LAS VEGAS – The UFC had been targeting a women’s bantamweight title fight between champ Amanda Nunes and Raquel Pennington for UFC 224. But after featherweight champ Cris Cyborg ’s dominant win in UFC 222’s headliner , UFC President Dana White is again interested in pairing Cyborg (20-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) with Nunes (15-4 MMA, 8-1 UFC). So much so that White will try to make the champion-vs.-champion showdown happen instead of Nunes defending her belt against Pennington (9-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC)? “I think that I will,” White told MMAjunkie at UFC 222’s post-event press conference after Cyborg’s shellacking of Yana Kunitskaya on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. White is open to Cyborg replacing Pennington at the May 12 pay-per-view event in Rio de Janeiro, though he cautioned it was early to start planning a date. Related Twitter reacts to Cris Cyborg's quick title defense against Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222 “Could be (in Rio),” White said.
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Dana White considers Cris Cyborg next for Amanda Nunes over Raquel Pennington – MMA Junkie