Not many fighters are publicly pushing for a matchup with new UFC womens featherweight champion Cristiane Justino. So, when someone like Cat Zingano begins to poke at Cyborg, its a notable.

Zingano (9-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC), a former UFC womens bantamweight title challenger, has expressed interest in fighting Justino (18-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in the past. The matchup has been discussed for multiple dates, but its never come to fruition.

Although Zingano has been inactive in recent years fighting just twice since September 2014 she believes she has what it takes to end Brazilians more than 12-year winning streak, and shes made it known (via Twitter):

Zingano, No. 5 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA womens bantamweight rankings, has competed at flyweight and bantamweight during her career, but shes never found her way up to the 145-pound division. She wants to give it a try, though, and hopefully make the best of a potential second UFC title shot afterRonda Rousey submitted her in just 14 seconds at UFC 184 in February 2015.

Alpha hasnt seen action since UFC 200 in July 2016, when she suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Julianna Pena. Prior to her current skid, Zingano earned a third-round TKO win over current 135-pound champ Amanda Nunes at UFC 178. Shes the only one to defeat Nunes in UFC competition.

Despite Justino, who claimed UFC gold with a third-round TKO of Tonya Evinger at UFC 214 this past weekend, looking near-flawless during the majority of her career, Zingano believes there are holes she can exploit, as she told The MMA Hour earlier this week.

With Cyborg, this is a winnable fight for me. When Im healthy, none of these girls (can) deal with me, not one, so thats what Im looking for. Going into a fight with Cyborg, you need to be as on point as possible. Shes got her advantages whatever, arguably fair or unfair and I just know that If Im at 100 percent, she probably cant even touch me, and those are things that are in consideration when trying to achieve my goal.

Justino recently expressed interest in a fight with Zingano, as well, but warned her potential future opponent that she should have taken advantage of the chance to fight sooner.

(She) should have fought me at 140 (pounds), Justino said. Im the best Ive ever been in my career with my return to 145 and am ready for either next.

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