{"id":324814,"date":"2019-09-09T07:52:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=324814"},"modified":"2019-09-09T07:52:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:52:31","slug":"cris-cyborg-on-ufc-departure-dana-white-is-a-liar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/cris-cyborg-on-ufc-departure-dana-white-is-a-liar\/","title":{"rendered":"Cris Cyborg on UFC departure: Dana White is a &#8216;liar&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Cris Cyborg parted ways with the UFC. Based on UFC President Dana White&#8217;s telling of this highly publicized split, it was the UFC that decided to end the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Cyborg, however, begs to differ.<\/p>\n<p>Now <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/breaking-cris-cyborg-signs-with-bellator-mma\/\">a member<\/a> of the Bellator MMA roster, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/cris-cyborg-gets-title-shot-against-julia-budd-in-bellator-debut\/\">looking forward to a title shot opposite Bellator&#8217;s reigning women&#8217;s featherweight champ Julia Budd<\/a>, Cyborg says she&#8217;d decided to leave the UFC before the promotion had decided to let her go. Apparently, she opted to pack her bags once it became clear the promotion wasn&#8217;t willing to grant her a rematch with Amanda Nunes.<\/p>\n<p>As for Dana White? She says &#8220;He\u2019s a liar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cyborg gave her take on the situation at Bellator 226 this weekend (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/09\/cris-cyborg-liar-dana-white-lost-to-bellator-divorce-video-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[White] knew,\u201d Cyborg said. \u201cHe said, \u2018I\u2019m out of the business of \u2018Cyborg.\u2019 I got out first. He did not let me go. I went first because he didn\u2019t want to make the rematch, and I had to wait a long time to fight. But now, it\u2019s in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cyborg also added that she knew she would be leaving the UFC when she walked out to her final UFC bout \u2014 a July fight with Felicia Spencer, which she won by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I did my last fight, I knew it was the last fight. When I stepped into the cage, I said, \u2018This is the last one.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Cyborg seems happy to have landed with Bellator MMA, where she believes she&#8217;ll be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-explains-how-bellator-will-promote-cris-cyborg-better-than-ufc\/\">treated more fairly<\/a>. She says her fans feel the same way \u2014 and have made their thoughts on White quite clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll my fans say, \u2018Cris, I\u2019m really happy,&#8217;\u201d she said. \u201c\u2018You seem happy. And (expletive) Dana White.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Cris Cyborg will perform 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 9\/9\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Cris Cyborg parted ways with the UFC. Based on UFC President Dana White&#8217;s telling of this highly publicized split, it was the UFC that decided to end the relationship. Cyborg, however, begs to differ. Now a member of the Bellator MMA roster, and looking forward to a title shot opposite Bellator&#8217;s reigning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":305413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,10203],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cris Cyborg on UFC departure: Dana White is a &#039;liar&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cris Cyborg offers her take on her UFC exit, challengering the version of the story told by UFC President Dana White and calling him a &quot;liar.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/cris-cyborg-on-ufc-departure-dana-white-is-a-liar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cris Cyborg on UFC departure: Dana White is a &#039;liar&#039; 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