CRIS CYBORG TALKING TO UFC ABOUT NEW DEAL
Former UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is in discussions with the world’s leading MMA advertising about a new contract, according to her agent Audie Attar, who talked to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani on his MMA show. Cyborg has just one fight left on her contract following her shocking KO loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 232, however her and her representatives have been clear with the UFC that they are interested in a reunion.
According to Attar, Cyborg hopes to fight at UFC 237, which takes place this May in Curitiba, Brazil. The principal event of this event will be headlined by UFC women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas carrying on No. 1 competitor Jessica Andrade, and it makes a great deal of awareness to pump up the undercard with a fighter of Cyborg’s fame and name worth, notably in Brazil. If Cyborg does struggle at UFC 237, that will be the last fight on her contract, even as he has just 1 battle left on it without any winner’s clause due to losing the buckle.
The UFC would be smart to bring back Cyborg on a brand new deal. She’s been demonstrated to be a small pay-per-view draw at some time when the UFC wants fighters who market displays, and she won’t be cheap to re-sign, she’s shown to be worth the money. So far as women’s fighters proceed, there are not many more intriguing fighters than Cyborg and there sure aren’t many with considerably more name value than she’s. The UFC absolutely should re-sign her as long as the request is appropriate.
Although it would be nice to see Cyborg receive a rematch with Nunes viewing as though she had been on a 13-year win streak before losing her belt in mad fashion, it’s very unlikely Nunes would take this fight. The rumor is that Nunes would like to fight Holly Holm next for the UFC women’s bantamweight championship, which will leave Cyborg without a next logical competitor. There aren’t a lot of featherweights in the UFC right now, but both that do stand out are Megan Anderson and Cat Zingano. Anderson just beat Zingano in controversial fashion after a toenail sliced her attention and the fight was stopped in the first round at UFC 232, but Anderson did get her hands raised. If the UFC desired to perform Cyborg from Anderson in Brazil, that’s a struggle that produces a whole lot of sense.
Cyborg will fight out that last battle of her contract, but in the case she will enter free agency, she will have a lot of suitors. Obviously, Bellator would take a run at her as her ex-Strikeforce promoter Scott Coker is in charge of the company. But I would suspect RIZIN and ONE would also take a run at her, not to mention the WWE, Golden Boy MMA and even some boxing promotions. Cyborg will have plenty of alternatives to select from. However, if her agent is being sincere, she wants to return to the UFC, and it might be excellent to get MMA fans if that is what happens.
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