{"id":321467,"date":"2019-08-05T07:38:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=321467"},"modified":"2019-08-05T07:38:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T14:38:09","slug":"bellator-champ-julia-budd-sends-message-to-cris-cyborg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-champ-julia-budd-sends-message-to-cris-cyborg\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator champ Julia Budd sends message to Cris Cyborg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cris Cyborg has parted ways with the UFC, and the most likely setting for the next chapter of her storied career seems to be Bellator MMA.<\/p>\n<p>If Cyborg does migrate to Bellator, she will be on collision course with reigning Bellator featherweight champion Julia Budd.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/8\/4\/20753558\/bellator-champ-julia-budd-sends-a-message-to-cris-cyborg-now-that-shes-a-free-agent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>, Budd sent a message to Cyborg, encouraging her to make the move to Bellator \u2014 the promotion she believes is home to the world&#8217;s greatest female featherweights.<\/p>\n<p id=\"aKfOl4\">\u201cCome to Bellator,\u201d Budd said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got the best 145-pounders in the world. I think everyone has been talking about this for a long time. I don\u2019t know what she wants to do for her career but I definitely think it makes sense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"dcbVOA\">\u201cShe\u2019s been talking about PFL, she\u2019s been talking about all these other organizations, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/chatri-sityodtong-praises-cris-cyborg-after-ufc-release\/\">ONE [Championship]<\/a>, Rizin, whatever, but it makes no sense. I know what I would do if I was in her shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Budd clearly welcomes a fight with Cris Cyborg, she says her current goal is to fight the ferocious Gabi Garcia in the Rizin ring at year&#8217;s end. She believes Cyborg could conceivably fight another Bellator contender in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p id=\"d0lHND\">\u201cI\u2019m really hoping that I get to fight in Rizin on New Year\u2019s Eve against Gabi Garcia, that\u2019s kind of my dream matchup in the moment. But I\u2019m down for anything,\u201d Budd said. \u201cThat would be awesome [to face Garcia and Cyborg back-to-back]. I don\u2019t know if Cris wants to fight first against one of the other girls in the division but I\u2019m into that fight any time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll see Julia Budd and Cris Cyborg will battle for Bellator gold in the near future?<\/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\/5\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cris Cyborg has parted ways with the UFC, and the most likely setting for the next chapter of her storied career seems to be Bellator MMA. If Cyborg does migrate to Bellator, she will be on collision course with reigning Bellator featherweight champion Julia Budd. 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