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It was Bellator women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg who fired the first shot which ignited the latest beef with former UFC athlete Cat Zingano. In a recent interview with MMA Junkie, Cyborg claimed that Zingano didn't really want to fight her.
The women's featherweight champion claimed that 'Alpha' has been running from her for quite a while now:
“Cat Zingano [has] been running, been running for a little while. All the time Bellator talk[s] to me, ok next is going to be Cat Zingano and then change, and then going to be Cat Zingano and then Arlene Blencowe ... and then Sinead [Kavanagh]. So she always say[s] 'I want to fight one more fight, one more fight next' and then never ready.”
Watch the full Cris Cyborg interview below:
In a recent Tweet, the American responded to Cyborg's claims that she was running from a fight. Zingano suggested that it was the Brazilian who was in fact running away to boxing when 'Alpha' finally landed a title shot:
"This b***h left to [the] boxing right when I earned my title shot against her and says I’m running?! That’s one way out of drug tests you f***ing juice box."
Earlier this year, in an interview with MMA Junkie, 'Alpha' revealed that she was never offered a fight with the champion.
When Cat Zingano said that proper drug testing should be done if a fight between her and Cris Cyborg is booked
During a pre-fight interview for her Bellator 282 fight with Pam Sorenson, 'Alpha' revealed that she wanted independent drug testing to be enforced if a fight between her and the reigning women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg was booked:
"I just think independent testing for both of us with a independent resource [should be enforced] just [for] making sure there are no biases... and making sure everything is safe and fair."
Watch Zingano list her conditions for a Cris Cyborg fight below:
Cyborg has been popped for using banned substances multiple times in the past. According to a 2016 report by MMA Fighting, USADA spokesperson Ryan Madden confirmed that the MMA fighter tested positive for a banned diuretic called spironolactone.
According to a report by Bloody Elbow, The 37-year-old was also fined $2500 in 2011 after the California State Athletic Commission suspended the athlete's license due to her testing positive for stanozolol metabolites.
