On Friday, Straight Outta Compton memes took over the sports world. Invicta featherweight champ Cris “Cyborg” Justino decided to use the viral sensation to jab rival Ronda Rousey, the UFC women’s bantamweight title-holder.
Here’s what Cyborg wrote alongside the meme:
Ronda if you're busy in Dec, how about April? Then we can make sure everyone knows we are BOTH clean by doing Olympic testing leading up to the fight.
Justino and Rousey have traded words recently, and the latter ramped it up a notch after her 34-second victory at UFC 190 on August 1.
“I'm prepared to deal with anything. That's why I'm the champ,” Rousey said on the broadcast after knocking out Bethe Correia. “I fight in the UFC 135-pound division. [Cyborg] can fight at 145 pumped full of steroids and she can make weight just like everybody else without them.”
In 2011, Cyborg tested positive for an anabolic steroid and was suspended from fighting for a year. She’s since stated she is clean and is extremely eager to step into the Octagon with the undefeated Rousey.
“This fight has to happen,” Cyborg said on SportsCenter last Wednesday, (h/t SB Nation). “If the UFC thinks I don't deserve this fight, don't do it for me. Do it for all the fans.”
Despite the 10-pound weight difference and Rousey’s concerns with Justino’s history, perhaps Cyborg’s latest jab will anger the UFC’s biggest star enough to consider to a fight.
As we saw with Correia, though, it’s not always wise to poke the bear.
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