{"id":334910,"date":"2019-12-11T08:35:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=334910"},"modified":"2019-12-11T08:35:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:35:45","slug":"amanda-nunes-shares-her-take-on-why-cris-cyborg-turned-down-a-rematch-in-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/amanda-nunes-shares-her-take-on-why-cris-cyborg-turned-down-a-rematch-in-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Nunes shares her take on why Cris Cyborg turned down a rematch in UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amanda Nunes recently theorized on why a rematch with Cris Cyborg never came to fruition in the UFC.<\/p>\n

“The Lioness” defeated Cyborg via a shocking first-round KO in their December, 2018 fight. UFC President Dana White claimed that Cyborg didn’t want a rematch<\/a>. However, Cyborg has always maintained her stance that she always wanted a rematch.<\/p>\n

Due to rising tensions with the UFC and Dana White, Cyborg eventually left the organization and signed with Bellator.<\/p>\n

By Nunes’ estimation, Cyborg would have preferred to face a different opponent.<\/p>\n

“I was supposed to have the rematch against Cris right after my fight against Holly Holm,” Nunes said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show<\/a>. “Dana called me and then he asked me ‘would you be able to do this? Would you be able to fight right after?’<\/p>\n

“I said ‘100% I’m going to be ready for [it].’ I wanted that rematch for sure. Literally, when I went to the Internet the next day, she was released by the UFC and I don’t understand,” Nunes continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe asked to fight [Felicia] Spencer, and she didn’t take the rematch against me, right after.<\/p>\n

“She preferred to fight Spencer because I think it was the last fight on her contract because she wanted to renegotiate after to fight me. I think she wanted a little more money. I don’t know what was the reason but I’m guessing [that was it].”<\/p>\n

Considering their first and only fight finished after just 51 seconds, Nunes feels she already proved herself against her fellow Brazilian.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly I proved my point in that fight. I know, me and my coach, everybody around me, we all knew I was gonna beat her that night,” she said. “I was so ready for that fight. It happened, I proved my point, but I feel all these things are asking for a rematch. I think that would have been huge for women’s MMA.<\/p>\n

“The rematch would have had more eyes on it. It would have been good for both of us, not only me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cyborg says she is willing to do a cross-promotional rematch against Amanda Nunes, but the UFC has historically been averse to co-promotion, so this seems unlikely.<\/p>\n

Do you think we’ll ever see these Brazilian MMA legends fight again?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 12\/10\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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