Cris Cyborg behöver inte vänta längre på att få gå en fight om UFC:s fjäderviktsbälte. Efter att den tidigare mästaren Germaine de Randamie blev fråntagen mästarbältet tidigare i veckan så har det nu blivit klart att Cyborg kommer att möta Invicta FC-mästarinnan Megan Anderson i en match om den vakanta UFC-titeln.
Bytet av motståndare är något som Cyborg välkomnar. Hon förklarade för fightingsidan Combate om svårigheterna i att få gå en fight mot den tidigare divisionsmästarinnan:
We knew she never wanted to fight me. There was some people in her camp that warned me about it, they said she wasn’t going to fight me. I wanted to close the fight as soon as possible. I believe she knew they would do that. I don’t think it came as a surprise, or that she learned about it on the internet. The UFC was in touch with her manager, they wanted to put me against her, but I knew it wouldn’t be that quick.
Maybe she was dropping to bantamweight to become a two-division champion. I guess that was her excuse, but she thought she couldn’t defend and keep her belt. She didn’t want the fight. Her first excuse was saying her hand was hurt, then she said she had family problems, then she called me a cheater. It was a new excuse everyday.
This fight against Megan is a big opportunity. She has the Invicta belt, which I vacated, so it’s a perfect match. It’s a real featherweight fight.
Cris Cyborg väntas möta Megan Anderson i fighten om fjäderviktstiteln den 29:e juli i Anaheim, Kalifornien vid UFC 214. Galans huvudkort kommer att vara en rematch om lätt-tungviktstiteln mellan regerande mästaren Daniel Cormier och den tidigare mästaren Jon Jones.
