To my knowledge, never, but that does not excuse a career of unprofessionalism and unfair advantage. From her first fight (6lbs. over) to her last fight (1.5 lb.s over).
You could say she screwed up the first Ronda fight because of PEDS, which would be fair game, and I agree 100%.
If the weight was an issue, her opponents, and the UFC had every opportunity to prevent it from happening. Neither seemed to care enough about it. It's seriously nitpicking. I just don't agree with it.
You are missing the obvious additional factor that she has to cheat to fight smaller women than her. And this also includes scale tampering, when she came in six pounds heavy to fight a blown-up 135 lbs. woman with less experience.
I'm not missing anything and I am very aware of what you are suggesting. It does not need to be rehashed 50 more times. It's a dead horse that is not worth arguing about in my opinion. Find someone else to argue with it about.
No, also the UFC paying her salary while she fought in Invicta. And offering to pay nutritionists for her.
Your attempt to minimize the perks she has been given, her history of cheating and her history of unprofessionalism does not change anything. And I would display equal contempt to a guy who pulled this shit. Also, even after having her salary paid while she fights in another organization, and being the only person to fight in a weight class the UFC does not have, she still cries about how unfairly she is treated. And, of course, her lies about PED and diuretic use.
The Cheating and being unprofessional are two topics you have attempted to bring up three now. Again, it's been covered. Enough already.
Am I trying to minimize her perks? No, not at all. Am I denying it? No, not at all. But what I do think is that you are over exaggerating it. In my opinion, the amount of time and resources the UFC have spent on Cyborg in comparison to other fighters with special perks is a joke.
So what exactly did they do for her? As you said, they bought out her contract in Invicta and they wanted her to fight in the UFC. Was this the first time the UFC has ever bought out a fighters contract? No, it wasn't. What's unique about the Cyborg situation is that they allowed her to fight in the UFC, while being in Invicta. The other perk being the two women she got to fight at catch weight. One of those women were already in the UFC and the other they signed they probably paid her peanuts. But why would the UFC do this, are they getting something from it and how much resources did invest in this?
My answer: I do not believe they invested much into Cyborg at this point in time. Given the fact that they are only paying her 50-60k base, and only having two fights in the UFC, one being a fight night card and on UFC 198, I think it's reasonable enough to say the perks she is receiving in return is being overemphasized. Over the years the UFC has made plenty of compromises for fighters. This is one of the smaller ones.
I dislike her for a very simple reason: she cheats, she has no respect for her opponents or the sport, and she is full of shit. FWIW, I dislike how Ronda acts and is promoted/coddled by the UFC as well.
Yes, you have made it very clear you hate her for cheating and fighting smaller women. This was covered in my very first post you quoted and you have brought it up 4 times now ( I think). And I'm honestly not even sure why you brought up Honda into this conversation. Maybe you are preemptively going on the defense. There is no need for that as I have not accused you of bashing Cyborg because you are a Ronda fan.
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