Joe Rogan: UFC Needs To Build Division Around Cyborg
Beloved UFC commentator Joe Rogan may have cut down on his work load going forward with the powerhouse mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, but that doesn’t mean the life-long fight fan wasn’t watching UFC Brasilia from the comfort of his own home.
Shortly after Invicta FC featherweight champion Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino did what she does best when she finished UFC newcomer Lina Lansberg in the second round of their main event contest at UFC Fight Night 95, Rogan took to Twitter to campaign for his employers to implicate a new 145-pound weight class for the dominant Brazilian competitor who has been struggling to make 140 pounds for catchweight bouts in the UFC:
.@ufc please open up a 145lbs division for @criscyborg. Her torturing herself to make 140 is insane and she's incredibly entertaining.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) September 25, 2016
As Rogan notes, women’s MMA has made ‘leaps and bounds’ in the past few years with dominating competitors such as ‘Cyborg’ and Ronday Rousey paving the way for young up-and-coming female stars such as UFC strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Paige VanZant:
Women's MMA is growing in leaps and bounds and it would be amazing if there were more weight classes.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) September 25, 2016
Rogan also went on to state that if the UFC were to open up more weight classes as they have for its male competitors, it would help the women’s division of MMA grow even more:
I think that if the @UFC opened up more WMMA divisions the level of talent in each division would grow like it has in new men's divisions.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) September 25, 2016
The level of talent in each division seems to rise to the standard of the champion. @criscyborg is a killer and would be a fierce champion.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) September 25, 2016
Obviously this is all just my opinion. @UFC is awesome and it'll all get sorted out eventually. I just had to chirp. I hate hard weight cuts
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) September 25, 2016
”Cyborg’s’ championship weight currently sits at 145-pounds where she rules as the division’s champion in Invicta FC, however, since making her Octagon debut in her past two 140-pound catchweight bouts the weight cut has been a grueling process for the dominating featherweight.
The highest weight class the UFC currently carries for women is bantamweight at 145-pounds, and if the UFC decided to indeed create a women’s featherweight division around the mythical being that is Justino it could pay huge dividends for the promotion.
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