{"id":298367,"date":"2019-01-16T10:21:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=298367"},"modified":"2019-01-16T10:21:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:21:27","slug":"cris-cyborg-encourages-ufc-not-to-let-her-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cris-cyborg-encourages-ufc-not-to-let-her-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Cris Cyborg encourages UFC not to let her go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC featherweight title reign of Cris Cyborg has come to an end \u2014 at least for now. Despite her recent loss to Amanda Nunes, however, Cyborg remains one of the most fearsome women on the planet, and a definite MMA star. As such, she believes it would unwise of the UFC to let her take her services elsewhere after her next fight, which is the final obligation on her current UFC contract.<\/p>\n<p>If Cris Cyborg does leave the UFC after her next fight, she believes her legions of fans will follow her.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Xf1NDO\">&#8220;I don\u2019t know what they will do moving forward,\u201d Cyborg told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/1\/16\/18185076\/one-fight-left-contract-cris-cyborg-ufc-would-be-losing-letting-her-go-amanda-nunes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cI will keep fighting no matter where I am. My fans love watching my fights. If they decide to remove my division, and remove me from the UFC and let me go, I think the UFC would be losing with that, and the promotion that signs me would be winning. My fans follow me wherever I go. I\u2019m very thankful because my fans are with me no matter if I win or lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"zB9x1v\">\u201dI want to continue working,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe UFC is a great platform to continue (building) my division. I think that even Amanda felt good at 145, other fighters have as well, because they don\u2019t hurt (their bodies) that much, but that\u2019s out of my control. My manager will meet them and see what\u2019s the next step, but if they decide to remove the division, I will definitely continue shining somewhere else, like I\u2019ve always done. Let\u2019s see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cris Cyborg also updated on the status of a potential rematch with Amanda Nunes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI asked for the rematch, but if it doesn\u2019t happen, my life will continue,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I will continue training and wait for my next fight. I lost my first fight and asked for a rematch, 13 years have passed and I never had it, and that didn\u2019t stop my legacy. 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