{"id":197221,"date":"2016-06-22T09:16:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=197221"},"modified":"2016-06-22T09:16:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:16:26","slug":"miesha-tate-eyes-future-fight-with-cris-cyborg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/miesha-tate\/miesha-tate-eyes-future-fight-with-cris-cyborg\/","title":{"rendered":"Miesha Tate eyes future fight with Cris Cyborg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil, Invicta FC women&#8217;s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg made her highly anticipated UFC debut against Leslie Smith.  The fight was a short one, with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/stat-breakdown-of-cris-cyborg-vs-leslie-smith\/\">Cyborg getting the TKO win over Smith<\/a> in the 1st round.<\/p>\n<p>Following the win, Cyborg expressed her interest in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/cris-cyborg-lays-out-potential-plans-following-ufc-198-fight\/\">going back to Invicta to defend her featherweight championship<\/a>.  Despite that, UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate eyes a future fight with Cyborg.<\/p>\n<p>She spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/06\/champ-tate-confused-about-justinos-ufc-status-thinks-it-would-be-cool-to-fight-her-regardless\/\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI think (Justino) can make 135 pounds, but she is a very big girl,\u201d Tate said. \u201cShe\u2019s naturally big and I\u2019m sure it would be a difficult cut for her. She\u2019d have to lose muscle. She wouldn\u2019t just be able to cut the water weight. It\u2019d be cool to see her come down to 135 and challenge for the belt \u2013 that would be awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I can not fight for the belt while I\u2019m the champion,\u201d Tate said with a laugh. \u201cI\u2019m not Conor McGregor, so I don\u2019t know, he has his own set of rules. I wouldn\u2019t be opposed to it. I think it would be better if we could make it a title fight. But, at some point, if that comes down and it\u2019s allowed, then of course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it would be cool to fight \u2018Cyborg\u2019 \u2013 to see what it\u2019s like to be in there with someone of her power. I\u2019ll be the first to admit that, physically, I\u2019ll be at a disadvantage. But I think I can be the one to prove that I have the heart, the durability, the determination, the will power and the technique to overcome that kind of challenge. And that intrigues me. 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