According to Tito Ortiz, longtime member of Invicta FC Champion Cris Cyborg’s team (and her former manager), Cyborg would have done the same thing to Ronda Rousey that Holly Holm did at UFC 193 had she been given the opportunity to do so first.
Ortiz spoke with MMAFighting.com recently and explained why Cyborg would have knocked out Rousey too, and is willing to do what it takes to put together a superfight against current UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm.
“Cris Cyborg is the pound-for-pound best woman in the world, I believe. Holly Holm did what Cris would have done to Ronda. Holly Holm got that chance. She’s a great woman champion. But Cris is one of the most vicious fighters in the world. She just attacks. There’s no woman fighter in the world like her at all. She’s bred to fight. She comes from Brazil and Brazilians are the toughest fighters in the world. She loves this. This is fun for her.
Just keep giving her fights as the UFC did with Ronda. Ronda just kept getting fights, getting fights. The other girls huff and puff and scream and yell. Those are the ones that are the weakest, but they look good for pay-per-view, they look good for interviews. When it’s fight time, Holly Holm, Ronda Rousey, Cris Cyborg are at the top of the world. The rest of the women are looking up at them.
Holly Holm said she would come up and Cris would cut that extra five pounds. That extra five pounds is hurting her a little bit, but Cris is willing to do it. Just to give it to the fans. That’s the kind of fighter Cris is, to give the fans fights. That’s what she wants. She’ll fight anybody, man.”