{"id":245620,"date":"2017-07-30T15:37:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T22:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=245620"},"modified":"2017-07-30T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T22:37:16","slug":"cris-cyborg-sets-sights-holly-holm-dana-white-comments-possible-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/cris-cyborg-sets-sights-holly-holm-dana-white-comments-possible-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Cris Cyborg sets her sights on Holly Holm, Dana White comments on possible fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cris Cyborg is finally a UFC champion. After years of waiting, the Brazilian bomber got her chance to fight for the vacant UFC women&#8217;s featherweight title opposite Tonya Evinger in one of three title fights on Saturday&#8217;s UFC 214 bill. Cyborg won her title with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-214\/ufc-214-results-cristiane-cyborg-justino-tkos-tonya-evinger-highlights\/\">a third-round TKO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From here, it&#8217;s difficult to say what might be next for Cyborg, as the UFC women&#8217;s featherweight division is notoriously short on talent. While Megan Anderson \u2013 Cyborg&#8217;s originally planned UFC 214 opponent \u2013 seems like an option, however, Cyborg herself is interested in a scrap with former women&#8217;s bantamweight champ Holly Holm.<\/p>\n<p>Cyborg made her callout of Holm, who fought for UFC featherweight gold against Germaine de Randamie earlier this year, at the UFC post-fight press conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cMy next move I would like to fight\u00a0Holly Holm,&#8221; Cyborg said (h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Cris-Cyborg-Targets-Holly-Holm-for-Next-UFC-Featherweight-Title-Defense-125613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherdog.com<\/a>). &#8220;I think she is a great fighter, and she is a bigger girl like me. She\u2019s fought already at 145. I think it\u2019s a fight the fans will like because she\u2019s a striker. Let\u2019s do that, maybe next. I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, this is also a fight that interests UFC President Dana White. White commented on this prospective scrap at the UFC 214 post-fight press conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI was just talking to\u00a0Holly Holm\u2026It seems like she\u2019s interested,\u201d he said. \u201cI like Holly vs. Cyborg. I think it\u2019s a good fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>White also commented on Cyborg&#8217;s defeat of Evinger, which saw her lean on a more measured approach then usual.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cCyborg looked good. She was very composed,\u201d he. \u201cShe didn\u2019t go out there crazy. She picked her shots, took her time.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Holm was last seen in the cage in June, when she rebounded from a three-fight losing-streak with a thudding head-kick knockout of Bethe Correia.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see Cris Cyborg and Holly Holm fight for featherweight gold?<\/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 7\/30\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cris Cyborg is finally a UFC champion. After years of waiting, the Brazilian bomber got her chance to fight for the vacant UFC women&#8217;s featherweight title opposite Tonya Evinger in one of three title fights on Saturday&#8217;s UFC 214 bill. Cyborg won her title with a third-round TKO. 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