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Brian Stann says Cyborg ‘difficult’ to work with, she fires back insinuating nationalism

UFC women’s featherweight Cris Justino, aka “Cyborg,” has found herself mired in controversy frequently throughout the course of her career, with the latest incarnation being approximately six minutes of audio from Brian Stann from his Toe-2-Toe SiriusXM podcast.

The Brazilian superstar has been embroiled in an almost constant battle with the UFC over a variety of issues, including, but not limited to the promotion’s decision to move forward with the first women’s featherweight fight—a title fight—without her. In the weeks since that fight, which saw Germaine de Randamie win the belt, Justino has taken to social media to fire off posts directed at the UFC:

My next fight will be my 6th fight on UFC contract Imagine how much bigger the cyborg brand would be if they had all been in the UFC

— #UFC214 #LetsGoChamp (@criscyborg) April 25, 2017

Stann addressed the situation in a recent episode of his podcast:

“I agree with Cyborg in terms of her Invicta fights.