Holly Holm vs. Cyborg?

In a recent media scrum with UFC Bantamweight Champion, Holly Holm, we as an MMA community have learned that the newly crowned champion is willing to take on one of Ronda Rousey's arch-rival Chris Cyborg.  The two are cast mates in the film "Fight Valley", but it is now possible that the two could be opponents in the cage.

Former UFC Champion, Ronda Rousey has stated many times that she would be willing to fight Cyborg as long as she was willing to drop down to 135lbs for their fight.  Cyborg, who is the Invicta 145lb champion, has stated that she doesn't believe that she could medically make 135lbs.  Now with that Ronda Rousey is no longer the champion, we will probably never see the two of them fight.  The fight has always been presented as a "super fight" that would be a crowd pleaser.  As an MMA fan, I can honestly say that I was never truly interested in seeing Cyborg take on Rousey.  In my opinion, I felt that it would be a one-sided win for Cyborg.  I don't like seeing one-sided fights, so the idea never really appealed to me.

On the other hand, Holly Holm has stated that she isn't opposed to the idea of meeting Cyborg in a super fight and would be okay facing the Invicta champ in a higher weight class.  For me this is music to my ears.  Both women are superior strikers to most of the other women in similar weight classes and I think the fight would be more exciting.  I believe that Holly Holm's high level of striking would give Cyborg more of a challenge than Ronda Rousey's mediocre striking abilities.  I would watch this fight if it were to happen whether it was a $100 PPV or just a small fight in front of 100 people recorded on a crappy cell phone.  I would watch this fight no matter what.  I wouldn't pay to watch Cyborg dismantle Rousey on the feet.  This is truly a fight that the fans would deserve, despite the fact that Holm and Cyborg aren't bigger draws with the casual mainstream fight fans, but the die hard, long-time MMA fans would explode with excitement at the news of such a fight.  I really hope that we can witness this fight.  Below is the video of the media scrum, provided by Marc Raimondi of MMAfighting.com:

Which fight would you rather see?--Tough Spar MMA

Rousey vs. Cyborg

Holly Holm vs. Cyborg

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Who would win in a super fight between Cris Cyborg and Holly Holm?--Tough Spar MMA

Cris Cyborg

Holly Holm

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Cris Cyborg Planning a Drop to Bantamweight, Wants Rousey in December

Invicta FC Featherweight Champion, Cristiane Santos aka Cris Cyborg has recently announced a plan to drop down to 135 lbs this year and already has her sights on a specific opponents. Cyborg says she wants a bout with the current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion, Ronda Rousey. When the UFC was first introducing the female bantamweight division, the UFC had a super fight between Rousey and Cyborg, but Cyborg said that she couldn't medically make the 135 lb weight requirement.  Cyborg Is planning on working with her doctor so that she can make the cut in the healthiest way possible.

A drop to 135 lbs is exciting news for the UFC and WMMA community alike.  Not long ago, Cyborg parted ways with her manager and UFC public enemy number one, Tito Ortiz. With Ortiz out of the way, negotiations with the UFC could begin. Dana White was unwilling to sign Cyborg as long as Ortiz was her manager.  I think a fight involving Cyborg and Rousey would mean big bucks for the UFC and fireworks for MMA fans. With Rousey scheduled to fight Sarah McMann this weekend, if McMann we're to fail this weekend, Cyborg would be the next biggest threat to Rousey's belt.

Tito Invites Tate to Help Train with Cyborg

By way of Twitter, Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino's manager Tito Ortiz called Miesha Tate out asking for Tate to help he and Cyborg train for her next bout. Right now the current Invicta FC Featherweight champ doesn't have a fight scheduled but the invitation was still extended. Tat simply replied with "anytime." Not long before Tate's fight at UFC 168, Cyborg offered to help Tate train for Rousey via Twitter.

The two of them have the potential to form a Velasquez-Cormier type of partnership if the two of them could become allies. Both women are arguably top ten WMMA pound-for-pound fighters and would be a force to be reckoned with if they ever come together for training. It makes one wonder if Cyborg has found a way to cut down to 135 to eventually get at Rousey, despite Cyborg claiming that she medically couldn't do so. If we eventually got to see Cyborg in the UFC at 135 lbs we would be in for a treat.

Cyborg Offers to Aid Tate in Defeating Rousey

Invicta FC Featherweight Champion and highly respected Muay Thai practioner, Cris Cyborg in a recent tweet has offered to play a part in the UFC 168 co-main event involving a UFC Bantamweight Championship fight between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate.  By way of Twitter, Cyborg has reached out to Tate and offered to train with the title challenger to help her take down the current Champ, Ronda Rousey.  Before Liz Carmouche was ever set to compete against Ronda Rousey in the first ever UFC fight involving female competitors, the UFC was trying to put together a fight between the current UFC Champ and the current Invicta FC Champ.  Cyborg was pretty much guaranteed a spot in the UFC, but Cyborg insisted that she could not medically make 135 lbs.  Many believe that Cyborg is the only true threat to Rousey in WMMA.  It would be interesting to see the two of them clash in the future, but as for now it is all speculation. I think Cyborg would possibly destroy Rousey on the feet with no fear of the ground considering that she has a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.