It’s undeniable that Cris Cyborg is one of the most dominant fighters who’s ever competed in MMA, be it in the men’s or women’s divisions.

As solid as Cyborg’s legacy already is, though, there is one argument that is often made to put it in perspective: But what about her competition? After all, at least when it comes to the leading MMA promotions worldwide, the 145-pound division that Cyborg has ruled for so long isn’t really rich on big names.

Over the years, talks of megafights with some of the leading women’s MMA stars, such as former UFC champions Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate came and went. And when Cyborg (20-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) did get to fight an ex-champ in Holly Holm, some still argued that Holm was fighting out of her division.

As negotiations for a meeting with 135-pound champ Amanda Nunes (16-4 MMA, 9-1 UFC) run into date-related conflicts, and with little time let on her UFC contract left, is Cyborg bothered by the idea that her legacy might always be discussed with an asterisk?

It doesn’t seem like it.

“Before Dana White gave the belt to Ronda, I was already the champion of my division, 145,” Cyborg told hosts Miesha Tate and Sean O’Connell on SiriusXM Fight Nation’s “MMA Tonight”. “And I think all my fans know what I deal with every day. Like, Ronda, other fights, it’s all politics. Because I’m the champion a long time. I’m 12 years undefeated, no loss. And if these fights don’t happen (with) any girls like this, it’s because it’s politics.”

Cyborg cited two recent octagon situations as examples.

The Brazilian champ, as we know, has long been linked to a superfight with her compatriot and fellow UFC titleholder Nunes. Those talks have warmed up recently, but one core disagreement has led to public verbal battle: Nunes says she won’t be ready until December, while Cyborg wants a September meeting.

For comparison purposes, the champ cited the situation that’s recently unfolded atop the men’s welterweight division. Shortly after beating Rafael dos Anjos to be crowned interim champion, Colby Covington was stripped of his title when he was unable to meet undisputed champ Tyron Woodley,  who’s now set to put his title on the line against Darren Till.

“You can see how it’s politics because I’m ready to fight now and you can see, and I have to wait nine months,” Cyborg said. “And you can see Colby Covington, they want to take out his belt, he just got the belt 45 days ago, because Woodley (is) ready to fight and then he says he’s not ready, take the belt off. This is an example of how these politics work.”

In any case, it’s not like the end of Cyborg’s UFC contract, which she says has two fights left, necessarily means the end of her career in combat sports. As she’s said before, the Brazilian fighter wants to take a stab at boxing and that’s something she’s still set on exploring. But she sees other possibilities in MMA, as well.

“If I’m not going to be in the UFC, maybe I’m going to fight Julia Budd in Bellator,” Cyborg said. “Maybe I can do a grand prix, more than one fight per day in Japan. A lot of things can happen. I don’t think this is the finish of my career, this is just going to be one more challenge in my career. I already passed through a lot of things and overcame a lot of things in my career. And if you don’t have girls for me to fight in the UFC anymore, or something like this, for sure I’m going to find other ways to keep growing my legacy.”

As for the hiccup with Nunes, it would appear that not much has changed. Cyborg is still healthy and eager to return sooner rather than later, and doesn’t think it’s fair to wait around for nine months – especially given that fighters don’t get paid unless they fight.

If the wait is inevitable, Cyborg says, she’d like to at least be compensated by the UFC accordingly. But she’s apparently not holding her breath for that, either.

“I would like to fight before with Amanda,” Cyborg answered when asked whether she’d still like another fight before Nunes. “I already accepted to fight her in July. I would like to fight her before. But if (she’s not) ready, if she cannot fight now, I would like to fight before. Or, if they want to sit down and be nine months, I think it has to be worth (it), you know, fair with me.

“If I need to fight in December, not fight before, and the UFC is not going to do any good thing for me, it’s not going to surprise me.”

In the realm of less plausible superfights, Cyborg also talked about the idea of a meeting with UFC Hall of Famer Rousey. The two, as we know, haven’t really had the most amicable of pasts, and if a meeting in the cage seemed unlikely them, it’s pretty much impossible now that Rousey has moved on to the WWE.

But that’s when yet another possibility that Cyborg had mentioned comes into play. The featherweight queen has said, in the past, that she wouldn’t mind giving pro-wrestling a go. So how about a storyline with Rousey?

Cyborg, herself, has made it clear that she wouldn’t mind making that happen – even if that meant losing to the former UFC champ. She isn’t so sure, though, if the feeling there is mutual.

“I don’t know Ronda personally,” Cyborg said. “I don’t know if she’s going to accept to give something, like she’s going to give the opportunity for me to fight her – because she’s going to think like that. I think if this happens, this is going to be amazing for the fans, because it’s the fight the fans really would like to see and it never happened. And I think maybe she’s going to be more comfortable, because she’s going to sign the contract and she knows she’s going to win. It’s like acting.

“But I don’t know if she’ll accept that. Because I hear a lot of things when I went to her fights. Like when she fought Sarah Kauffman, when she fought some girls. (Every) place I went, she’s always – I’m not allowed to be in the place (if) she’s there. For this to happen, I have to work a lot of things.”

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