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Season 28 of The Ultimate Fighter has made its open casting call — for Male Heavyweights and Female Featherweights. Tryouts are set to take place: May 22nd, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A call for both Male Heavyweights and Female Featherweights for the next Season of The Ultimate Fighter is warranted for both divisions. Whether the Season will bring in and secure some fresh new talented faces, remains to be witnessed.

The UFC Women’s Featherweight Division is currently in its early infancy stage still, coming up on its near 15 month existance. In that time, the UFC has recruited two — at that current time — Invicta FC Bantamweight Champions to compete for the 145lb UFC Gold Belt. Signed up a brisk Aussie in Megan Anderson, and drafted up a weight class former UFC Bantamweight Champion, Holly Holm to compete for the 145lb UFC Belt also. Thus creating four stimulating UFC Featherweight Title Bouts for UFC fans to intrigue in, and surely one technical striking brawl on the horizon, in Cris Cyborg vs. Megan Anderson.

With the UFC delivering with talent rich title fights, with Championship cross-overs. Beyond that is a real lack of resources. As mentioned, three of the 145lb title fights were with 135lb natual women.

This would surely lead us to envision board room meetings must be a plenty for the UFC Womens Matchmaker, to unearth or lay contracts at the table of any talented women 145lb’ers.

There was and is one such lady. One of Europe’s best female 145lb women. A best friend of former UFC Bantamweight Champion, Miesha Tate. She is the, 12-3-0-0, ‘Battlecat’ from Belgium: Cindy Dandois!

After a year of petitioning on social media by Cindy to the UFC for the company to sign her. A call from her 11.7k twitter followers to the UFC for them to sign and add Cindy to their rosters. Cindy was finally signed to the UFC in early 2017. It is important to note, Cindy can compete at both 135lb and 145lb. The UFC opted to sign Cindy with the intentions of having her compete in their 135lbs Bantamweight Division. A division that is not Cindy’s preferred division; especially if you’re expecting the BEST out of her capabilities. Cindy did compete in the UFC Bantamweight Division. Sadly, it was just one time, as Cindy was released from her UFC contract only 6 months after signing it. Cindy’s one UFC bout was a Unanumous Decision Loss to Alexis Davis at a UFC Fight Night Event.

A release after only one loss is an irregular occurrence in the UFC, so there is some indication of a disagreement of some sorts. Was the potential disagreement about competing in the Womens Bantamweight Division instead of the Womens Featherweight Division? It would seem as such in Cindy’s UFC Release Statement.

The UFC has paid particular attention and have gotten behind the Featherweight Division over the past 12 months. Non more so than now, as they plan for the future of that division by featuring 145lb Women on the 28th Season of The Ultimate Fighter. A show that has unearthed continuous talented fighters — who have had a mainstay right on the UFC’s rosters since its premier in 2005; along with delivering several UFC Champions.

A clear opening and opportunity for Cindy Dandois to finally compete in the UFC at her natural weight class. With Cindy’s abilities, reputation and past relations with the UFC, she would seem an instant inclusion for the show if she could make and wanted to make the May 22nd casting call. WHOA TV was able to ask Cindy that all too tantalizing question.

“If i can find the money, i will!” Cindy’s motionless response to WHOA TV.

With the UFC putting forth Millions of Dollars in Money to fund The Ultimate Fighter, with the main focus to not only attain future talent, but to showcase the competing talents — skills and personality. A minor financial complication, such as travel fair seems mind-boggling when assessing and concluding that Cindy meets all of the criteras what the UFC is looking for and needs for their 145lb Division. Maybe a little assist can be made upon being made aware of such minor obsticles.

Cindy has gone 4-0 since her UFC release. Competing for various MMA Promotions all over the globe. When asked ‘does she enjoy being a freelance fighter’ by WHOA TV, to unearth any benefits of being freelance — Cindy’s response was brief and to the point!

“All is want is Cris Cyborg!” Not a response WHOA TV was anticipating from such a question, but there lies the intent and focus. It would seem not a lot else matters in regards to her career, other that gracing the cage with a legend of Womens Mixed Martial Arts. A fixated goal at the end of Cindy’s MMA path.

Take into account, Cindy holds a Submission victory over a formerly booked title challenger to Cris Cyborg in the UFC’s Featherweight Division, in Megan Anderson.

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