Zuffa officials are looking to book Cris Cyborg at UFC 198.
UFC 198 will be held in a massive football stadium in Curitiba, Brazil. With the promotion heading to her home town for the first time, Cris Cyborg has been campaigning for a UFC berth in the card.
It seems like the UFC likes the idea as well, as UFC Tonight reports that the promotion is actively exploring the idea of putting the Invicta featherweight champ on the pay-per-view event.
Cyborg is one of the top pound-for-pound women fighters in the sport, and has destroyed all comers and held titles in Strikeforce and Invicta. The 30-year-old has gone undefeated since losing her pro-debut back in 2005.
Cris competes in Invicta FC, but her contract is officially owned by Zuffa, leaving weight class and opponent as the only probable hurdles remaining. The UFC currently doesn’t have a women’s featherweight division, but Cyborg has been campaigning on social media and hoping that the outpour from fans could convince officials to book her anyway.
In the past, Cyborg flirted with the idea of trying to do a huge cut down to bantamweight for a big money fight with Ronda Rousey. She has since scrapped all those plans after her rival lost the title.
UFC 198 will be headlined by a heavyweight title bout between Werdum and Miocic. It will also feature numerous Brazilian stars such as Anderson Silva, Shogun Rua, Belfort, Jacare, Nogueira and many more.