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Cyborg issues Running Man challenge to Rousey

Cris Cyborg is getting inventive in her Ronda Rousey call outs, and has the event, place, and date picked out.

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Chris Palmquist
May 28, 2016 · 1 min read
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The greatest fighter in women’s MMA history, Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino made her UFC debut on May 14 at UFC 198 in her hometown of Curitiba, Brazil. Leslie Smith gamely stepped up, and was beaten down in 81 seconds.

Cyborg fights primarily for Invicta, but her contract is with the UFC. The world’s dominant league had planned for Cyborg to gradually drop to 135 for a fight with the then seemingly unbeatable Ronda Rousey. However, Cyborg has announced 140 is as low as she will ever go, and Rousey in fact human proved to be human.

That doesn’t mean Cyborg doesn’t still want to fight Rousey, at a catchweight. Rousey has long said as champion, the challenger had to come to her, and make 135. But of course, Ronda Rousey is no longer champion. Even if Rousey is intent solely on regaining her belt, and not on being half of the biggest fight in WMMA history, a Cyborg fight might make sense – losing would have no effect on her title aspirations.

Cyborg even has the event, place, and date picked out:

UFC 205

Madison Square Garden, New York city, New York

12 November 2016

And Cyborg is getting inventive in her call outs.

So what do you say Ronda?!

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