Daily Debate: Who's next for UFC champ Cris Cyborg – Megan Anderson or Amanda Nunes?

As the Cris Cyborg Tour of Destruction shows no signs of slowing down, who’s next for the UFC women’s featherweight champion?

That’s the question we posed in MMAjunkie Radio’s recent Daily Debate feature.

In Saturday’s UFC 222 pay-per-view headliner, Cyborg (20-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) largely had her way with promotional newcomer and Invicta FC vet Yana Kunitskaya (10-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC), who was stopped via first-round TKO.

The UFC’s women’s 145-pound weight class isn’t really a division at all; Cyborg is basically its only member, and she’s fought a host of natural 135-pounders in recent years. However, following UFC 222, two possible candidates emerged – and one of them is an actual featherweight.

A previously scheduled opponent – Invicta FC 145-pound titleholder Megan Anderson(9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) wants their recently scrapped bout to be rebooked. Equally intriguing? Following UFC 222, company boss Dana White mentioned he liked the idea of Cyborg vs. fellow Brazilian champ Amanda Nunes (15-4 MMA, 8-1 UFC) – even though the women’s bantamweight champ is expected to fight Raquel Pennington (9-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in May at UFC 224.

Assuming UFC officials are willing to pull Pennington’s title shot, should Cyborg fight Nunes or Anderson? As it turns out, MMAjunkie readers and MMAjunkie Radio listeners prefer a champion-vs.-champ fight.

Here are the results (via Twitter):

Cyborg said she’d prefer for Nunes to fight Pennington, and assuming the champ defends, Cyborg would then fight Nunes in July.

However, should UFC officials strike while the iron is hot – and while fans prefer an all-Brazilian fight? Check out the video above as the MMAjunkie Radio crew discusses the possibility.

And for more on UFC 222, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

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