> she is the only one that wanted to fight Cyborg. Leslie begged for it. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/respect?src=hash\">#respect<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeslieSmith_GF\">@LeslieSmith_GF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dana White (@danawhite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\/status\/714512935150682112\">March 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is surprising given that many, including UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate, and former champion Holly Holm, both stated that they would want to fight Cyborg.<\/p>\n<p>How do you see the fight between Cyborg and Smith playing out at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-198\/the-ufc-198-card-in-curitiba-brazil-is-absolutely-stacked\/\">UFC 198<\/a>? 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