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Cyborg criticizes UFC for bungling booking of female featherweights

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Widely regarded as the most dominant woman to ever compete at 145 pounds, Cris Cyborg has zero featherweight bookings in the UFC and she's putting the blame on the promotion's decision makers.

Cyborg took to Twitter on Saturday to vent her frustrations with the UFC's impatience and lack of foresight, and current featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie refusing to defend the title against her:

The 31-year-old fighter is responsible for much of the criticism she's received, as she has two significant failed drug tests on her record, including a December 2016 USADA violation in which she tested positive for a banned supplement. Cyborg avoided a lengthy suspension when she was granted a retroactive exemption.

However, her situation wasn't helped by the fact that the UFC didn't have a women's featherweight division for her to compete in when she joined the promotion last May. Cyborg competed in a pair of 140-lb catchweight bouts before the UFC created an inaugural championship for De Randamie and Holly Holm to fight over at UFC 208.

Cyborg added on Twitter that if the UFC had simply given her a chance to become featherweight champion earlier, it would have resulted in greater profits for the promotion and its owner WME-IMG:

Related: Have we seen the last of Cyborg, featherweight division in the UFC?

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