Cyborg Wants To Fight Holly Holm At UFC 219

Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino just won the UFC Women’s Featherweight Title when she defeated Tonya Evinger at UFC 214.

When it comes to her first title defense, the champion would like to defend the belt against former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm.

Cyborg made the challenge via Instagram:

 

#CyborgNation I just called my manager @primetime360esm and told him I want to fight @hollyholm #UFC219 in LAS VEGAS #CyborgVHolm if you want to see this fight New Years now is the time to send your messages to the @ufc @danawhite ———————————————————————————— Brasil quero lutar contra a lutadora que venceu a Ronda, no Ano Novo em Las Vegas! Envie suas mensagens para o @ufc_brasil e diga que deseja #cyborgnation em #ufc219

A post shared by CRIS CYBORG —- #ufc219 (@criscyborg) on Aug 8, 2017 at 11:24am PDT

Holly Holm has yet to respond to the challenge from Cyborg, but she did compete in the first ever UFC Women’s Featherweight Title bout at UFC 208.

UFC President Dana White said after UFC 214 that Holm was interested in a bout with Cyborg.

UFC 219 takes place on Saturday, December 30 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada with no main event announced at this time. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, with a post-show podcast to follow.