2. Give Cat Zingano a crack
Around the time Cyborg vs. Budd was booked, Bellator signed former UFC title challenger [autotag]Cat Zingano[/autotag] to an exclusive contract. Immediately, she was thought of as the next opponent for the winner of the championship fight.
Zingano has just one win since September 2014, but she still has loads of name value from her UFC run, where she once fought Ronda Rousey for the belt. Zingano can also still hang her hat on a win over current dual-UFC champ Amanda Nunes from more than five years ago. It’s an easy sell for Bellator to promote Zingano as the fighter who beat the fighter who knocked out Cyborg, and spin it as a meaningful title defense.
Of all the options, this is Bellator’s most “sellable” fight.
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