Cris Cyborg is facing the “plan C” at UFC 214, but she believes things could have been easier if the promotion had taken a different path in the past.
With Germaine de Randamie refusing to compete, and Megan Anderson dealing with personal issues, Cyborg will now face Invicta FC bantamweight titleholder Tonya Evinger for the vacant UFC featherweight gold on July 29 in Anaheim.
The original plan would have had de Randamie defending the belt she won earlier this year against the Brazilian, but the Dutch fighter preferred to be stripped of the belt than facing Cyborg.