{"id":299049,"date":"2019-01-22T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=299049"},"modified":"2019-01-22T16:00:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T00:00:41","slug":"opinion-denying-cris-cyborg-an-immediate-rematch-with-amanda-nunes-would-be-a-travesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/opinion-denying-cris-cyborg-an-immediate-rematch-with-amanda-nunes-would-be-a-travesty\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion | Denying Cris Cyborg an immediate rematch with Amanda Nunes would be a travesty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the wake of a shocking <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/amanda-nunes-knocks-cris-cyborg-out-in-the-first-round\/\">knockout loss to Amanda Nunes<\/a> at UFC 232, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/cris-cyborg\/\">Cris Cyborg<\/a>, the perpetual beacon of dominance in women\u2019s MMA, was unwittingly made a martyr for everything that is wrong with super fights in the UFC. Nine proud years of wearing the moniker of the baddest woman on the planet, and Cyborg has been reduced to begging for an immediate rematch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those pleas have fallen on deaf ears as the UFC prepares to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-amanda-nunes-and-cris-cyborg-wont-be-rematching-next\/\">move in another direction<\/a>, leaving an entire division hanging in limbo. Nunes is currently pondering whether to defend her bantamweight title or move down to flyweight and attempt to collect a third belt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holly would definitely be a great fight to defend my belt at 135.<\/p>&mdash; Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Amanda_Leoa\/status\/1085735399513825280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OKAY GUYS I\u2019M DONE PLAYING. IM REALLY PLANNING ON GOING DOWN TO FIGHT FOR THE 125 BELT.<\/p>&mdash; Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Amanda_Leoa\/status\/1085741430310502401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Never mind the fact that she defeated the greatest women\u2019s MMA fighter of all time\u2014a living legend that carried the torch at a dark time when UFC President <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fReLBq-QHnc\" target=\"_blank\">Dana White claimed we\u2019d &#8216;never&#8217; see women compete<\/a> in the UFC. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/ronda-rousey\/\">Ronda Rousey<\/a> was the leading force in the UFC breakthrough, but the very foundation of the movement was spearheaded by women like Cyborg, Megumi Fujii, Gina Carano, and Julie Kedzie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cyborg defeated Carano nearly a decade ago for the inaugural\nStrikeforce women\u2019s featherweight title, which vaulted her into the history\nbooks as the first mainstream women\u2019s MMA champion. Yet, despite her historical\ncontributions to the sport and going 13 years undefeated, she is still being\ndenied an immediate rematch with Nunes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some have used the argument that Nunes\u2019 win was too dominant to warrant a rematch. Was Chris Weidman\u2019s second-round knockout win over Anderson Silva in their first fight <g class=\"gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"8\" data-gr-id=\"8\">not<\/g> a dominant victory? What about <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joanna-jedrzejczyk\/ufc-217-results-rose-namajunas-kos-joanna-jedrzejczyk\/\">Rose Namajunas\u2019 first-round dusting<\/a> of former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk? <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cody-garbrandt\/ufc-217-results-t-j-dillashaw-kos-cody-garbrandt\/\">TJ Dillashaw stopped Cody Garbrandt in the second round of their first bantamweight title fight<\/a>. Was that performance not dominant? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All three of those bouts were deemed worthy of an immediate\nrematch, despite the champion being knocked out in dominant fashion. Garbrandt\nhad yet to even defend his title, and he was still granted a rematch with\nDillashaw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/under-the-mma-micropscope-what-warrants-an-immediate-rematch\/\">why the double standard<\/a> for Cyborg?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The notion that one of the pioneers of women\u2019s MMA would be\ndenied another crack at the UFC title is almost as disheartening as the way she\nwas treated after the loss, when she was pushed aside like some ordinary\nmid-carder and negated an opportunity for a post-fight interview. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cThey just kicked me out of the cage,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cris-cyborg-feels-it-was-very-disrespectful-of-ufc-not-to-give-her-a-post-fight-interview-at-ufc-232\/\">Cyborg said at the UFC 232 post-fight presser<\/a>. \u201cI think [it\u2019s] very bad, very disrespectful, because I did a lot for the sport. I was supposed to say hello for my fans and talk to them. I think it\u2019s not right. But OK, they did, [it\u2019s] already done, I can go [to the] media and talk to my fans, say how I appreciate them, how them coming to the cage to watch my fight, all Cyborg Nation here to watch me. It\u2019s OK, I just feel like I\u2019m supposed to say something. Two Brazilian fighters, two champions. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no more marketable fight in women\u2019s MMA right now\nthan the featherweight title rematch between Cyborg and Nunes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Nunes, it would be an opportunity to erase any doubt\nthat she is the best on the planet, while simultaneously giving Cyborg a chance\nto retain the featherweight title and prove she simply got caught in the heat\nof the standup exchanges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The invention of the super fight wasn\u2019t intended for fighters to simply move around divisions collecting belts. It was about removing the weight barricade and giving fans the dream fights they wanted to see. The clash of legends and legacies is the alluring secret sauce that has kept that well from running dry for so many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nunes has already defeated the UFC women\u2019s flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko, twice. Is a third fight truly worth snubbing a legend and holding up an entire division? All-time great legacies are cemented in quality, not quantity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One loss in over a decade and the faux red carpet has been pulled from beneath Cyborg\u2019s feet, along with the closing of the curtains that remained agape from her perfection. The moniker of baddest woman on the planet was forcibly ripped from her hands with the real possibility of never having an opportunity to reclaim it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\"><em>BJPenn.com<\/em><\/a><em> on 1\/22\/2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of a shocking knockout loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 232, Cris Cyborg, the perpetual beacon of dominance in women\u2019s MMA, was unwittingly made a martyr for everything that is wrong with super fights in the UFC. 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