Filed under: News , UFC , Videos Cristiane Justino will make her long-awaited UFC debut this spring against the relatively unheralded Leslie Smith. But there was potential her 140-pound catchweight fight at UFC 198 in Brazil could’ve been a true blockbuster bout. The UFC offered former bantamweight champion Holly Holm (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) the fight with “Cyborg” Justino (15-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), but the ex-champ turned it down, paving the way for Smith (8-6-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) to get the biggest fight of her career. Instead, Holm’s agent, Lenny Fresquez, told her hometown Albuquerque Journal , she is waiting for what she hopes will be a rematch with new champ Miesha Tate (18-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC). “We were not interested in that right now,” Fresquez told the paper
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Manager: Holly Holm turned down UFC 198 fight with ‘Cyborg,’ wants Tate rematch – MMA Junkie