Although Ronda Rousey has solidified herself as a UFC champion and a legitimate pay-per-view draw, questions about a superfight with Cristiane \"Cyborg\" Santos still linger. <\/p>\n
But while a superfight between the two once seemed within the UFC's power to orchestrate, Cyborg is now a non-issue in her foe's career. <\/p>\n
Most recently, UFC president Dana White summed up Cyborg as \"irrelevant\"(via MMA Weekly), stressing that his company was done dealing with the Brazilian. <\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, Rousey echoed similar sentiments in an interview with Sportsnet anchor Joe Ferraro during a recent media run. As the champion stated, Cyborg doesn't deserve special treatment when it's \"obvious\" that she can lose some muscle weight: <\/p>\n
[Cyborg is] obviously not willing to go through the effort to go for the fight. Here's what it is.If you're pumped full of steroids and the lightest you can get it 145, then it's obvious the lightest you can get without steroids is lighter. <\/p>\n
She refuses to do that and it's justI really don't know where this sense of entitlement comes from. She hasn't had a recorded win in over three years. I mean, there's so many other women. Look at Sara McMann. She's undefeated, a silver [Olympics] medalist wrestler...people like that are the people we should be looking forward to fighting. <\/p>\n
Cyborg's weight issues and positive test for anabolic steroidsin January 2012 have been consistent talking points for Rousey during the last couple of years. With the UFC just recently adopting a 135-pound women's division, the scrutiny has only increased. <\/p>\n
As the champion has noted, Cyborg's supposed inability to drop weight hints at years of doping, with Rousey tellingInside MMAthat Cyborg was \"cheating for her entire career.\" <\/p>\n
Hence, the UFC's first women's champion would only accept a superfight with Cyborg at the 135-pound bantamweight limit, with the UFC even preparing to enlist famed MMA nutritionist Mike Dolce to help the Brazilian shed her extra body weight. <\/p>\n
But with no catchweight bout in sight and no women's featherweight division to accommodate Cyborg, she instead left the UFC under the advice of her new coach, retired UFC champion Tito Ortiz. However, Rousey states that Cyborg was owed nothing and deserved less: <\/p>\n
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