{"id":205505,"date":"2016-09-28T18:49:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T01:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=205505"},"modified":"2016-09-28T18:49:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T01:49:19","slug":"dana-white-responds-joe-rogans-plead-womens-featherweight-division-surrounding-cris-cyborg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/dana-white-responds-joe-rogans-plead-womens-featherweight-division-surrounding-cris-cyborg\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White responds to Joe Rogan’s plead for a women’s featherweight division surrounding Cris Cyborg"},"content":{"rendered":"

The buzz surrounding Cris Cyborg’s cut down to 140-pounds<\/a> for her catchweight fight against Lina Lansberg was one of the most talked about things leading up to UFC Fight Night 95 in Brazil.<\/p>\n

The Invicta 145-pound featherweight champion eventually made weight and according to a member from Lansberg’s team, rehydrated back up to 170-pounds<\/a> and got a second-round finish over Lansberg<\/a> in a dominating performance.<\/p>\n

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Immediately following the fight, Joe Rogan sent out a tweet<\/a> directed to the UFC, pleading for them to open a 145-pound women’s division in the promotion.<\/p>\n

Rogan said of Cyborg, “Her torturing herself to make 140 is insane and she\u2019s incredibly entertaining,”<\/em> and also stated why he personally felt a women’s featherweight division would do well for the company and sport of mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n

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UFC President Dana White spoke on the “UFC Unfiltered” podcast<\/a> following Cyborg’s fight over the weekend and the topic came up with hosts Matt Serra and Jim Norton.<\/p>\n

The hosts mentioned how Cyborg had a very difficult time making the 140-pound cut and asked if there was any possibility of opening up a new division, while also mentioning Rogan bringing the topic up.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think so,”<\/em> White said (at -50:20 of the audio). “First of all, there aren’t enough 145-pound female fighters to start a 145-pound division. There just isn’t. Cyborg is this one girl that’s floating out there who has that type of star power. I mean, she headlined Brazil for us.”<\/em><\/p>\n

White added some interesting information regarding former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.<\/p>\n

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“Listen, Ronda wants to fight her,”<\/em> White stated. “They’d have to figure out at what weight they’d fight, you know? But Ronda wants that fight.”<\/em><\/p>\n

When asked if a 140-pound catchweight is a possibility, White said he feels that would be possible. <\/p>\n

“Ronda could do 40,”<\/em> White said as he mentioned that he thinks that she competed at a higher weight in judo.<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on Dana White’s comments? Do you think that there aren’t enough female fighters of UFC caliber to create a female 145-pound division? Will we finally see Ronda Rousey vs. Cris Cyborg, perhaps in a 140-pound catchweight bout? Sound off in the comment section!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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