{"id":232880,"date":"2017-04-11T09:02:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=232880"},"modified":"2017-04-11T09:03:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:03:35","slug":"scott-coker-cris-cyborg-justino-becomes-free-agent-bellator-will-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/scott-coker-cris-cyborg-justino-becomes-free-agent-bellator-will-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator boss Scott Coker gives statement on possible free agency of Cris &#8220;Cyborg&#8221; Justino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday afternoon, in a statement to BJPenn.com, UFC featherweight star Cris &#8220;Cyborg&#8221; Justino discussed her current inactivity, her hopes for a UFC 214 fight with reigning featherweight champ Germaine de Randamie, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/cris-cyborg-justino-issues-statement-on-her-inactivity-and-her-future-in-the-ufc\/\">her intention to fight out her current UFC contract and &#8216;re-evaluate the situation.&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIf [Germaine de Randamie] is not healthy enough to fight at UFC 214 in Anaheim, I don\u2019t want an interim belt,&#8221; Cyborg said in this statement. &#8220;When the UFC asked me last January to fight her for the belt, I explained to them I would, but needed a March date because my body was still recovering from two weight cuts to 140lbs. So I know what it is like to want to accept the fight, but needing additional time to heal.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I have already been sidelined almost 10 months, and for me the priority is getting back into the cage for my fans,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I have two fights remaining on my contract and my goal is to complete them and then give myself an opportunity to re-evaluate the situation and see which direction is best for me and my team.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Were Cyborg to fight out these remaining two obligations on her current UFC contract and explore free agency, she would likely not go long without a home.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to BJPenn.com&#8217;s Tom Taylor, Bellator MMA President Scott Coker confirmed that his promotion would absolutely be interested in speaking with Cyborg were she to become a free agent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/criscyborg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@criscyborg<\/a> told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bjpenndotcom<\/a> that she&#39;d like to complete the last two fights on her current UFC contract and &#39;re-evaluate.&#39;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Taylor (@TomTayMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomTayMMA\/status\/851827319211687938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2017<\/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\">Just followed up on this with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellatorMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BellatorMMA<\/a> boss <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottCoker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ScottCoker<\/a> who told me &quot;If Cris Cyborg becomes a free agent, we will speak to her.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wBts7DuclV\">https:\/\/t.co\/wBts7DuclV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Taylor (@TomTayMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomTayMMA\/status\/851827467950198784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Given that Bellator <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/julia-budd\/inaugural-bellator-womens-featherweight-champ-julia-budd-its-a-dream-come-true\/\">just crowned it&#8217;s first ever women&#8217;s featherweight champion in Julia Budd<\/a>, who defeated the veteran Marloes Coenen to earn this honor, it&#8217;s not surprising that the promotion would be interested in adding the consensus best female featherweight on earth to its roster. That said, this remains a definite <em>cross that bridge when we come to it<\/em> situation. Cyborg will have to honor the last two fights on her deal before she&#8217;s allowed to field offers from other organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Cyborg should stick with the UFC, or fight out her contract and test her mettle in another promotion like Bellator? 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