Ronda Rousey has fought, won and lost against almost everyone that the UFC could put her up against. After a juggernaut-like rise to the top, her domination of the bantamweight division was ended by Holly Holm with THAT kick to the head.
Since then we've not seen Ronda back in the Octagon as she's decided to concentrate on her Hollywood career. However, since Holm's defeat to Miesha Tate, it has been mooted that Ronda could return towards the end of the year to try and win the title she formerly held back.
But a rather large spanner has been thrown in the works that UFC President Dana White surely can't ignore...
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Cris "Cyborg" Justino has been desperate to fight Rousey for years and has called her out publicly to try and get the fight organised.
The sticking point previously has been that Rousey was champion at 135lbs and only wanted to defend her title at that weight, while Cyborg fights at 145lbs.
But Rousey isn't champion anymore and Cyborg has taken the opportunity to try and coax Rousey into a fight 'for the fans' at a catch weight of 140lbs.
Rousey has already expressed an interest in making the card in New York on November 12th while Cyborg is making her UFC debut against Leslie Smith at UFC 198 in Brazil in May. Win that and Dana White would be hard-pressed not to make the Cyborg-Rousey fight happen.
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Will Rousey have the balls to step up 5lbs or will she wait til Cyborg yields and comes down to 135lbs? Only time will tell...
Words by George Pavlou
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