SAN JOSE, Calif. – The red carpet was rolled out for ex-UFC, Strikeforce and Invicta featherweight champion Cris Cyborg at Bellator 226, and she couldn’t be happier. Cyborg also got in a few jabs at her former promoter and a drama-filled exit that scuttled a rematch with two-division champ Amanda Nunes. Contrary to headlines, Cyborg claims she left the UFC before promotion president Dana White made her a free agent, and she had already made up her mind to leave. “After my last fight, I asked for a rematch (with Nunes),” Cyborg told reporters, including MMA Junkie, while serving as a guest fighter at Saturday’s event at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. “And they said they’re not going to give it to me
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Ex-UFC champ Cris Cyborg: ‘Liar’ Dana White lost me to Bellator acting like a divorce – MMA Junkie