UFC president Dana White has revealed that a superfight between between Cris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes for the featherweight title is still the fight he is working on making.

“That’s the fight that I want to do,” White said. “That’s the fight that I want, so we’re working on it. Amanda wants to fight her, and we’re finally in a position where we can give Cyborg big fights. Big fight with big-name people and – money fights.”

White originally announced his intentions to book the fight earlier this month. However, his announcement was met with backlash from Cris Cyborg who said she wants the UFC to create an actual division for 145’ers and believes Nunes should earn a victory over a featherweight before challenging for the belt.

The UFC president has now explained that the reason he hasn’t created a full 145-pound division is because of the lack of competitors. He feels as though the talent level, aside from Cyborg, is not very high at featherweight. He believes the fans would rather see Cyborg engage in “tough fights”.

“If there were more girls in the 145 division, I would be doing it,” White said. “You have to understand, too – at the end of the day, people want to see tough fights. I just gave Cyborg probably her toughest fight in MMA, and now Amanda Nunes is no joke.

“And originally you want to talk about 145-pounders, she was a 145-pound fighter. She was brought into Strikeforce to fight Cyborg. It’s just happening a little later than everybody had planned. And Amanda’s ready, and that’s the fight everyone wants to see.”

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