Ever since the announcement that Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie will face off to determine the first ever UFC 145lb featherweight champion, fans have been divided. Many people believe Cris ‘Cyborg’ deserves to be fighting for the belt, as well as Cris herself expressing her displeasure with the decision on social media.

UFC strawweight and tonight’s UFC on Fox 22 headliner Paige VanZant, has shared her thoughts on the newly created UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship. She believes the UFC should be building the division around Cyborg. “I feel like if they were making a (145-pound women’s division), they should build it around Cris ‘Cyborg’ – she really deserves it,” VanZant told MMA Junkie.

She also says the UFC should create the 125lb flyweight division, revealing she would compete at the weight class “If they’re not going to build it around Cris, then I think they should open up the 125 division because there’s a lot of us that really should go up.”

VanZant is currently one of the top 115-pound fighters in the world. She has four wins in the UFC and is coming off a knockout win over Bec Rawlings in August.

Tonight, VanZant will headline the UFC on FOX 22 event against Michelle Waterson at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.

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