NORWICH, Conn. – Cat Zingano is clearing the air.
Contrary to the public conversation, Zingano (11-4 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) says she was never officially offered a Bellator title bout against champion Cris Cyborg (26-2 MMA, 5-0 BMMA), despite claims from the champion and promotion president Scott Coker.
“I was never offered her,” Zingano said at a Bellator 282 news conference Wednesday. I’d see what she was saying online. I would talk to the matchmakers. I would talk to my manager. We’d get conversations going and nothing would happen. I’d get offered other people. I don’t mind more time. I’m relatively new to being a 145er, keeping weight on and doing everything I can to feel strong and fast and powerful here. It’s fine. I’m fine. I know everyone’s excited about that fight, herself included, myself included. When it comes, it’ll just be that much sweeter. It’s fine.”
