Cris Cyborg Close To Giving Up Trying To Cut Weight

In an interview with FightHubTV, Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino spoke about her frustration with trying to make the 140 catchweight limit for fights and how she’s close to giving up. Here are highlights:

On cutting weight: “Almost two years I’ve been doing dieting and working with George Lockhart and for me to make 140 [pounds] it’s a big challenge. I’m not 18 years old anymore. I’m 30 years old it’s really hard. I started this camp now – for 140 again – I started running and I said, ‘man, after this fight I want a vacation, I want a break,’ because I need it. To make 140, I have to run six miles every day and train every day…I’m supposed to defend my belt at 145 and Invicta wanted more time to develop the girls for 145. I would like to defend my belt…I can make 140 but I think I’m very close [to being done] because it’s too much for my body.”

On a 145-pound women’s weight class: “For me, it would be my dream to make my division, 145. And you don’t see any champion go down for fights. Go up. McGregor went up. A lot of guys go up, they don’t go down in weight… But I know the girls in the 135 top 10 don’t want to want to go fight me. But I hope and have a dream that my division will be in the UFC one day.”

On only wanting to drop weight for superfights: “I never choose my opponents but I think the biggest fight that everybody wants to watch, the fans want to watch is me and Ronda. Why do I make 140? I make 140 for superfights. Not just to be world champion of my division and sit there and wait. If I can make a superfight so when I finish my career I can say, ‘you remember this fight with Ronda, with Holly Holm,’ something nice that I can talk about with my kids or my friends. I’m open to make superfights.”