Woah.
It seems right now, that Cris Cyborg is out of UFC.
According to comments made by UFC President Dana White.
These comments come after a volatile couple of weeks between White and Cyborg’s camp, that made many doubt if Cyborg would even return to UFC.
Well, we now know the answer.
Cyborg’s contract hasn’t been renewed by White, and it sure seems like that’s not going to change.
“All this other (expletive) that she’s putting out there – again, to avoid fighting Amanda Nunes,” White said. “Message received. I get it. I’m going to release her from her contract. I will not match any offers.”
Ouch.
White then added that he is ready to sign the paperwork needed for Cyborg to explore other interests.
“She is free and clear to go to Bellator or any of these other organizations and fight these easy fights that she wants,” White said. “Done. Done deal. I will literally today have my lawyer draft a letter to her team that she is free and clear to go where ever she wants. We’re out of the Cyborg business.”
While all of us didn’t know why Cyborg took this route with UFC, don’t expect Dana White to be able to give you any answers.
He says he doesn’t know how the relationship between White and Cyborg became so strained. But what he did say is, if this is some sort of business strategy by Cyborg and her camp, he isn’t a fan of it at all.
“I don’t know what it is, but bad strategy,” White said. “I don’t hate Cyborg. I’m not trying to destroy Cyborg. All this craziness that she’s talking – do you know how many fighters I’ve dealt with over the years? People I really didn’t like, like Tito (Ortiz). Tito doesn’t like me, and I don’t like Tito. And we haven’t and we didn’t, but we still got fights done. We still did business.”
White also addressed many more topics of interest in an interview released by the company today.
Including why he thinks Cyborg never had a rematch with Amanda Nunes, comments he made about Cyborg years ago that made headlines, and much more.
I highly suggest you flip the page and watch it.
Flip the page to see Dana White’s interview, talking about Cyborg and more.
AND video of Amanda Nunes knocking out Cris Cyborg.