{"id":323354,"date":"2019-08-23T09:41:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T16:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=323354"},"modified":"2019-08-23T09:41:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T16:41:55","slug":"scott-coker-interested-in-signing-cat-zingano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-interested-in-signing-cat-zingano\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Coker interested in signing Cat Zingano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a lengthy career in the UFC, Cat Zingano is now a free agent. The former title challenger parted ways with the Las Vegas based promotion earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>From the sounds of it, she could soon have a new home in Bellator MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/8\/22\/20828641\/scott-coker-cris-cyborg-bellator-talks-progressing-interest-in-cat-zingano-surfaces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a> this week, Bellator President Scott Coker divulged that he would like to have a conversation with Zingano if she&#8217;s indeed a free agent.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6vr9nz\">\u201cWe\u2019ll have to make sure, but if she is completely free, then we should have a conversation,\u201d Coker said\u00a0when asked about Zingano.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Coker is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-updates-on-negotiations-with-cris-cyborg\/\">also interested<\/a> in signing former UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s possible both Cris Cyborg and Cat Zingano could end up in another promotion besides Bellator, it is worth noting that we can strike RIZIN Fighting Federation from the list of their suitors.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to BJPenn.com&#8217;s Tom Taylor, RIZIN boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara confirmed that he will not be pursuing Zingano or Cyborg at this time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ve seen a lot of people expressing interest in seeing Cris Cyborg and Cat Zingano in Rizin, so I asked RIZIN boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara if he&#39;s interested in signing either woman. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s what he told me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZWv7q5QwSX\">pic.twitter.com\/ZWv7q5QwSX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Taylor (@TomTayMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomTayMMA\/status\/1162841012391292928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Back in 2004 when I first visited Chute Boxe Academy, I was introduced to Cris and I remember she left a great impact to me,&#8221; Sakakibara said. &#8220;Since then she has accomplished so much in our sport and I do respect her as a fighter. As much as I would love to do something with her, RIZIN\u2019s current situation is that we don\u2019t have an active 66kg women\u2019s division. So we wouldn\u2019t be able to provide her with compelling matchups. It would be great to do something with her in the future if things makes sense, but given our current situation with the lack of depth in her division, it wouldn\u2019t make sense for us to make an offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;Same goes with Cat. Right now our focus for women\u2019s divisions are Atomweight and Flyweight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Cat Zingano will end up in Bellator?<\/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\/23\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a lengthy career in the UFC, Cat Zingano is now a free agent. The former title challenger parted ways with the Las Vegas based promotion earlier this month. From the sounds of it, she could soon have a new home in Bellator MMA. 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