{"id":200347,"date":"2016-08-04T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T18:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200347"},"modified":"2016-08-04T11:09:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T18:09:46","slug":"cris-cyborg-heading-boxing-ring-biggest-payday-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/cris-cyborg-heading-boxing-ring-biggest-payday-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Cris Cyborg heading into the boxing ring for the biggest payday of her career?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Invicta featherweight champion Cris Cyborg has been hoping for the UFC to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/cris-cyborg-makes-loud-argument-deserves-division\/\">open up a featherweight division<\/a> so she can prove her dominance in the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the world.<\/p>\n<p>With one <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-198-results\/ufc-198-results-cristiane-justino-vs-leslie-smith\/\">catchweight fight at 140 pounds<\/a> in the UFC, Cyborg has not been given any option to fight at 145 pounds for the promotion. While she is happy defending her belt in Invicta, another lucrative opportunity is calling her name.<\/p>\n<p>Undefeated world champion boxer Cecilia Br\u00e6khus has called out Cyborg to a boxing match that will not just get her paid, but paid extremely well.<\/p>\n<p>Br\u00e6khus tweeted, &#8220;@criscyborg @80mercy<br \/>\nI will give you the biggest purse in your life if you wanna come over and have a go at it!<br \/>\n@vgsporten @nrksport @ufc&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/criscyborg\">@criscyborg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/80mercy\">@80mercy<\/a> <br \/>I will give you the biggest purse in your life if you wanna come over and have a go at it!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vgsporten\">@vgsporten<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRKsport\">@nrksport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\">@ufc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cecilia Br\u00e6khus (@1LadyCecilia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1LadyCecilia\/status\/756978096885100548\">July 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cyborg sounded more than interested in the fight and replied, &#8220;What is The weight? I am a fighter and love to challenge myself. Best MMA fighter vs best boxing fighter. Who wins?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What is The weight? I am a fighter and love to challenge myself. Best MMA fighter vs best boxing fighter. Who wins? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ek7cLAdSIt\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ek7cLAdSIt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cris Cyborg (@criscyborg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/criscyborg\/status\/757210265754533888\">July 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From the looks of their conversation over twitter, it surely looks like the fight could be put together next year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/criscyborg\">@criscyborg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Primetime360ESM\">@Primetime360ESM<\/a> <br \/>Good. I have a sold out show Oct 1.<br \/>Let&#39;s make Braekhus\/Cyborg happen in 2017!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cecilia Br\u00e6khus (@1LadyCecilia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1LadyCecilia\/status\/759653665896620032\">July 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invicta featherweight champion Cris Cyborg has been hoping for the UFC to open up a featherweight division so she can prove her dominance in the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the world. 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