New UFC featherweight champion Germaine de Randamies next move could be a rematch with Holly Holm. Or matchup with Cris Cyborg Justino. Or hand surgery.

In a Thursday media teleconference, de Randamie, calling in from Holland, said shes yet to see a doctor regarding the ligament injuries to which she briefly alluded in the cage following her UFC 208 decision win over Holm at Brooklyns Barclays Center.

At this point I havent been able to see a doctor yet, de Randamie said. They will evaluate and then Ill know what the next thing will be.

De Randamie explained that an old ligament injury, initially suffered in a 2015 TKO win over Larissa Pacheco, flared up in training camp leading up to the Holm fight. At the time, her doctor advised that while should could probably go through with the Holm fight, shed need a procedure eventually one way or another.

I injured my hand after a fighter with Larissa Pachenko, de Randamie said. I continued to train, I train and I train and it bothered me for a long time. During this camp it started bothering me more and more, so Ive been with an orthopedic surgeon, a hand specialist, he said you probably need surgery because you have some torn ligaments in the hand. He said you could fight first, but after the fight is over you have to come over and see what we can do.

The surgery talks has led some to claim that de Randamie is ducking Cyborg, the former Strikeforce and current Invicta featherweight champion, particularly since de Randamie offered Holm a rematch first.

De Randamie said shes not concerned with what critics think.

I really dont take it personal, de Randamie said. Everyone is entitled to say whatever they want to say. I know Im not afraid and I know I will fight everybody. Right now theres a lot going on right now and my focus is somewhere else. At the end of the day, its been five days since I fought for the UFC belt and Ive been so busy, so happy, and havent really had time to enjoy it. Right now Im going to enjoy it, Im going to see a doctor, and whatever happens after that, happens after that.

Justino is currently under temporary suspension by USADA due to testing positive for a banned diuretic in an out-of-competition test administered in December. She is attempting to receive a retroactive therapeutic use exemption for drug.

For her part, de Randamie says she doesnt know enough about the situation to make an informed comment.

To be honest, if she gets the exemption, I think thats up to Cris and the athletic commission, de Randamie said. I dont know much about this stuff she asks exemption so I should first read up before I make a statement about that. If they give her an exemption, there must be a good reason for it.

Beyond that, de Randamie wants to wait until she hears back from her doctor before committing to any of the options in front of her.

I think its going to depend on what my doctors say. I have to go back to the doctor. theyre going to see what the damage is and whats the extent of the damage. Theyre going to decide if its a smart decision to fight or go to the surgery first.

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