Cyborg gives up on fighting at 135 lbs.
After over a year of going back and forth with the media and herself, Cris Cyborg has finally admitted she will not be able to drop the bantamweight division.
After over a year of going back and forth with the media and herself, Cris Cyborg has finally admitted she will not be able to drop the bantamweight division:
“I can’t. From now on, I will only fight at my weight or in a catchweight,” Cyborg told Tatame on Monday. “I haven’t fought in a long time and that’s why I want to go back to my division.”
Speaking to MMAFighting.com on Dec. 3, the Brazilian brawler said she had postponed the drop to bantamweight, but turns out that the lack of commitment from both UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and the UFC president Dana White on making the anticipated super fight forced Cyborg to change her mind.
“I realized I’m the only one making an effort for this fight to happen,” she said. “I believe both should make an effort.”