{"id":208431,"date":"2016-10-25T16:57:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T23:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=208431"},"modified":"2016-10-25T16:57:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T23:57:58","slug":"cat-zingano-challenges-wwe-diva-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cat-zingano\/cat-zingano-challenges-wwe-diva-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat Zingano challenges WWE diva to a fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former title challenger Cat Zingano just called out someone for a fight on Twitter, but she&#8217;s not a UFC fighter.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the woman Zingano called out doesn&#8217;t even train mixed martial arts. Zingano tweeted at WWE superstar Sasha Banks on Tuesday, to the confusion and delight of many.<\/p>\n<p>See how the <a href=\"http:\/\/middleeasy.com\/mma-news\/cat-zingano-just-challenged-wwe-champ-sasha-banks-to-a-fightmatch-and-we-think-shes-serious\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=SocialWarfare\" target=\"_blank\">exchange between Cat and Sasha went for yourself!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A lot of people want the crown, but they&#39;re not willing to bleed for it. See you Sunday! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HIAC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HIAC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ceVx3WBFha\">pic.twitter.com\/ceVx3WBFha<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mercedes Varnado (@SashaBanksWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SashaBanksWWE\/status\/790757110099222530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;d bleed for it, give me winner if you&#39;re down for some realness. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/catfight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#catfight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/alphacatzingano?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#alphacatzingano<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wwe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z4Dzqw4iI8\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z4Dzqw4iI8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alpha Cat Zingano (@CatZingano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatZingano\/status\/790973823898165248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Zingano has been fairly inactive over the past few years, fighting only once a year since 2010. However, &#8220;Alpha&#8221; Cat does hold a TKO victory over current woman&#8217;s bantamweight champion Amanda\u00a0Nunes, who she defeated two years ago at UFC 178.<\/p>\n<p>Zingano fell short against Ronda Rousey in her shot at UFC gold, suffering a quick submission loss last year. She most recently competed at UFC 200, where she was defeated by Julianna Pena by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>Zingano called out the WWE\u00a0Diva out of the blue on Tuesday, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;d bleed for it, give me the winner if you&#8217;re down for some realness.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Alpha Cat&#8221; was responding to Sasha Banks, a professional wrestler and WWE Diva. Banks had tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;A lot people want the crown, but they&#8217;re not willing to bleed for it. See you Sunday!&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A few professional wrestlers have made their way into the octagon. Brock Lesnar became the UFC heavyweight champion, while CM Punk lost in his MMA debut at UFC 202.<\/p>\n<p>How do you feel about Zingano calling out a WWE professional wrestler? Would you be interested in seeing more MMA\/pro wrestling cross-over? Sound off in the comments section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former title challenger Cat Zingano just called out someone for a fight on Twitter, but she&#8217;s not a UFC fighter. In fact, the woman Zingano called out doesn&#8217;t even train mixed martial arts. Zingano tweeted at WWE superstar Sasha Banks on Tuesday, to the confusion and delight of many. 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