{"id":240529,"date":"2017-06-04T16:21:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T23:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=240529"},"modified":"2017-06-04T16:21:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T23:21:38","slug":"miesha-tate-wish-cyborg-punched-angela-magana-harder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/miesha-tate\/miesha-tate-wish-cyborg-punched-angela-magana-harder\/","title":{"rendered":"Miesha Tate: I wish Cyborg would have punched Angela Magana harder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arguably the biggest story to emerge from the UFC athletes retreat earlier this month surrounds a dramatic clash between UFC featherweight star Cris &#8220;Cyborg&#8221; Justino and UFC strawweight Angela Magana. This drama was sparked when Magana made some nasty comments about Cyborg \u00a0online, and reached a violent crescendo when a vengeful <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-cris-cyborg-punching-angela-magana\/\">Cyborg punched Magana in the face<\/a> at the athletes retreat.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of this incident, Magana has elected to press charges against Cyborg, and the UFC claims to be taking Cyborg&#8217;s punch very seriously.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the majority of Cyborg and Magana&#8217;s fellow fighters seem to be siding with the former. Everyone from UFC strawweight Paige VanZant to UFC featherweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-frankie-edgar-reacts-angela-magana-pressing-charges-cris-cyborg\/\">Frankie Edgar<\/a> to new UFC featherweight champ <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/max-holloway-gives-take-angela-magana-vs-cris-cyborg-justino-drama\/\">Max Holloway<\/a> have come out in support of the Brazilian.<\/p>\n<p>One fighter that has been particularly vocal in her support of Cyborg is former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate. Tate reaffirmed her position during a conversation with the media in the buildup to Saturday&#8217;s UFC 212.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThat was a great day for me,\u201d Tate said of the day Magana was punched. (via <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/06\/miesha-tate-cyborg-punch-angela-magana\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie.com)<\/a>. &#8220;\u201cI thought it was wonderful. I wish she would have punched Angela harder.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Angela is a bully,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;She&#8217;s like a child who never grew up, and it&#8217;s not right. I think that there should be harsher consequences for people who publicly bully people on the Internet, in person&#8230; So I think she had it coming. I don&#8217;t blame Cyborg a bit. I hope that the legal system looks at everything, because she really had it coming. So I&#8217;m Team Cyborg all the way with that.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At present, it is not known how the UFC will respond to Cyborg&#8217;s punch on Magana. That said, it does not appear to be affecting her chances of fighting at UFC 214 this July 29.<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Miesha Tate&#8217;s comments on this Cyborg &#8211; Magana feud?<\/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 6\/4\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arguably the biggest story to emerge from the UFC athletes retreat earlier this month surrounds a dramatic clash between UFC featherweight star Cris &#8220;Cyborg&#8221; Justino and UFC strawweight Angela Magana. 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