Not many fighters are publicly pushing for a matchup with new UFC womens featherweight champion Cristiane Justino. So, when someone like Cat Zingano begins to poke at Cyborg, its a notable. <\/p>\n
Zingano (9-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC), a former UFC womens bantamweight title challenger, has expressed interest in fighting Justino (18-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in the past. The matchup has been discussed for multiple dates, but its never come to fruition. <\/p>\n
Although Zingano has been inactive in recent years fighting just twice since September 2014 she believes she has what it takes to end Brazilians more than 12-year winning streak, and shes made it known (via Twitter): <\/p>\n
Zingano, No. 5 in the latest USA TODAY Sports\/MMAjunkie MMA womens bantamweight rankings, has competed at flyweight and bantamweight during her career, but shes never found her way up to the 145-pound division. She wants to give it a try, though, and hopefully make the best of a potential second UFC title shot afterRonda Rousey submitted her in just 14 seconds at UFC 184 in February 2015. <\/p>\n
Alpha hasnt seen action since UFC 200 in July 2016, when she suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Julianna Pena. Prior to her current skid, Zingano earned a third-round TKO win over current 135-pound champ Amanda Nunes at UFC 178. Shes the only one to defeat Nunes in UFC competition. <\/p>\n
Despite Justino, who claimed UFC gold with a third-round TKO of Tonya Evinger at UFC 214 this past weekend, looking near-flawless during the majority of her career, Zingano believes there are holes she can exploit, as she told The MMA Hour earlier this week. <\/p>\n
With Cyborg, this is a winnable fight for me. When Im healthy, none of these girls (can) deal with me, not one, so thats what Im looking for. Going into a fight with Cyborg, you need to be as on point as possible. Shes got her advantages whatever, arguably fair or unfair and I just know that If Im at 100 percent, she probably cant even touch me, and those are things that are in consideration when trying to achieve my goal. <\/p>\n
Justino recently expressed interest in a fight with Zingano, as well, but warned her potential future opponent that she should have taken advantage of the chance to fight sooner. <\/p>\n
(She) should have fought me at 140 (pounds), Justino said. Im the best Ive ever been in my career with my return to 145 and am ready for either next. <\/p>\n
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