Yesterday Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times reported that Cris Cyborg will defend he UFC Welterweight Championship against Holly Holm on UFC 219 Dec. 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. This will main event the show. This fight has been in the works for months. And last week, Holly's manager Lenny Fresquez announced that the match was dead. But the UFC needed this fight for this show. Amanda Nunes was supposed to defend the UFC Bantamweight Championship against Raquel Pennington but Raquel broke her leg in an ATV wreck. And there has been talk about Tyron Woodley defending his UFC Welterweight Championship against Nate Diaz. But who knows if Diaz wants to fight? So they needed this match but it's gonna suck. To date in the UFC, all we have seen is Cyborg fighting against Bantamweights because there aren't enough Welterweights to form a UFC division. There are very few Welterweights out there. Most are under Bellator contract and most of those aren't any good anyway. Also, I understand Cyborg has signed a new UFC contract so we're stuck with her fighting undersized fighters and nobodies. That is Cris Cyborg's legacy. The problem with this fight is Holly's patient counterpunching style won't work against Cris who is the exact opposite of patient. She wants to finish and her swarming Chute Boxe style does exactly that. And like all her UFC fights, this fight is a dead end because the UFC isn't doing any other Welterweight fights. Let me know when they sign a few Welterweights. Until they do, this is what we will get.
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