EDMONTON – Cris Cyborg wants to maintain focus on Saturday’s UFC 240 co-headliner with Felicia Spencer, but she found a little time to respond to UFC president Dana White at the pre-fight media day.

On Wednesday, White spoke to the media in Las Vegas and doubled down on his certainty that Cyborg (20-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) wants no part of a rematch with Amanda Nunes (18-4 MMA, 10-1 UFC), who took her women’s featherweight title in a 51-second knockout at UFC 232 in December.

Cyborg is on the cusp of being a free agent, and White insists she doesn’t want to fight Nunes again. He even said he would sign a rare one-fight deal with Cyborg (with an automatic extension clause if she becomes champion), but the Brazilian said she’s not taking that seriously. Ultimately, she feels anything that comes out of White’s mouth in relation to her is untrue.

“I’m just laughing,” Cyborg told MMA Junkie at UFC 240 media day. “He’s always lying. I just keep (focus) on myself and keep doing what I’m doing. I know the truth is going to come out.”

Cyborg’s road into the UFC was not an easy one. She received criticism from White for various reasons in the past, but ultimately she broke into the promotion and became the organization’s titleholder at 145 pounds.

There was a brief period where the two sides achieved a workable relationship status, but since Cyborg dropped the belt to Nunes, things have fallen apart. It’s not the ideal situation for Cyborg going into a key fight in her career, but she said she’s come to expect this and will continue to weave past the criticism.

“If Dana White does something nice for me, I’m going to be surprised,” Cyborg said. “He’s doing this all my career. I just laugh at him. When I see him, I just laugh.

“It’s a business. He’s working with the UFC, but I don’t have to deal with him. I don’t deal with him. I deal with another person in the UFC, and this is not any problem. I just have to be professional.”

Cyborg indicated that a lot more of her feelings will come out post-fight at UFC 240. She said she intends on opening up when speaking to the media at the post-fight press conference, but for now she is not worrying about White, a Nunes rematch or her contract status.

All the focus is on Spencer (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who brings an undefeated record into the match with Cyborg, which goes down at Rogers Place, with a main card that airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

“I just have to keep my focus, keep my plan, and get the finish and the victory on Saturday,” Cyborg said. “I always fight with my heart. Fight with my heart made me champion. Fight with my heart maybe made me lose the last fight. But whatever I feel in the fight, I’m going to do.”

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