Cris Cyborg says she’s still a free agent, but that she has every intention of re-signing with Bellator.
This Saturday, Cyborg faces Gabrielle Holloway in the co-main event of the Terence Crawford vs. David Avanesyan WBO welterweight title fight card. The fight will be Cyborg’s second boxing bout this year, having defeated Simone Silva by unanimous decision back in September, but though the she has been focusing heavily on the sweet science lately, Cyborg insists that her MMA career is far from over.
“I am still interested in MMA,” Cyborg said to Ariel Helwani during The MMA Hour . “MMA is my life and I love what I do. Bellator Champion, I know I will defend my title. But the opportunity showed up. It is the realization of one my greatest dreams.
This is one of my dreams.
Cyborg, the current champion of Bellator featherweight has won the title in 2020.. Most recently, she won a unanimous decision in a rematch with Arlene Blencowe at Bellator 279, the final fight of her Bellator deal. Though Cyborg is officially a free agent, many felt Cyborg would inevitably re-sign with Bellator, given her longstanding ties with Bellator CEO Scott Coker and the promotion’s interest in retaining her services, and Cyborg agrees.
“No, not yet”, Cyborg replied when she was asked whether she had resigned. “After this fight I’m going to sit down and talk to Scott, but I’m Team Bellator.”
The question for Cyborg then becomes what comes next for her. The fight most fans wanted to see was a superfight against Kayla Harrison, but that bout took a massive blow when Harrison lost to Larissa Pacheco at the PFL Championships in November. Cyborg doesn’t rule out the possibility of a fight against Kayla Harrison, but she does not foresee it being canceled. Cyborg is hopeful that Cat Zingano will be her next MMA fight.
“I know [Harrison’s] got two fights left with the PFL,” Cyborg said. She can rematch Pacheco and she can fight Aspen Ladd — Cyborg signed with PFL — then perhaps she will be able to come to Bellator.
“For me, I have a big fight next. Cat Zingano’s a big fight for me. She’s undefeated at 145, she beat Amanda Nunes, she beat Miesha Tate, and she beat a lot of good girls. I think she’s the next fight for me.”
Cyborg’s fight against Gabrielle Holloway takes place Saturday, Dec. 10 at the CHI Heath Center in Omaha, NE.
Source: https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/12/8/23498841/cris-cyborg-intends-to-negotiate-scott-coker-after-boxing-match-but-says-shes-still-team-bellator?rand=96749
