Veteran coach Jason Parillo hoped Megan Anderson would defeat Holly Holm at UFC 225 to “open up another door” for women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg.

Instead, Holm took out of the running a true contender at 145 pounds, leaving an opponent Cyborg (20-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) already had beaten.

Finding opponents has never been easy for Cyborg, but Parillo believes that bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes (16-4 MMA, 9-1 UFC) is the best option currently on the table.

Whether or not the fight ends up happening, that’s something he can’t control.

“That’s probably going to be the biggest money fight,” Parillo told MMAjunkie. “Are we going to sit around and wait for that? I don’t know.”

Cyborg, who’s won five straight in the UFC and hasn’t lost in 13 years, is unhappy with a timeline proposed by Nunes and the UFC, which calls for the superfight to happen on Dec. 30 at UFC 232. Nunes recently signed a bout agreement for UFC 232, which Cyborg said is too far away.

The featherweight champ is now calling for a fight with Cindy Dandois (12-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC), a career featherweight whose bantamweight debut in the promotion was widely panned, or against Invicta FC vet Pam Sorensen (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Cyborg changed her Twitter name to reflect her desired timeline against Nunes, which is at UFC 228 in September.

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Parillo, meanwhile, hopes the fight with Nunes takes place at the end of the year, because he’s supremely confident Cyborg will be able to win and profit most handsomely.

“At this point in your career when you’re champion, you’ve got to start capitalizing on the most money you can capitalize on,” he said. “I’d say Amanda is probably the biggest money fight out there for us.

“For me, I’m not overly concerned about Amanda. I don’t see Amanda beating Cris. I can tell with the temperament and how she’s handled her career, as well, she’s going to be a little intimidated by Cris, if you ask me.”

Parillo clarifies that Nunes won’t be so intimidated as to be scared inside the octagon. But the response is only natural considering Cyborg’s performances.

“Cris’ reflexes and instincts in everything are getting better and better,” Parillo said. “I know Amanda will try to exchange with her, but I’m confident whatever position they’re in – they can roll around, they can sit back and tie their arms behind each others back and kick the (expletive) out of each other with their legs – Cris is going to beat her. I promise you that. There’s no doubt in my mind.”

Nunes’ coach, American Top Team leader Conan Silveira, bristles at the idea that Cyborg is an unsolvable problem. He said with training, teamwork and strategy, Nunes can upset her. In other words, no one is unbeatable.

“That’s what everybody said about Ronda Rousey and other fighters,” Silveira said. “I think there’s so many things together than can make that happen. Amanda is beyond an amazing fighter. Every situation you put her in, she knows how to react. I believe it’s going to be the fight of the century.”

Silveira indicates Nunes will push Cyborg beyond the stand-up encounters she’s had with previous opponents and will be forced to lean on other skills.

“I believe Amanda’s a more complete fighter,” Silveira said. “Whatever situation she’s in, she speaks fluidly.”

One thing they both can agree on: It’s the biggest fight that can be made right now.

Parillo said he was in the octagon after Cyborg’s win over ex-Invicta FC bantamweight champ Yana Kunitskaya in March, and UFC President Dana White pulled him aside to say, “Amanda’s next.”

Silveira and Parillo don’t need any further confirmation than White’s desire to pair the champs. There may be negotiation on when it happens, but they’re both looking forward to the moment things are finalized.

Then they can get to the work of game planning.

“I can tell you this, it’s going to be a fight that nobody’s going to forget,” Silveira said. “It will be a fight where both champions will have to show up with the best they have.”

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