True but why would she fight for the title knowing that she would have to fight Cyborg later?Simply because she was scared to take that fight.
I think of Cyborg as more of a volume striker than a power puncher. She hit Smith flush with about 6 fists and a kick in a space of a second and dropped her but she wasn't out. Cyborg's game is to overwhelm, not necessarily put the lights out. A technical striker who is strong in the clinch like Holly could give her problems for a while. I'd also still like to see her fight Dandois who is a good submission grappler.I'm gonna break this down she was scared. Cyborg is ruthless and sh can't handle constant pressure that and sh got rocked three times by holly and that's no knock to holly because all through holly's career boxing or mma has shown when she puts weight behind her strikes she's a pretty hard hitter with decent to good power, however she has the style to get hit less and outwork her opponents unless she knows she's gonna clearly out class them ala ronda she was beating the shit out of ronda and she planted her feet way more than she has in mma even then she still used a lot of movement. Cyborg is a extreme hitter tho and it's a different ball game imo she would stand right in front of gdr and throw bombs at her face. lol
Cyborg got cleared by USADA and got a retroactive exemption for spirorolactone use in December '16. GBR was just flat out ducking Cyborg and thought that she could pressure UFC by muckracking to attract bad publicity whenever Cyborg is mentioned.because she has her card stacked against a known cheat. Flip the script a bit, why the UFC promoting cyborg so hard despite being busted less than a year ago? She was being promoted and busted at the same time FFS
UFC seems extremely accommodating for cheaters.
GDR probably thought that she could cross that bridge later and pick up the title now when she has the chance.True but why would she fight for the title knowing that she would have to fight Cyborg later?