LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 03: Cris Cyborg of Brazil celebrates after her TKO victory over Yana Kunitskaya of Russia in their women's featherweight bout during the UFC 222 event inside T-Mobile Arena on March 3, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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UFC featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino says she isn’t surprised that the UFC scheduled Megan Anderson to fight Holly Holm instead of her.

UFC featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino has been campaigning to fight Megan Anderson ever since their previously scheduled bout was canceled last year, but the UFC just announced that Anderson will face former bantamweight champion, Holly Holm — leaving Cyborg without an opponent.

“I’m not surprised,” Cyborg told FanSided on Thursday. “I said this was going to happen months ago. It’s how the UFC works, no. 1 contender is going to fight someone I already beat.”

Cyborg defended her featherweight title against Holm at UFC 219 in Dec. and defeated her in a five-round slugfest. Cyborg has already gone on to defend the belt a second time.

“The UFC knows Holly needs a couple wins so we can rematch,” Cyborg said. “Right now her record is terrible. She’s in the negative.”

Holm has dropped four of her last five fights since defeating Ronda Rousey in one of the greatest upsets in UFC history. Holm made her UFC featherweight debut when she faced Cyborg and announced she’d be staying in that weight class, despite the loss.

“The fight with Megan will be great,” Cyborg said. “Megan’s a big girl and she will do her best in her first UFC fight. I’m excited it will be the first 145-pound fight without a belt.”

Cyborg campaigned for years for the UFC to build a 145-pound division for women, and they eventually did. Even though the promotion opened the division it has yet to hold a single 145-pound fight where the title was not on the line. Until now.

Anderson and Cyborg were originally scheduled to fight for the title at UFC 214, but Anderson was unable to compete due to “personal issues” and Tonya Evinger stepped in to replace her. Cyborg has been asking for the Anderson fight ever since.

Cyborg has a long history of ill-treatment by the UFC, though she says that she’s trying to put the past issues behind her.

Anderson will make her UFC debut against Holm at UFC 225 in Chicago, IL on June 9, 2018.