{"id":321636,"date":"2019-08-06T20:07:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T03:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=321636"},"modified":"2019-08-06T20:07:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T03:07:26","slug":"dana-white-reacts-to-cris-cyborgs-apology-it-had-to-kill-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-reacts-to-cris-cyborgs-apology-it-had-to-kill-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White reacts to Cris Cyborg&#8217;s apology: &#8216;It had to kill her&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought the Dana White and Cris Cyborg story had come to a conclusion, it apparently has a few chapters left to be written.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-cris-cyborg-released-by-the-ufc\/\">in a sit down interview with Laura Sanko<\/a>, the UFC president announced that he, along with the organization, were &#8220;no longer in the Cris Cyborg business&#8221;, thus releasing her and giving their blessing to the former women&#8217;s featherweight champion to take her talents anywhere she wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that sit down interview, Cyborg had <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-cris-cyborg-punching-angela-magana\/\">released a video<\/a> of a backstage conversation between she and White following her <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-240-results-cris-cyborg-defeats-felicia-spencer-highlights\/\">win over Felicia Spencer at UFC 239<\/a>. Many people, i<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/miesha-tate-suspects-dana-white-was-misrepresented-in-cris-cyborg-confrontation-video\/\">ncluding former women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate<\/a>, felt that the video was doctored a little bit. Hours after White&#8217;s interview was released, Cyborg <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cris-cyborg-issues-apology-to-dana-white-admits-to-tampering-with-video\/\">had admitted to sketchy editing of the video<\/a> and released an apology to the UFC president.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Cyborg took to Instagram <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cris-cyborg-opens-up-on-ufc-departure-criticizes-dana-white\/\">to address her UFC departure<\/a> and take some exiting shots at White: calling him &#8220;a guy with a dark soul&#8221; and that White continuously tried to &#8220;damage her brand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following Tuesday night&#8217;s Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series event, White spoke to the media and addressed the apology, along with the latest in the saga. According to Brett Okamoto <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/1158927894443220992?s=20\">via Twitter<\/a>, White said that dealing with Cyborg was a &#8220;nightmare and that she was never happy with anything that they did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That was only the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It had to kill [Cyborg] to apologize to me,&#8221; White told the media on Tuesday night. &#8220;She did because what she did (with the doctored video) is one of the dirtiest things you can do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest talking points in the White and Cyborg story had to do with a potential rematch with Amanda Nunes for the UFC women&#8217;s featherweight title. White has emphatically said that Cyborg did not want that fight, while <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cris-cyborg-fires-back-at-dana-white-for-suggesting-she-turned-down-a-rematch-with-amanda-nunes\/\">Cyborg took the opposite stance<\/a>. As the smoke attempts to clear in the relationship, the UFC president is doubling down on his stance and hopes the MMA community will listen once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fans and media need to get it though their heads, she did not want to fight Amanda Nunes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you believe that the back-and-forth between Dana White and Cris Cyborg will continue?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought the Dana White and Cris Cyborg story had come to a conclusion, it apparently has a few chapters left to be written. 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