MMA Junkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been talking to Audie since we got the official letter from her that she was released (by the UFC),” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we try to make sure we have all the i\u2019s dotted. (Because otherwise,) then you get the lawsuits…We are in discussions with Audie and I\u2019m sure he\u2019s in discussions with two to three people about trying to make a deal for Cyborg.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cris Cyborg and Scott Coker built a working relationship when Cyborg was fighting in Strikeforce, prior to her UFC career. In the eyes of Coker, Cyborg’s Strikeforce championship reign solidified her as the greatest female fighter of all time:<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s face it,\u201d Coker said. \u201cI don\u2019t care what anybody says. Me speaking about the female divisions that basically Strikeforce created in mixed martial arts when nobody else would do it, she is the GOAT of female MMA \u2013 period.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause you beat Muhammad Ali doesn\u2019t make you Muhammad Ali, is how I feel. I saw her fight when she was 24, 25, 26. Those are years Cyborg was fighting for me, and she was just a beast. I wish we could rewind those tapes and check it out, because she\u2019s a killer. She\u2019s still a killer. But for me to say that she\u2019s not the greatest of all time and someone else is? That\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n
Do you consider Cris Cyborg the GOAT?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 8\/23\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The president of Bellator, Scott Coker, is making his loyalty to Cyborg known, as he claims she is the female GOAT. The former UFC featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg, is currently a free agent after being released from her UFC contract. Her last fight was a win against formerly undefeated fighter Felicia Spencer (7-1) at UFC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54472,"featured_media":323348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,10203,10122],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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