08-04-2015, 11:53 AM
(08-04-2015, 10:17 AM)djs7685 Wrote: So you still refuse to acknowledge that they WERE in the same promotion, WERE in the same weight class, and Cyborg was the champ. With your logic, the contender (Rousey) should have challenged Cyborg before going to the UFC instead of running to a lower weight class as far away from Cyborg as she could to crush cans.
Let's face it, you can't give Cyborg shit for not cutting weight (not as easy as you claim for everybody) and going to another promotion if you refuse to give Ronda shit for not just nutting up and making the biggest women's fight of all time happen when she had the chance. She was the #1 contender for Cyborgs belt. Look at the reality of it, she went to the UFC while she still looked unbeatable. You can't bash Cyborg while pretending Rousey is above the criticism unless you want to look like you hold Uncle Dana's pocket.
Ronda moved to Bantam to face Meisha Tate, and she wasn't the number one at the time when she made the move. There wasn't even a mumble about the Rousey/Cyborg fight until a year after Ronda had won the Bantamweight title from Tate. Not to mention that the freaking Featherweight title was vacated because of Cyborgs positive test and she was suspended............ So how exactly was Ronda supposed to fight her at that time? After Cyborgs ban she chose to stay at 145 and fight with another promotion rather then lose the weight and follow the herd to UFC. UFC made the call to nix the 145 division because there was simply more talent in the 135 class. I never denied they were in the same promotion, the timeline however never dictated a chance for them to meet up. This wasn't because one fighter was ducking the other. A vacated title, then a promotion takeover lead the path to where we are now. Ronda never tested positive and got a year long ban, she chose to stay with the Strikeforce/UFC promotion and stay at Bantanweight. When Strikeforce was bought out by UFC it was already common knowledge that they were only keeping one female weight division initially. Dana made that pretty clear. Your claim that Rousey was dodging Cyborg is just bogus.
