Evinger (photo) catches Cyborg (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/Invicta Fighting Championships)
Bantamweight Tonya Evinger will make the sacrifice of fighting in the top division to debut in the UFC. Current champion of the up to 61 kg category. of Invicta, the North American was invited to face Chris Cyborg for the Ultimate featherweight title, at UFC 214, on July 29, and agreed to replace Megan anderson, the Brazilian's original opponent. And Evinger made a point of sending a message to Cris, guaranteeing that it will be the most difficult fight of the former IFC featherweight champion's career.
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“I will be the biggest challenge of Chris Cyborg until today. I don't want to belittle the other fighters, they are all very good. It's just a question of style. I'm not a coward. I know it's really hard to face Chris Cyborg at featherweight. I know what I have in front of me, but I don't care. If I refused this fight, I would go home and regret it for the rest of my life. He would be thinking, “I could have won. Maybe I do not know. Maybe I should have accepted the fight. Why was I such a coward? Was it fear of fighting at featherweight?” That’s not me”, commented Evinger, in an interview with the North American radio program “Submission Radio”.
Excited about her featherweight debut, “Triple Threat” guarantees that the 66 kg. They won't be a problem for her and she guarantees that she can be as dominant as she was at bantamweight, even envisioning a career in the new division.
“I'm not saying I would fight at welterweight or anything like that. But featherweight is a tangible reality for me. It's not that big of a difference for bantamweight. I think I'm very dominant at 61kg. I think I can be equally dominant at featherweight and flyweight,” he assured.
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