{"id":39297,"date":"2026-07-15T05:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Why-Cris-Cyborg-vs-Ronda-Rousey-never-happened-in-the-UFC-201909"},"modified":"2026-07-15T05:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:23:55","slug":"why-cris-cyborg-vs-ronda-rousey-never-happened-in-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/why-cris-cyborg-vs-ronda-rousey-never-happened-in-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cris Cyborg vs. Ronda Rousey never happened in the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cris
\nCyborg<\/a> believes her rivalry with fellow former
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> star Ronda
\nRousey<\/a> stemmed from the latter\u2019s reluctance to face her at the
\nheight of their careers.<\/p>\n

The current
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> champion claims Rousey had every
\nopportunity to accept a super-fight during her prime but chose not
\nto.<\/p>\n

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The history behind the UFC superfight fans wanted between Cris
\nCyborg and Ronda Rousey<\/h2>\n

Cyborg reflected on her rivalry with Rousey in a new interview with
\nSherdog\u2019s Marcelo Alonso ahead of her retirement bout against
\nKetlen
\nVieira<\/a> at
\nPFL Tampa<\/a>. The Brazilian legend also noted that if “Rowdy”
\nwouldn\u2019t fight her when they were both active and winning, she
\ndefinitely wouldn\u2019t accept a fight now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was something the fans put together. Ronda had the
\nopportunity to fight me when she was at her peak, and she didn’t
\nwant to,\u201d Cyborg explained of a fan-made poster that was rumored to
\nbe genuine. \u201cIf she didn’t want it in her prime, imagine now.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also emphasized that their rivalry was based on Rousey\u2019s fear
\ninstead of mutual animosity.<\/p>\n

A middleweight
\ntitle fight headlines PFL Austin: Tune on Saturday, July 18 at 8
\np.m. ET on ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think fear eventually turned into rivalry,\u201d she added. \u201cI never
\ndid anything to her. In fact, Dana himself used to say that once
\nRonda beat Holly, her next fight would be against Cyborg. But then
\nshe lost, got really upset, decided to retire, and now she’s back
\nalongside Gina.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rousey put together a stellar 12-0 record and compiled seven title
\ndefenses in the UFC before getting finished in back-to-back bouts
\nagainst Holly Holm<\/a>
\nand Amanda
\nNunes<\/a>, which marked the beginning of a 10-year hiatus from MMA.
\nThe former UFC champion returned to winning ways against Gina Carano<\/a>
\nearlier this year under the
\nMost Valuable Promotions<\/a> banner. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cris Cyborg believes her rivalry with fellow former Ultimate Fighting Championship star Ronda Rousey stemmed from the latter\u2019s reluctance to face her at the height of their careers. The current Professional Fighters League champion claims Rousey had every opportunity to accept a super-fight during her prime but chose not to. Advertisement The history behind the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}