UFC OUT OF THE CYBORG BUSINESS
Posted: 111219

Cris Cyborg has signed with Bellator after the relationship between her and UFC became totally broken. After UFC 240 she and UFC President Dana White were still shaking hands when the former featherweight champion told the UFC president to stop lying. She wanted White to stop saying she was ducking current champ Amanda Nunes. Cyborg claims to have sent a text to White about a rematch immediately after Nunes knocked her out but she wanted a new deal since her contract ended after UFC 240. At the press conference after 240 White noticed Cyborg was seen wearing a t-shirt with Cyborg vs. Nunes 2 on it and said he was willing to work out a new deal. And then it all went downhill from there with a video that had White state without question that the UFC would be releasing Cyborg as soon as possible. Even though her contract had ended UFC had a window that allowed them exclusive negotiating rights and after that an option to match any offers made to a fighter. In the video White says, “She is free and clear to go to Bellator or any of these other organizations and fight these easy fights that she wants. Done. Done deal. I will literally today have my lawyer draft a letter to her team that she is free and clear to go wherever she wants. We’re out of the Cyborg business.” White found Cyborg to be impossible to deal with and commented that he hated Tito Ortiz but even they were able to make a deal. The final straw was a doctored backstage video she posted that makes it look like White said things he didn’t. Her Bellator deal according to President Scott Coker is “the largest of its kind in women’s MMA history.” Her first fight will be a title shot against current featherweight champ Julia Budd. The plan is for Cyborg to fight two or three times a year and her contract will allow her the opportunity to box professionally.

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