{"id":231006,"date":"2017-04-02T09:29:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=231006"},"modified":"2017-04-02T09:29:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T16:29:14","slug":"bas-rutten-germaine-de-randamie-she-can-hang-cyborg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/germaine-de-randamie\/bas-rutten-germaine-de-randamie-she-can-hang-cyborg\/","title":{"rendered":"Bas Rutten on Germaine de Randamie: She can hang with &#8220;Cyborg&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though nothing is confirmed just yet, it&#8217;s very possible that new UFC women&#8217;s featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie&#8217;s first title defense could be against destructive MMA superstar <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-cris-cyborg-tkos-lina-lansberg\/\">Cris &#8220;Cyborg&#8221; Justino<\/a>. If this is indeed the way things unfold, De Randamie will likely enter the fight as a substantial underdog.<\/p>\n<p>According to beloved \u00a0MMA veteran Bas Rutten, however, De Randamie should not be discounted in this potential title fight. On a recent episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/4\/1\/15115040\/bas-rutten-believes-countrywoman-germaine-de-randamie-can-hang-with-cris-cyborg?_ga=1.221104088.192651259.1444241125\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, the fighter-turned-commentator explained that he was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/germaine-de-randamie\/pros-react-germaine-de-randamie-defeat-holly-holm\/\">impressed<\/a> by De Randamie in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-208\/ufc-208-results-holly-holm-vs-germaine-de-randamie\/\">her title-winning defeat of Holly Holm<\/a>, and that he believes she stands a good chance against Cyborg.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI knew that, in the striking department \u2014 once you\u2019re 47-0 and you\u2019re in Holland, and you do it in Europe, it\u2019s a different kind of level there, the striking, than it is overseas. It simply is. The striking is just at a real high level because everybody is doing it,\u201d Rutten said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like soccer. You\u2019ve got gyms everywhere. Every week, there\u2019s fights everywhere, in bars, in little sport gyms. Whatever it is. There\u2019s a lot of Thai boxing, and because a lot of people do it, a lot of people are very good at it. So I knew that her striking was going to beat Holly Holm\u2019s striking, although I\u2019m very impressed with Holly Holm as well.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cJorina Baars, she\u2019s from Holland, she beat Cyborg in Lion Fight,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;So yeah, I do think that [de Randamie] can hang with her,\u201d Rutten said. \u201cBut I think once Cyborg gets ahold of her and she can throw her down, we\u2019re going to have a big problem. [De Randamie] really wants to keep this fight standing against her, and keep the distance between them. You want to stay outside the distance just enough that you can counter, but do not go clinching with Cyborg. I think that\u2019s a bad thing.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you think of Bas Rutten&#8217;s assessment of a Germaine de Randamie vs. Cris &#8220;Cyborg&#8221; Justino fight? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 4\/2\/2017,<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though nothing is confirmed just yet, it&#8217;s very possible that new UFC women&#8217;s featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie&#8217;s first title defense could be against destructive MMA superstar Cris &#8220;Cyborg&#8221; Justino. If this is indeed the way things unfold, De Randamie will likely enter the fight as a substantial underdog. 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