Invicta FC women’s featherweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino found Ronda Rousey‘s most recent call-out quite amusing, despite the “Rowdy” one saying she would “kill her with my bare hands.”
The UFC women’s bantamweight titleholder spoke with B/R’s own Jeremy Botter yesterday, where Rousey once again led a spirited attack against Justino for her previous failed drug test for the anabolic steroid stanozolol after a quick TKO win in December of 2011, per MMA Junkie.
The Brazilian knockout specialist responded succinctly in a post on Mixedmartialarts.com, better known as The Underground, challenging Rousey to a catchweight bout at 140 pounds.
From: criscyborg
Hahaha, you say you want to try and kill me in the cage? but you are scared about 10 lbs? lets meet in the middle at 140lbs, I’m tired of the bully talking. Cat Zingano if you are looking for a training partner let me know, I can not wait to see you shut this girls mouth.
Justino, a hulking featherweight, was set to make her bantamweight debut at Invicta FC 10 on December 5 but had to withdraw after suffering an ankle injury earlier this month, per Sherdog.
Meanwhile, Rousey, who is still unbeaten (10-0) and has only seen a fight go beyond the first round once, next defends her championship gold against Cat Zingano at UFC 184 in February.
Zingano is also undefeated (9-0) and has only seen the judges scorecards once, earning a title shot by scoring a TKO over Amanda Nunes at UFC 178 in September.
Rousey and Justino have been engaging in verbal warfare for years now, with both top-tier competitors remaining adamant that her archnemsis is scared to settle their differences inside the cage.
With a win over Zingano, there are few intriguing fights left for Rousey on the UFC roster outside of Holly Holm or possibly Bethe Correia.
Will 2015 finally bring the women’s superfight between Rousey and Justino, or has the ship sailed on this dream matchup a long time ago?
John Heinis is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. He is also the MMA editor for eDraft.com.
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