{"id":282548,"date":"2018-08-08T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282548"},"modified":"2018-08-08T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T23:00:08","slug":"cris-cyborg-is-down-to-lose-to-ronda-rousey-in-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/cris-cyborg-is-down-to-lose-to-ronda-rousey-in-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cris Cyborg is down to lose to Ronda Rousey in WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a time, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-on-possible-fight-with-anderson-silva-not-right-now\/\">one of the biggest super fights<\/a> possible in MMA was one pitting former Strikeforce and UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/ronda-rousey\/\">Ronda Rousey<\/a> against former Strikeforce, Invicta, and now UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg.<\/p>\n<p>Regrettably, this fight never came together, and now that Rousey is firmly embedded in the pro wrestling world, it almost certainly never will. That said, Cyborg would still like to compete with Rousey. In fact, she&#8217;d even be willing to meet Rousey in the WWE ring \u2014 even if the pro wrestling organization wanted her to lose the match.<\/p>\n<p id=\"vtGlvE\">\u201dI think Ronda\u2019s biggest fear was losing to me, so if we were to do it in WWE she would have to win,\u201d Cyborg told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/8\/8\/17661332\/cris-cyborg-wouldnt-mind-facing-losing-ronda-rousey-wwe-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t have such a big ego, but if we were to put on a show for the fans, something like that, no problem. But I don\u2019t see myself in it now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Cyborg still yearns for a some ring-time with Rousey, she does commend her rival on the work she&#8217;s doing as a pro wrestler.<\/p>\n<p id=\"G4EvWm\">\u201dI watched her perform in WWE. She went a different path, right?\u201d Cyborg said. \u201cBecause she lost and didn\u2019t return to MMA, everybody saw she\u2019s not (built) for MMA. If she was, she would have returned even with a loss, like every other athlete does. Losing is part of the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"EUkSdO\">\u201dShe can do whatever she wants in WWE, they decide what happens beforehand,\u201d she continued. \u201cBut I believe she\u2019s happy. It\u2019s a difficult job because she has to act and that\u2019s not easy, for sure, but she\u2019s doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in seeing Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg meet in the pro wrestling ring?<\/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 8\/8\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a time, one of the biggest super fights possible in MMA was one pitting former Strikeforce and UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey against former Strikeforce, Invicta, and now UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg. 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