UFC president Dana White held a Q&A session after the official weigh-ins for UFC 193 and he seemed to be in the mood to discuss a lot of things in regard to the plans of the UFC moving forward.
The session was of course widely centered on Ronda Rousey, who is obviously the big draw for Saturday's event.. Rousey will be defending her UFC bantamweight against Holly Holm at the Etihad Stadium in Australia, where she is favorite to come out on top.
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Looking ahead, White did shed out some light on the other female fighters as well. He touched on the next women’s division possibly headed to a flyweight division as well as forecasting that Rousey will be fighting six more fights, according to MMAJunkie.com.
Everyone has heard of Rousey’s plans to retire by the age of 30 and if it will indeed be just six more fights, she could possibly fight three in 2016 and another three in 2017. The denomination is of course up for changes and dependis on White and Rousey’s call.
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Now if there are indeed just six more fights, who will Rousey face next?
Though White has not really been leaning on it lately, there is a chance that Rousey’s next opponent could be Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino. But the thing is, she has to trim down to 135 pounds to be considered.
While Cyborg has been trying to shed down to the required catchweight, it remains to be seen if she can do so in time.
Rousey plans to take a break after her fight with Holm and chances are she will be back by UFC 200 which takes place on July 9, 2016, in Las Vegas. Would that be enough time for Cyborg to slim down?
Considering it is seven months away, it certainly is possible. But it remains to be seen if she can remain as deadly as she is on her current weight, which is why White perhaps wants her to compete first before being considered for a match with Rousey.
Cyborg is set to fight at Invicta FC 15 on Dec. 5, her first fight under 140 pounds. It will somehow gauge if the weight drop will have any effect on her. But the thing is, she needs to lose five more pounds, meaning she may have to fight one more time and possibly at the 135 level.
Once she satisfies that, then a new round of talks (or rumors?) will certainly be up in the air.
The fact is White called it and now it remains to be seen if Cyborg will make it to 135.
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