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A few days ago, current women’s bantamweight Ronda Rousey became the most dominant athlete currently alive—at least in the eyes of Business Insider. Jon Jones was on that list as well, despite his current situation before the law and a UFC-sanctioned indefinite suspension. When Ronda took number one on the publication’s list, of course the reception was exceptionally divided—as is with most matters in the world of professional mixed martial arts.

Regardless, Ronda makes waves even in a low tide, as many people might say that the women’s bantamweight division is not as competitive as, say, the men’s bantamweight division. No matter, Ronda’s victories speak louder than words. FIGHTLAND was at UFC 184 and when Ronda faced Cat Zingano in the Octagon—in a fight that was meant to throw Ronda that one “true test”, as usual—we barely caught any of it because Ronda finished Zingano in an insane 14 seconds. She beat her own record and added yet another first round win, further cementing herself into the sport’s history records.

With all that in mind, Ronda will never stand as the true dominant fighter Business Insider crowned her until she fights the one and only Cris Cyborg. Cyborg, like Ronda, has been tearing up the WMMA scene with spectacular performances. Like Ronda, she last defended her belt in February—just a day before Rowdy—finishing her opponent, Charmaine Tweet, within the first minute of the first round with a relentless downpour of punches, keeping the featherweight Invicta FC title strap.

Following #MayPac, Ronda acknowledged in an interview that that iconic boxing match took five years to happen, and that, so far, her undeniably super fight versus Cyborg has been floating for about three years. If it doesn’t happen in the next three, she said, then people should move on from the notion of seeing them define the true master of women’s MMA.

The ubiquitous hater says Ronda has been ducking Cyborg for years.

Now, Ronda’s perennial challenger—who hasn’t been able to best the champ on two separate occasions—Miesha Tate has spoken on the Cyborg subject, and it really has nothing to do with Ronda.

The bantamweight fighter was one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s special guests in Manila this past weekend. During a question and answers session with the Filipino fans before the weigh-ins, someone asked if she would accept a catch-weight fight versus Cris Cyborg. She guaranteed that she would indeed accept that match-up.

She told the fans:

"That's my job. I have to fight anyone they put in front of me and obviously I'm not scared of anyone. So yes, I would (fight her at catchweight). But I heard Cyborg is signed to fight at 135, so I would prefer to fight her in my weight class. If they had a 125, I'd like to go down, but they don't, so it's 135 for me."

Miesha’s always trying to keep up, and—where there actually a fight between them—if she delivers versus Cyborg then, damn, at the very least she stepped up, and was as far away from ducking it as could possibly be.

Before any of that however, she has to beat the rising Jessica Eye at UFC on FOX 16, this upcoming July 25th in Chicago, Illinois.

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