Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg has accused UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and president Dana White of bullying her.
The 30-year-old made the accusation on her Facebook page, in which she said:
I find it Hypocritical of @rondarousey to complain about people in Hollywood being critical of her body image, talking about her arms or the extra weight she carries between fights.
For the past 5 years this same Ronda Rousey and Dana White have used the media to Bully me, opening the door for other opponents to try the same tactics.
Rousey recently spoke about body image in an interview with the New York Times' Sheila Marikar. She said of her hope to help diversify the kind of body types celebrated or focused on in the media.
However, according to Mike Bohn of MMA Junkie, in August she told the Joe Rogan Experience (Warning: Link contains NSFW language) she wouldn't fight Cyborg until she changed her appearance after Cyborg tested positive for steroids in 2011.
Cyborg also shared this video of White describing her as "Wanderlei Silva in a dress":
Cyborg's ongoing war of words with Rowdy will add more fuel to the speculative fire that they could meet in a superfight. For now, Rousey appears to be sticking to her guns that Cyborg must come down to her weight level in order for the pair to collide.
However, Rousey further commented on the Joe Rogan Experience that fighting Cyborg would help her career feel complete, so you can't rule out the possibility the two will face off against each other in the future.
