This whole thread premise is false and is down to the obvious mental illness of Cyborg's fanatical H8 brigade. Just the recent history:
(1) Cyborg wanted GDR, 145 champ.
(2) GDR ran, so UFC booked Anderson against Cyborg.
(3) Anderson ran so UFC booked whoever the f*ck had the guts to get into the octagon with Cyborg, which turned out to be Tonya Evinger.
(4) Cyborg called out Holm, the best 145 er in the org and for a change, got her and beat her.
(5) Cyborg called out Anderson, the next best 145er in the org. Anderson ducked again.
(6) Cyborg said f this, hire some 145ers and get me a legit 145 opponent whoever it is. There are plenty in other orgs.
(7) UFC gave her a superfight with Nunes.
(8) Holloway pulled out of 222 and UFC bumped Cyborg onto that card with the best opponent they could get in that time frame.
'Cyborg only fights smaller girls' - she calls out the top 145ers but can only fight whom is willing to face her and whom UFC has under contract.
'Cyborg only fights cans' - she calls out the top opponents but they duck.
'Cyborg always complains' - Cyborg does not always complain but anyone would be frustrated if their organisation repeatedly let people duck her while refusing to sign opponents in that weight class.
Hmm, let's put it into proper perspective.
Cyborg went up in weight over the years from 137 to 175 (or more, according to various sources). She lifted, ate and juiced her way into the least talented class in all of MMA, and this takes work, particularly for a woman engaged in a cardio-intensive sport. (not easy to add muscle, so she really focused on it).She gave her weight during an interview at 154, then asked to be released from her original contract with the UFC because she "would die" cutting from 160 to 135, all the while complaining that Ronda (whom I detest) would not move up to fight her.
She then gained an additional 15 lbs. then cut to 139. Now possibly it is my math, but that is a lot more than the 25 lbs. that would kill her, and a greater overall percentage of bodyweight as well. So we have this wonderful example of dishonesty. This, coupled with two failed drug tests (even given a retroactive TUE, she still lied to the testing officials). And, of course, let us not forget scale tampering. All to fight smaller women.
Cyborg has fought 21 times, and out of those 21 fights, only six women have not fought lighter than 145, with an equal number having experience at 125. And this is not the fault of the UFC, as she has only recently signed with them. (not even two years ago). The next excuse she offers is that she "does not want to fight a Brazilian" which is utter horseshit as she has already fought five of them.
She states she wants to "fight a legit 145lbs. fighter" and then names a woman who has more fights at 135, a bad record and is ranked #15 in the worst division of MMA. Then she takes another fight against a 135 lbs. fighter. Not exactly a bastion of credibility.
She has been given perks beyond belief (getting paid by the UFC to fight in another org, getting her nutritionist paid for, getting a weight class created just for her) and still she complains. After beating up smaller and talentless women, and cheating to do it.
Hell, all of her best wins are women who have fought in lighter weight classes.
She gets shit because she has earned it.
