Knapp: Cris Justino on schedule to make 135
Shannon Knapp on Cris Justino vs. Ronda Rousey: “If you ask me, this is the biggest female fight there is out there and will be out there for years to come.”
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Invicta Fighting Championship 145 lb champion Cristiane Justino will make her debut vs. TBA at 135 at Invicta FC 10 in December, live on UFC Fight Pass.
If Justino shows she can consistently make weight at 135, and perform successfully, a fight with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is highly likely.
Everything seems to be on schedule, said Invicta founder and CEO Knapp to Tristen Critchfield for Sherdog.com. She is pumped up and ready; she is making her way. She wants that fight with Ronda. She is putting in the hard work, the time and the effort to get that fight. I think she’s very focused on getting to where she needs to be and where she needs to go to have that matchup.
As she really starts into that hard cut of the weight, we want to document that; we want to take the fans on that journey with her and let them see. She’s a tremendous athlete. A lot of people have negative stuff to say; they kick her around [about] muscle mass and stuff like that.
This is one of the hardest working athletes – I’m not saying hardest working female athlete – I’m telling you she’s one of the hardest working athletes I have ever had the opportunity to witness.
Provided that she does make that weight — if we can get that matchup between her and Ronda, this is going to be a fight that people are not going to forget. If you ask me, this is the biggest female fight there is out there and will be out there for years to come.
These two don’t like each other. If you take a look at what happened with Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones, that skyrocketed the interest in that. The interest is already here with Cris and Ronda. Whether you like Cris and hate Ronda or vice versa…people want to see this fight. How the fight goes, who knows? But what I do know is the anticipation for this matchup, if it does get set, people are going to be incredibly excited for this fight.
So what do you think UG? Does it look like Cris Justino can make 135? And if so, will the UFC sign her to fight Rousey?
