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Recent UFC signee and Invicta FC featherweight champion Cristiane Justino landed on the world’s largest mixed martial arts stage with a bang this past May 14. Taking on Leslie Smith in a 140-pound catchweight bout UFC 198, Cybrog dazzled in front of the Brazilian crowd. As expected the former Strikeforce champion did not waste any time in dispatching Smith, who had never been stopped by strikes before that night (one doctor stoppage due to exploded ear), with a brutal flurry of unanswered shots.

With the win came a number of newly opened doors for Justino, who had en rallying for a fight with long time champion Ronda Rousey for years. It just so happened that Cyborg only made it to the UFC once ‘Rowdy’ had been dethroned, read in to that what you will. It wasn’t long after her fight with Smith that Cyborg revealed she’d go back to Invicta in the absence of a UFC featherweight division to compete in, stating the cut down to 140 pounds was simply too gruelling.

Cris Cyborg fed her fists with the brains of Leslie Smith, but they are still hungry... — Cris Cyborg fed her fists with the brains of Leslie Smith, but they are still hungry…

With Ronda Rousey absent for the moment, more occupied with surgery and Hollywood movie roles, there was concern that Cyborg could possibly be one-and-done in the UFC. Then came the brewing of a fight with Miesha Tate, the current UFC women’s bantamweight champion who dethroned Rousey-slayer Holly Holm at UFC 195. Justino and ‘Cupcake’ have both expressed interest in squaring off, and this recent interview with Cyborg sheds more light on both potential fight with Rowdy’ and Tate.

Speaking with MMAJunkie Radio, the Brazilian knockout artist Cristiane Justino says both Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate are scalps she plans on claiming this year.

“The first (fight I want) is ‘Cyborg’ and Ronda, and the second one, if Ronda doesn’t come back soon, I can fight Miesha – and it’s ‘Cyborg’ and Miesha. (The) UFC, I know it’s the best event and they want to make the best fights for the fans. Miesha is a two-time world champ, she’s a Strikeforce champ and is now UFC champ. After this fight, if she really wants to challenge herself just ask for me: ‘I want to fight “Cyborg” at 140’ and we can fight for all the fans.”

“I think Ronda, she doesn’t want to fight me, she only want to say that,” Justino said. “If she really want to fight me, of course I would promote this fight. The fight is the one all the fans want to watch. This time was really special to me when I fight in Brazil,” Justino said. “It was a great opportunity for me, I run seven miles every day so I can make 140 and it was special. All my fans know I’m always ready for a big super fight for my fans.”

Watch this space, but if Cyborg is good to her word, we could well see the first women’s superfight in UFC history. Kinda.

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Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino is one of the most feared women in all mixed martial arts. Her ferocious striking and indomitable will to win have seen Justino win belts for Invicta and the now defunct Strikeforce, as well as a number of grappling accolades and also crossover victories in Muay Thai. For a long time Cyborg stood on the fringe of the UFC women’s scene, looking in as Ronda Rousey dominated both the competition inside the octagon, and the headlines outside of the arena of combat.

What a difference a few months makes. Following Rousey’s shocking loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193, the WMMA scene in the UFC was turned on it’s head, and before ink had hit paper for Justino’s first UFC fight, the bantamweight title would change hands again. This time it was Miesha Tate who would shock the world, choking ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ out cold at UFC 195, ousting Holm as champion in her first attempted defense of the strap.

Finally it was announced that Cris Cyborg would be joining the UFC, her Invicta 145-pound belt still intact as she plans to defend it still, and she’ll be facing Leslie Smith at this weekend’s stacked UFC 198 event. It’s perhaps not the blockbuster fight we were all wishing for in Cyborg’s debut, but according to Justino herself, that’s a case of old habits dying hard.

Speaking with FOX Sports recently, Cris Cyborg lays out he plans for a future featherweight division in the UFC, and also says there are still a number of fighters running from a fight with her.

“This always happens in my career,” Justino told FOX Sports about the fighters who refuse to face her. “I know Leslie is a real fighter and she accepted this fight. I think you have a lot of fighters now who are fighters, but they don’t like to challenge themselves. Leslie wants to challenge herself and she’s willing to go up to fight me.

“I appreciate her and it’s a great fight. You cannot choose who you fight. You just have to be ready to fight anyone….

We’ve got more on page 2, including Cyborg’s sparring session with a young fan at the UFC 198 open workouts yesterday…

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