For Cris Cyborg�s comeback fight, she�s looking northward.
The former UFC featherweight queen has not had a fight booked since dropping her title to Amanda Nunes at UFC 232 last December, but the challenge of a new contender in her division has piqued her interest.
At UFC Rochester on Saturday, Octagon newcomer Felicia Spencer made a statement that she�s among the best in the world at 145 pounds when she needed less than a round to submit Megan Anderson. That improved Spencer�s record to 7-0, and post-fight she teased that there weren�t a lot of options at featherweight for her besides the names at the top of the division.
And if that statement wasn�t loud enough, the 28-year-old Canadian went on to call out Cyborg specifically in a backstage interview with TSN. That caught Cyborg�s attention ?and she not only accepted, she suggested a date and location for their prospective matchup.
�July 27th, Edmonton, Canada,?Cyborg wrote, referring to the upcoming UFC 240 pay-per-view in Alberta that is currently scheduled to be headlined by men�s featherweight champion Max Holloway defending his title against Frankie Edgar.
Should the matchmakers pair up Cyborg and Spencer, it would only be Cyborg�s fourth non-title fight since August 2009.
Cyborg has won 20 of her last 21 fights (excluding one no contest).
The former UFC featherweight queen has not had a fight booked since dropping her title to Amanda Nunes at UFC 232 last December, but the challenge of a new contender in her division has piqued her interest.
At UFC Rochester on Saturday, Octagon newcomer Felicia Spencer made a statement that she�s among the best in the world at 145 pounds when she needed less than a round to submit Megan Anderson. That improved Spencer�s record to 7-0, and post-fight she teased that there weren�t a lot of options at featherweight for her besides the names at the top of the division.
And if that statement wasn�t loud enough, the 28-year-old Canadian went on to call out Cyborg specifically in a backstage interview with TSN. That caught Cyborg�s attention ?and she not only accepted, she suggested a date and location for their prospective matchup.
�July 27th, Edmonton, Canada,?Cyborg wrote, referring to the upcoming UFC 240 pay-per-view in Alberta that is currently scheduled to be headlined by men�s featherweight champion Max Holloway defending his title against Frankie Edgar.
Should the matchmakers pair up Cyborg and Spencer, it would only be Cyborg�s fourth non-title fight since August 2009.
Cyborg has won 20 of her last 21 fights (excluding one no contest).
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