Afterward, Justino advisor Ortiz told AXS TV’s “Inside MMA” that UFC officials offered the Brazilian slugger a fight with Rousey at AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. The UFC had been exploring the possibility of promoting UFC 194 at the 100,000-plus capacity venue in Arlington, Texas, but it now appears that card will land at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. “Just to show you that Tito is absolutely talking out of his ass”. But, we haven’t offered any fight to [Justino].
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White admitted that the UFC did indeed reach out to Cyborg following Rousey’s 34-second knockout of Bethe Correia at UFC 190 on August. 1.
“I did her a favor, man. I’m not the guy for the job”. “We could get her down there in four to six months”. Now, Cyborg has said that she’s doing everything she can to lose weight, so that she can make the fight with Rousey happen. Are we going to do this?’ I promise you, in our lifetimes we will never see another female fighter like Ronda.
Perhaps the trio of Rousey, Rogan, and De Mars are correct in their assumptions, but “Cyborg” has done nothing but prove otherwise thus far in her Zuffa tenure as Invicta FC champ. Most people are excited at the prospect of a Rousey vs. Cyborg fight, but, it doesn’t seem like UFC commentator Joe Rogan is, as he said during his podcast this past weekend that he has some issues with the fight due to Cyborg’s history of performance-enhancing drug use. Just her appearance at ‘Mania really helped as well, and her main eventing UFC and just becoming such a dominant force in the entertainment and sports worlds. Justino’s nutritionist, George Lockhart, stated Monday on MMAFighting.com that Justino can make the weight.
White said he has expected to hear from Cyborg directly about this manner, but has not.
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“She’s so successful, she’s surrounded by people that worship her and go “yes, yes, that’s a great idea.’ But when I went ‘I don’t think that’s a good idea”, I’m a hater”.
