Mike Dolce Sure He Can Get Cyborg Down In Weight, Thinks She Beats Rousey Any Day | UFC NEWS

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“There’s a couple ways to answer and the first way is going to be a little less than humble – I’m the only guy in the world that can get Cris Cyborg on weight and healthy. I only say that because I have the history. I’m only going to point to my resume when you look at Rampage (Jackson), Rampage was 260lbs when he came into the fight with Lyoto Machida. He came out there and made 205lbs easily and he beat Machida. Johny Hendricks is 215lbs, started working with me, he’s beat (Jon) Fitch, (Josh) Koscheck and (Martin) Kampmann. Johny probably is the biggest welterweight in the UFC, and he’s destined to be a world champion. Thiago Alves, Chael Sonnen was 233lbs six weeks before the Michael Bisping fight in Chicago.

“Nobody can say that any of my athletes ever look unhealthy or ever under perform as a result of their weight cut.”
She’ll be 135lbs, it will be the healthiest she’s been her entire career, and it will be the best performance of her entire career or I would not have taken the job. I can’t risk having an athlete under perform as a result of a weight cut, I would never jeopardize an athlete’s health. A lot of athletes come to me and they want me to help them drop a weight class or two, and I’ve turned a lot of huge names down because it’s just not safe, it’s not healthy.

“At 135lbs, Cris Cyborg will be the best of her career. She will be the greatest female fighter in the world, she will achieve legendary status at 135lbs. At 145, she’s too heavy, she’s slower at 145. She’ll be faster at 135, she’ll be more reactive, more flexible, more mobile, and she’ll be stronger. She’ll produce more force per pound of her body weight than she can at 145, I guarantee it.”