UFC on FOX 22′s Paige VanZant backs ‘Cyborg’ at 145, tones down Ronda Rousey comments

BAD MMA News — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 04:02:22 +0000

Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos SACRAMENTO – Paige VanZant is with “Cyborg.” And she’s with “Rowdy,” too. At open workouts for Saturday’s UFC on FOX 22, the women’s strawweight headliner said fans weren’t the only ones who questioned the promotion’s decision to open a 145-pound division without putting Invicta champ and UFC contractee Cristiane Santos ((17-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC)) in a title fight . “I feel like if they were making a (145-pound women’s division), they should build it around Cris ‘Cyborg’ – she really deserves it,” VanZant (7-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) told MMAjunkie in a rare note of discordance with the promotion two days before her FOX-televised fight against Michelle Waterson (13-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif. “If they’re not going to build it around Cris, then I think they should open up the 125 division, because there’s a lot of us that really should go up.” VanZant has found success in the UFC at 115 pounds, but said she would gladly try her hand in a heavier class if she had the chance. “We see a lot of girls that are missing weight at 115 because they can’t make that cut; it’s a huge cut for a lot of us,” she said. “I feel like I would go up to 125 if the division opened up.

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Dana White: Ronda vs. ‘Cyborg’ would do 2 million PPV buys

BAD MMA News — Wed, 20 May 2015 22:37:52 +0000

Dana White and Ronda Rousey If and when Cristiane Santos makes 135 pounds and fights UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey , Dana White predicts big things for the promotion’s business. The UFC President today appeared on Jim Rome and valued a fight between the rivals – in a figure that would break reported records. “I’ll tell you this, Jim, when that fight happens, I’ll guarantee you that thing does over two million pay-per-view buys,” he boasted. “It will be massive.” Two million pay-per-view buys would represent roughly a $110 million take for the industry-leader. It’s a figure the UFC has yet to hit, at least in reported figures. The promotion does not verify its PPV performance, so MMA observers rely instead on industry reports

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UFC on FOX 22′s Paige VanZant backs ‘Cyborg’ at 145, tones down Ronda Rousey comments

Dana White: Ronda vs. ‘Cyborg’ would do 2 million PPV buys