Cyborg Justino Things That Tonya Evinger Is A More Exciting Fight Than Megan Anderson

As we reported yesterday, Megan Anderson is out of the vacant women’s featherweight title fight at UFC 214 with Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino for “personal reasons.” She was replaced by Invicta bantamweight champion Tonya Evinger.

In a statement to Combate (via MMA Junkie), Justino gave her thoughts on the change.

She said: “I’m always training to evolve technically with each fight. I’m prepared to fight anyone. As for the change in opponent, we can say it’s the result of Megan’s and her manager’s irresponsibility. As for Tonya, she’s a great opponent. She’s been winning her past 10 fights and is an example of how the world rankings should be independent from the UFC’s rankings. Tonya is a top-10 bantamweight and certainly deserves to be in a big platform. It will be a great fight and I believe that, with Tonya, it will be an even more exciting fight for the fans than the fight with Megan. The focus and the plan remain the same: going for the belt. Thank you to all my fans #CyborgNation.”

She also seemed to take a shot at Anderson on Twitter yesterday, hinting that her training video with Claressa Shields could be why Anderson dropped out. She wrote:

Looks like my manager isn't going to let me put up anymore boxing Videos with #Trex for awhile @Claressashields #ufc214 https://t.co/UHGDklezgc

— #UFC214 #LetsGoChamp (@criscyborg) June 28, 2017