Ronda Rousey vanquished her 12th straight opponent by knocking out Bethe Correia in 34 seconds Saturday night, and it didn’t take her much longer to start talking about future bouts.
After Rousey’s win in UFC 190, it doesn’t seem as though there are any women left who could possibly take her. But there is one woman in Invicta FC who could give Rousey a run for her money, and she’s been trying to make the fight happen for years.
Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino fights in Invicta because at 145 pounds, there’s no women’s division for her in UFC. But Rousey is ready to fight her if she can get on her level.
“I’m prepared to deal with anything,” Rousey said, per FOXSports.com. “That’s why I’m the champ. I fight in the UFC 135 pound division. She can fight at 145 pumped full of steroids, and she can make weight just like everybody else without them.”
Rousey’s comments refer to a failed drug test Cyborg had in 2011, when she tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol while fighting in Strikeforce. Cyborg, however, seems ready to drop the weight despite Rousey’s slight, as she posted on Facebook early Sunday that her next Invicta fight would be at 140 pounds.
“My next fight is 140 (pounds), then I hope we get a chance to give fans …Â the most violent fight in the history of MMA,” Justino wrote.
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