Leslie Smith Looking Forward to Cyborg Justino Facing First Women’s Featherweight Champion

Leslie Smith spoke with MMAjunkie about the new UFC women’s featherweight division and more. Some highlights are below:

On Cyborg Justino not getting to fight for the inaugural UFC women’s featherweight title: “Everyone knows her status. Everyone knows that she’s the toughest woman in MMA. Whoever gets that belt, they’re going to know it’s something of an interim belt, because ‘Cyborg’ is going to come and they’re going to have to fight her before anybody really looks at them as a 145-pound titleholder.”

On Justino claiming that she was so drained from cutting weight at UFC Fight Night 95 that blood couldn’t be taken: “It’s legit – it’s true. Weight cuts are a really, really hard thing to do. For a lot of people, they’re tougher than the fight itself. So I think the most important thing a fighter can do is guard their health. A fighter’s health is the only thing that only the fighter is going to take priorities with. If they don’t do it, then nobody else is. So props to ‘Cyborg’ for watching out for herself, and I’m looking forward to see her fight whoever wins that fight.”