”Cyborg” kräver fjäderviktsdivision för damerna: ”Jag kommer slåss i 145 pounds”

Cris ”Cyborg” Justino vill inte behöva gå ner i vikt för bantamviktsdivisionen. ”Cyborg” som dominerar fjäderviktsdivisionen i Invicta FC hade enligt uppgift svårt att klara att gå ner till 140 pounds i helgens match, som slutade i en dominant TKO-vinst efter dryga minuten.

Därför tar nu Cristiane ”Cyborg” Justino (16-1, 1 NC) till Instagram. I en lång post förklarar hon varför hon kräver en ny fjäderviktsdivision för damerna i UFC. Sedan tidigare har UFC divisioner i bantamvikt (135 pounds) och stråvikt (115 pounds).

”Cyborg” förklarar att hon inte har för avsikt att överge ”sin division”, vilket är fjädervikt. Hon menar även att många kvinnliga fighters var tvungna att anpassa sig när UFC införde sin första kvinnliga division (bantamvikt).

I am so grateful to my fans and the sport of #WMMA!! I am getting thousands of messages from girls all over the world thanking me for standing up. I won’t abandon you or my weight division! Not all of us weigh 115 or 135 pounds. Some of us are bigger and some even smaller…but we all deserve a stage to showcase our talents. We deserve the same opportunities as The men! They have 8 divisions in the @ufc while we only have 2 weight classes for the girls to compete in- I will fight for all of us and we will make them give the women the same opportunities the men are being given! If you look at the 135lbs division only @sarahkaufmanmma fought her entire career at 135, all of the other women were either forced up from 125 or pushed down from 145 to create this division of 135. I will fight at 145lbs so other girls will have the opportunity!!! It’s great seeing promoters realize the potential and support the division by putting @marloescoenen on their broadcast, this is a great step! There are women for me to fight IN MY OWN division and with support the talent will continue to develop. If you build it they will come (or return)! It was a dream come true fighting in my hometown of Curitiba and it would be a dream come true to finally call my World Title an @ufc championship for the women’s featherweight division. If it is god’s blessings I will step back into the octagon again after defending my @invictafc title! Those of you asking if I will return to 140 to face holly, Miesha, or Ronda in the @ufc…I want to make the exciting fights the fans want to see, however I feel I have a bigger responsibility for the history of the sport, but after defending my belt I will sit with my team and see what superfights the @ufc is willing to make and if it is something MY FANS want, I am willing to make the weight again! Always Glory to God!!!!! Please share if you support women’s MMA!

Ett foto publicerat av CRISTIANE V JUSTINO ??? (@criscyborg) Maj 17, 2016 kl. 4:33 PDT

Håller ni med ”Cyborg”? Behövs det en kvinnlig fjäderviktsdivision, eller är det bra som det är?