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Miesha Tate's roller-coaster year hasn't changed anything about her willingness to fight Cris Cyborg.
Tate, the former UFC women's bantamweight champion, said recently on The MMA Hour that she would be game to move up in weight and challenge Cyborg at the same 140-pound catchweight the feared Brazilian has competed at for her first two UFC fights.
"When I was the champ, they told me that they would not ... do a catchweight, so either she has to meet you at 135 or you have to not be the champion," Tate said on The MMA Hour. "So now that I'm not the champion, I technically could fight her at 140. I wouldn't be against it. The thing is, I just feel like I have nothing to lose in that."
Tate's remarks are consistent with past comments she has made about a potential meeting against Cyborg, the reigning Invicta FC featherweight champion. In March, Tate said that she "would love" to challenge herself against Cyborg. Several months later, Tate admitted that she would be at an inherent disadvantage against Cyborg, but that it also would be "really cool" to test herself against such a dreaded opponent.
Tate's words come at a time when Cyborg can finally call herself a UFC fighter. After several frustrating years spent in limbo, Cyborg has competed twice for the promotion in 2016 against Leslie Smith and Lina Lansberg. The 31-year-old Brazilian won both fights with vicious knockouts, extending an unbeaten streak that spans more than a decade. However the weight cut down to 140 pounds was a struggle in both instances for Cyborg, and following the Lansberg win, she expressed her reluctance to make the cut again unless it was against a top-10 bantamweight opponent.
More:
http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/10/...-to-cris-cyborg-fight-i-just-feel-like-i-have
Tate, the former UFC women's bantamweight champion, said recently on The MMA Hour that she would be game to move up in weight and challenge Cyborg at the same 140-pound catchweight the feared Brazilian has competed at for her first two UFC fights.
"When I was the champ, they told me that they would not ... do a catchweight, so either she has to meet you at 135 or you have to not be the champion," Tate said on The MMA Hour. "So now that I'm not the champion, I technically could fight her at 140. I wouldn't be against it. The thing is, I just feel like I have nothing to lose in that."
Tate's remarks are consistent with past comments she has made about a potential meeting against Cyborg, the reigning Invicta FC featherweight champion. In March, Tate said that she "would love" to challenge herself against Cyborg. Several months later, Tate admitted that she would be at an inherent disadvantage against Cyborg, but that it also would be "really cool" to test herself against such a dreaded opponent.
Tate's words come at a time when Cyborg can finally call herself a UFC fighter. After several frustrating years spent in limbo, Cyborg has competed twice for the promotion in 2016 against Leslie Smith and Lina Lansberg. The 31-year-old Brazilian won both fights with vicious knockouts, extending an unbeaten streak that spans more than a decade. However the weight cut down to 140 pounds was a struggle in both instances for Cyborg, and following the Lansberg win, she expressed her reluctance to make the cut again unless it was against a top-10 bantamweight opponent.
More:
http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/10/...-to-cris-cyborg-fight-i-just-feel-like-i-have
