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Cris Cyborg går till attack mot Amanda Nunes och UFC

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UFC:s fjäderviktsmästarinna Cris Cyborg ville möta Amanda Nunes under UFC 228 i Dallas, men det kommer nu inte att bli av. Nunes vill istället gå match under UFC 232 i december.

Cyborg segrade senast mot Yani Kunitskaya via TKO i första ronden under UFC 222 i mars och har nu ett record på 20-1. Brasilianskan har väntat uppemot ett år på att mötet ska bli av och menar att Nunes endast kommit med undanflykter för att slippa möta henne. Nunes har bland annat skyllt på skador och att det har behövts mer tid för att marknadsföra mötet.

Via MMAFighting:

Amanda has talked a bunch of stuff, saying she couldn’t fight, that she was injured and would take her six months to recover. She challenged me in January and said she’s injured and needs some time. Ok, fine, but I’m a champion in my division and I’m always fighting.

She’s used to fighting only once a year, but I’m ready to fight now. It’s been four months since my last fight, and I’m ready. There’s no excuse. ‘Oh, but there aren’t opponents for you.’ There are. If you look out there, there are. I’ve always fought in Invicta and always had opponents.

Cyborg tycker att UFC får ordna för en annan motståndare inom kort om Nunes inte är redo att gå match. Fjädeviktsmästarinnan menar också att det är väl känt att UFC inte är beredda att marknadsföra brasilianska fighters på samma sätt som fighters med andra nationaliteter.

If you watch her interviews, it’s like she’s going out on vacation. My job is fighting. I want to fight. I don’t want to stay out for almost a year in my prime. I think it’s disrespectful. … Dana (White) took Colby Covington’s belt. He won that belt two months ago and was stripped because (Tyron) Woodley wants to fight and he’s injured. How about me, who wants to fight? She challenged me six months ago and still needs six months? She said she’s going to travel with her girlfriend. No problem with that, but I’m ready to fight. A champion must be ready at all times. I want to fight now, and when she’s ready we can fight.

It’s no secret that the UFC doesn’t promote Brazilians. Ketlen Vieira will fight Tonya Evinger now. She has 10 straight wins and should be fighting for the belt. OK, Amanda wants to move up, so she deserves an interim belt in Sao Paulo against a ranked girl. She’s fighting Tonya Evinger, who’s not even ranked in the UFC, in a non-title fight. Why are they doing that? Because they will do Holly Holm with someone else for the interim belt. I’m almost positive of that. But that’s not right with Ketlen Vieira, who is ranked.

Den före detta Invicta-mästarinnan Cyborg har 5 raka vinster i UFC sedan hon gick med i organisationen, mot Leslie Smith, Lina Länsberg, Tonya Evinger, Holly Holm och Kunitskaya.

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