{"id":320418,"date":"2019-07-25T13:14:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T20:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=320418"},"modified":"2019-07-25T13:14:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T20:14:26","slug":"felicia-spencer-criticizes-team-cyborg-for-disrespectful-social-media-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/felicia-spencer-criticizes-team-cyborg-for-disrespectful-social-media-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Felicia Spencer criticizes team Cyborg for &#8216;disrespectful&#8217; social media posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, rumors briefly swirled suggesting that Felicia Spencer was out of her UFC 240 fight with Cris Cyborg. Though these rumors were quickly proven to be inaccurate, several posts on Cris Cyborg&#8217;s social media channels seemed to fan the flames, so to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer was not happy about this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw that Cris Cyborg or whoever manages her account shared [the rumor] and commented like, \u2018hopeful [that means] ticket sales might go up,\u2019 I was like, you know for sure this is not true,&#8221; Spencer told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2019\/7\/25\/8929224\/felicia-spencer-cris-cyborg-ufc-240-twitter-max-holloway-frankie-edgar-amanda-nunes-video-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloody Elbow<\/a>. &#8220;You would have been the first to know if I was out of the fight. Cris Cyborg would know 100 percent if I was not fighting her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo to share it like that, as if it were true or possible, I thought it was silly. I called it disrespectful. It\u2019s not a personal thing for me, I don\u2019t really care, but I shared that because I\u2019m still here. I\u2019m still going to stand in front of you in a couple of weeks. You can pretend like you don\u2019t want to fight me \u2014 I\u2019m not saying that she\u2019s scared \u2014 but I\u2019m here to fight. It is what it is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you even share something that you know is completely untrue?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite these previous rumors, Felicia Spencer will fight Cris Cyborg as planned at UFC 240 this Saturday in Edmonton, Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to BJPenn.com ahead of the fight, she predicted that she&#8217;ll stop the former champion in the first round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI see a first-round finish,&#8221; she told <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/ufc-240-felicia-spencer-believes-she-finishes-cris-cyborg-in-the-first-round\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BJPenn.com<\/a>. &#8220;The way I enter the cage is to get out as quickly as I can. But, not forcing anything or rushing anything. I don\u2019t see why I can\u2019t finish her in the first,\u201d Spencer added. \u201cIf it goes all three I\u2019m prepared to win every round and take her out. I\u2019m prepared for everything and anything.\u201d<\/span><\/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\/25\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, rumors briefly swirled suggesting that Felicia Spencer was out of her UFC 240 fight with Cris Cyborg. Though these rumors were quickly proven to be inaccurate, several posts on Cris Cyborg&#8217;s social media channels seemed to fan the flames, so to speak. 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