{"id":243573,"date":"2017-07-04T09:44:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T16:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=243573"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:28:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:28:17","slug":"miesha-tate-weighs-in-on-germaine-de-randamie-cris-cyborg-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/miesha-tate\/miesha-tate-weighs-in-on-germaine-de-randamie-cris-cyborg-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Miesha Tate weighs in on Germaine de-Randamie-Cris Cyborg controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germaine de Randamie may no longer be the UFC women’s featherweight champion, however her feud with the UFC is still an extremely controversial one. After winning the belt earlier this year, it appeared as though the stars had aligned for Germaine de Randamie to defend her title against Cris Cyborg.<\/p>\n

De Randamie refused to fight Cyborg, explaining that the former Invicta FC champ is a “proven cheater”<\/a> in regards to her drug testing history. While Cyborg’s team, and many others, held out hope for a GDR-Cyborg fight, de-Randamie was ultimately stripped of the title by the UFC, and Cris Cyborg was booked to fight Megan Anderson.<\/p>\n

\"Cris<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Anderson recently withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons. Fortunately, the UFC was able to book Invicta FC bantamweight champion Tonya Evinger as a fill-in<\/a> opponent for Cyborg in her fight for the vacant women’s featherweight title.<\/p>\n

Now, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is weighing-in on the situation, explaining on The MMA Hour<\/a> that she understands both sides of the argument:<\/p>\n

\"Germainec<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, what do you really have to lose when you fight someone like Cyborg, of her stature?\u201d Tate asked. \u201cIf you beat Cyborg, you\u2019re on another level of respect. And if you lose, it\u2019s like, well so has everybody. So, my opinion of it is, as a fighter, just from a fighter standpoint I think it would be an awesome thing to be able to fight Cyborg.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI do respect and understand what Germaine is saying,\u201d Tate said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t think she\u2019s scared of Cyborg. She\u2019s a fighter. She\u2019s been kickboxing forever. She\u2019s one of the baddest women on the planet.<\/p>\n

\u201c[De Randamie\u2019s] point she\u2019s trying to make is, she doesn\u2019t believe it\u2019s fair,\u201d Tate later added, \u201cand that, I cannot disagree. I don\u2019t disagree with what she\u2019s saying.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 7\/4\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Germaine de Randamie may no longer be the UFC women’s featherweight champion, however her feud with the UFC is still an extremely controversial one. After winning the belt earlier this year, it appeared as though the stars had aligned for Germaine de Randamie to defend her title against Cris Cyborg. 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