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#3 News: Amanda Nunes reveals behind the delay in super-fight with Cris Cyborg

On a recent edition of the UFC Unfiltered Podcast, UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes opened up on why her super-fight against UFC Women's Featherweight titlist Cris Cyborg has been stalled.

Nunes explained that she has nothing personal against Cyborg, however, in order to be the best she wants to beat the best--hence, facing Cyborg makes sense for her career. Nunes alluded that she'd like to eventually move up in weight and face Cyborg, however, she plans on defeating two of the current top 135-pound fighters, Raquel Pennington and Ketlen Vieira, before the Cyborg matchup. Nunes stated--

"When I texted Dana White that I wanted the fight, I didn’t have nobody in my division...I didn’t even know if I was gonna fight soon. I was concerned with waiting years because I’ve been in that position before, waiting so long for a fight, I don’t want to do it again and stay waiting, waiting, waiting.

“But now, we have Rocky [Pennington] and we have the Brazilian, Ketlen [Vieira] and I feel like my division is starting to grow. If you pay attention, the division’s gonna be awesome and now I have two. I have Rocky and I have Ketlen. Rocky is my next step and I want to see Ketlen after, for sure.”