Sarah Kaufman is a Free Agent – Plans To Drop To Flyweight

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Sarah Kaufman spoke about being a free agent and her plans to drop to flyweight. Here are highlights:

On being willing to fight Cris Cyborg in her UFC debut: “I wanted to take it. I was like, ‘Yep, let’s take it anyway.’ Because I think that’s a fight I can win. I don’t think it’s just a big fight where you get paid a lot. I honestly think I can win that fight when I put everything together. So that’s a fight for sure that I’d be looking to have.”

On moving down to flyweight: “I feel the confidence of, I know I can beat any of the girls in 135 and then 125 there’s lots of great girls there, but again I know skill wise that I have all the pieces and it comes down to who is showing up into the fight. For me, I don’t care who I fight, whether it’s top 10 or bottom of the barrel at this point. All I care about is that performance and that performance being even close to my potential.”

On fighting Cyborg at catchweight: “She seemed fine at [140] and looked great in the fight. I think I go about getting that fight the same way I go about getting a fight in the UFC. Get another one or two wins and get back to what I know how to do. And then that fight and any other fight is right around the corner.”