Upcoming Ronda Rousey fight will be biggest in UFC history

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American bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, who has defeated her last three opponents in a combined time of one minute and 36 seconds, will square off against Brazilian beast Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino, who has gone undefeated for the past 10 years.

Just like Rousey, ‘Cyborg’ has pretty much destroyed every single opponent she has faced in her career, therefore making the matchup one of the biggest in UFC history.

UFC president Dana White has publicly declared this week that the fight would be the biggest UFC Pay Per View event ever, topping UFC 100 which had 1.5 million buys.

"Yeah, definitely. Definitely," White said when asked if it would be the biggest UFC fight ever.

“There's no denying that Cyborg is a beast. She's tough and many people, including myself, believe that Ronda's the best in the world and the best female fighter ever. It's one of those fights that's very intriguing," White said.

"When that fight happens, I guarantee you that thing does over 2 million pay-per-view buys. It will be massive."

The only obstacle for the fight will be for ‘Cyborg’ to drop 10 pounds to make the 135-pound bantamweight weight limit.

But the Brazilian beast says that will not be a problem, and her main priority is to make the weight to ensure the fight happens.

“I try 100% to make this fight happen… I try to make the fight everybody want to see… Let’s go fight, lets meet at 140 and make a great fight for all of MMA,” Justino said.

While the fight is not expected to get close to the 4.4 million buys Mayweather v Pacquiao achieved, it would certainly be the biggest in UFC history.

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at Sporting News Australia.