Megan Anderson Calls Out Cris Cyborg After UFC 222

Cris Cyborg was at her devastating best again over the weekend at UFC 222 with a first-round stoppage against former Invicta Fighting Championships bantamweight champion Yana Kunitskaya. The win further cemented Cyborg’s place as the best and most feared female fighter on the planet.

It seems finding a suitable opponent in the Octagon for Cyborg has always been challenging for Ultimate Fighting Championship matchmakers, especially after the Brazilian puts on a performance like she did this weekend.

That didn’t stop former Invicta FC featherweight champion Megan Anderson from calling next. The 28-year-old Australian reached out to Cyborg via Twitter after the fight:

Congrats Cris on your win tonight @ufc Can we do this now??? Featherweight vs. Featherweight?? #ufc222

— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) March 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/MeganA_mma/status/970170137969033216 While it’s refreshing to see fighters publicly want to challenge Cyborg, it seems this fight may have to take a backseat after the champ called out a fellow Brazilian, current women's bantamweight queen Amanda Nunes following her win. That fight seems to be locked in after Dana White officially went on record stating it’s next. Nunes faces Raquel Pennington at UFC 224.

Anderson had been scheduled to make her Octagon debut against Cyborg at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017. However, she pulled out of the bout citing "personal issues" and Cyborg went on to face the veteran Tonya Evinger instead.