UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has a fight coming up on August 1 against undefeated challenger Bethe Correia, and while the buildup has been intense, fans are still wondering about a fight between Rousey and Invicta star Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino.
Rousey has repeatedly bashed Justino for her past steroid use, and claimed she will never move up to 145 pounds to fight her. She did say that she'd love for her final fight to come against Cyborg though.
"I hope so (the fight does happen. I really do. But it's entirely up to her. I'm not gonna go chasing her around. She's not entitled to have me chase her around. She's the fraud that got defamed. And if you can make 145 pumped full of steroids, you can get off of it and drop," Rousey said.
Cyborg has fought twice in 2015, winning both matchups by knockout in less than one minute.She has only lost once in her pro career, and that defeat came in her debut in 2005. 86 percent of her wins have come by way of knockout. That glossy record doesn't deter Rousey's confidence once iota.
"I have this idea in my mind that my final fight would be just beating the crap out of Cris Cyborg and then when Dana puts the belt on me the last time, I can take it off and hand it back to him. But if she doesn't step up, I can move on and do other things in my life. She's the one who is going to fall into obscurity without me," Rousey said.
For now, Rousey is focused on Correia, who may be in for a long night because of her reference to suicide in a tweet aimed at Rousey, whose father committed suicide when she was young.
@BetheCorreia, your disrespect to my father, family and friends is not forgotten. I am your comeuppance. And this will not be over quickly. I will make sure you feel every moment of the lesson I'm going to teach you. #UFC190 #Aug1st #andSTILL A photo posted by rondarousey (@rondarousey) on Jun 21, 2015 at 9:36am PDT
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