Ronda Rousey may never face Cristiane Cyborg Justino in the Octagon, but theyre already squaring off in a heated battle of words.

A Rousey-Cyborg fight has long been talked about, but nothing has materialized, partly because Justino would have to get down to Rouseys 135-pound bantamweight level. Talk about the dream UFC fight was stoked by Rouseys 34-second title win over Bethe Correia over the weekend and Rousey managed to both dampen and increase it by firing a shot at Justino.

Im prepared to deal with anything, thats why Im the champion, Rousey said after her victory in Rio de Janeiro. I fight in the UFC, in the 135-pound division. She can fight at 145 pumped full of steroids or she can make the weight just like everybody else without them.

Thems fightin words for Justino, who did test positive for an anabolic steroid after scoring a knockout win as the Strikeforce featherweight champion in December 2011. Cyborg blamed the result on a diet supplement given to her by a former coach and has not failed random tests lately.

Justino threatened Rousey with legal action, tweeting that she passes the same tests as Rousey.

To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture, Justino wrote Sunday on Instagram. Its not about winning and losing; its about hard work every day and about thriving on the challenge. Its about embracing the pain that youll experience at the end of the race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge.

Rouseys comment wasnt so much a shot as it was part or a barrage about Justino. In a prefight interview with Yahoo, she said: If [Justino] can make 145 [pounds] all pumped full of steroids, you can get off the juice and fight in the division everybody else is in. I dont see why I should be under pressure to prove something against her when shes the one that has to prove something. Shes the one that has to prove that shes not a fraud.

It might be a popular fight, but it isnt likely to happen soon. For one thing, Justino has never fought at 135; Rousey has competed at 145, but UFC doesnt have that division.

And, after Rouseys victory over Correia, it seemed more likely that Rousey would fight Miesha Tate for the third time in December at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex. After that, Rousey has a movie commitment. It is, as UFC President Dana White said over the weekend, not easy.

The Cyborg thing is complicated, because everybody is ready to go, White said. Im ready for Cyborg. Ronda is ready for Cyborg. Everybody is ready for that fight, but Cyborg has to make the weight.

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