Marloes Coenen happy UFC isn’t making Cris Cyborg drop to 135 pounds

Cris Cyborg is the best women’s fighter in the world at 145 pounds, but for years there have been questions — and hope — about her moving down to 135 to face marquee names, starting with Ronda Rousey. The UFC does not have a 145-pound women’s division, because there is a scarcity of elite talent at that weight outside of Cyborg, who is the most dominant female fighter in the world.

Marloes Coenen has been in Cyborg’s shoes. She was asked to go down to 135 pounds from her natural division of 145 in Strikeforce. Coenen ended up winning the title at 135 there, but it was hardly a good experience. She said she wouldn’t do it again “in a million years.”

“I wasn’t training,” Coenen told MMA Fighting. “The only thing I was doing was dieting. I became emotionally unstable. When I was in the cage, my body didn’t do what I wanted it to do. My coach said, ‘do this, do this,’ and I wanted to do it, …

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