After her 81-second destruction of Leslie Smith, at Saturday's UFC 198, fans were waiting for Cris "Cyborg" Justino to call out women's bantamweight champion Miesha Tate, Holly Holm and rival Ronda Rousey.
Instead, she told Brian Stann in her post-fight interview she would only do catchweight superfights and defend her Invicta FC featherweight title.
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During the post-fight press conference, Justino was asked why she didn't challenge Rousey and said the night was about her and she would let the public decide on who she fights next.
"I believe it was my moment. Tonight was my moment, it was historic," Justino said Saturday night. "I never thought I'd be sitting here tonight. I never thought I'd be here after everything I went through and it's a historic moment for me. Talking about her is something that people are going to talk about, but I let my fans decide on who my opponent will be and I just have to be ready."
She must have had a change of heart overnight. Early Sunday morning on Twitter she called out the former women's bantamweight champ to a showdown at UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden in New York on Nov. 12.
Hey @rondarousey you running all the way to New York? #dontbescaredhomie #CHAMPIONvsEXChampion #ufc205 https://t.co/thgexmLrgI
— Cris Cyborg (@criscyborg) May 15, 2016
Rousey hasn't responded to Justino's challenge — yet.
It would be hard to imagine Rousey moving up to 140 since she has been adamant in the past about not moving up in weight to fight Justino since the fighter tested positive for steroids in 2011 and she was the UFC champion at the time.
Now that is no longer the case, does it bring us closer to a showdown at UFC 205 because you know the UFC wants to stack the historic event?
Steven Muehlhausenis an MMA and boxing writer and contributor for Sporting News. You can find his podcast, The Fight Club Chicago, and subscribe on iTunes, Soundcloud and Stitcher. You can email him at [email protected] and can find him on Twitter @SMuehlhausenMMA.
