UFC 219's 'Thrill and Agony': Cris Cyborg ponders champ-vs.-champ fight with Amanda Nunes

Cris Cyborg may currently have her focus on Megan Anderson, but immediately after UFC 219, she had fellow UFC champion Amanda Nunes on her mind.

The “Thrill and Agony” series takes us up close and behind the scenes of pay-per-view events, and at UFC 219, which took place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, we saw the aftermath of Cyborg’s (19-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC narrow title defense over challenger Holly Holm (11-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) and lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov’s (25-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) total domination of Edson Barboza (19-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC).

On Wednesday Cyborg suggested a fight with Invicta FC champ Anderson (8-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) was in the works for UFC 221 in Australia; Anderson, meanwhile, dismissed it as “fake news” soon after.

However, as we see in “Thrill and Agony,” Cyborg was discussing a possible bout with women’s bantamweight champ and fellow Brazilian Nunes (15-4 MMA, 8-1 UFC) as she headed backstage at T-Mobile Arena following her first title defense.

“I won’t say no to the (Amanda Nunes fight),” Cyborg, who discussed a possible bout with Nunes prior to UFC 219, tells her team. “I’d say I wouldn’t like it because we are both Brazilian. But if she wants to fight me and the UFC wants it…”

She’s then cut off by her team, including Jason Parillo and Tito Ortiz.

“I don’t know,” Ortiz says. “After that ass-whooping (of Holm), I don’t think she’ll want to.”

Nunes, who’s 2-0 (with title defenses over Ronda Rousey and Valentina Shevchenko) since winning the belt from Miesha Tate in 2016, currently awaits her next fight.

Check out the full clip, including Nurmagomedov’s cageside chat with UFC President Dana White, above.

The above video is a preview of “Thrill and Agony.” The full episode is available on UFC Fight Pass for subscribers.

For complete coverage of UFC 219, check out the UFC Events section of the site.