Cris "Cyborg" Santos Reportedly in Negotiations With WWE
by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 4, 2011 12:00 AM EST
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Cristiane Santos has not fought for 9 months and has nothing scheduled in the near future with Strikeforce, this despite being the current women's middleweight champion. It is now being reported that "Cyborg" may be in talks to take her act to the WWE. Tatame reported the news earlier:
Without fighting since June of 2010, Cyborg is getting tired of the lack of fights in the MMA organization, and this proposal would change her future in fighting – and get bigger paychecks. Two weeks ago, Cristiane and her husband, Strikeforce fighter Evangelista Santos, attended to a WWE event in California, and the managers of the event offered her a contract.
I heard from another source that talks are in the "advanced" stage and this could very well be going down. Of course, there is also a possibility that the Cyborg camp is using this for leverage with Strikeforce in an attempt to either get a raise or, at the very least, to get Strikeforce to schedule a fight for a dominant champion.
We'll be monitoring the situation closely and bringing any updates as they become available.
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Being a Strikeforce fighter
I can understand her frustration about not getting enough fights
by Scribonius Curio on Mar 4, 2011 12:02 AM EST reply actions
You’re a Strikeforce fighter?
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by Goonisis on Mar 4, 2011 12:09 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
BOOMSHAKALAKA!
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by Earl Montclair on Mar 4, 2011 12:03 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
LOL
I couldn’t quite find the words to articulate how I felt about this news…until I saw this comment. Boomshakalaka indeed
by CaptainKneebar on Mar 4, 2011 12:20 AM EST up reply actions
You know who would love this?
Luke Thomas would love this.
PROWRESTLING
All for a good payday I suppose
by IRodC on Mar 4, 2011 12:04 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
For ANY payday is the thing. She has made maybe $15-20k in the past 9 months. That’s like a $10 an hour job
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by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 4, 2011 12:09 AM EST up reply actions
I wonder how much the girl she beat the shit out of made in that same span.
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by Derek Suboticki on Mar 4, 2011 12:32 AM EST up reply actions
Well, this would definitely hurt female MMA.
Having one of the most dominant female fighters walk away to pro wrestling after female MMA just started getting some fanfare is going to suck. Especially for SF.
For Strikeforce at least, it just looks like there is just more focus on the Womens 135 lb division. Granted, there is more talent in that division. However, while I am a Strikeforce supporter, I will acknowledge that not giving Cyborg a fight in 9 months is just ridiculous.
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I don't think it'll suck for SF at all
Maybe at first but this will give them another shot at putting the belt on Gina’s waist. And while Cyborg is the better fighter of the two, Gina is by far the better draw.
The 145 lb Womens division is very shallow, but even that is not much of an excuse not to give Cyborg a fight in 9 months. While many MMA fans would look down upon giving Cyborg another Jan “Cuddles” Finney-level female fighter, at least Strikeforce would be keeping her active. I don’t know why the Toughill fight couldn’t get put together, but besides her, there really isn’t anyone else that I could think of to fight Cyborg unless Strikeforce wants to hotshot Amanda Nunes into a Title shot.
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The Toughill fight couldn’t get made because Erin couldn’t get any where near the weight limit. Strikeforce threw a ridiculous amount of money at Erin in order to give Cris a fight. But that was only worth while if she could make weight and they could do a title match. If Erin can make weight in another organization she could still get the shot.
When you look at the top 10 list of women at 145 SF has as many as they can get. The ones they don’t have either don’t want to come or are working their way through the visa process. They are signing the Olympians Sara McMann, Rhonda Rousey etc after one pro fight so they can try and accelerate the division. Julia had her MMA debut in SF. No ammy fights nothing, bang straight into SF.
As for hot shoting some one in. If Julia had beaten Amanda she would have been fighting Cris in only her third MMA fight. Amanda was offered the fight after she beat Julia and has turned it down until she gets some more fights down at 135. Germaine De Randaime was brought in from the kick boxing world but wasn’t very impressive in her last fight. She won but didn’t look great doing it.
Two of the top 10 fighters Cindy Dandois and Yana Kunitskaya are under contract to M-1 so haven’t been available for fights while the Fedor contract negotiations were going on. Rumour is that Cindy Dandois might be the fight that Gina is going to do in Texas.
Marloes cut to get out of the division she was the number 2 in. SF took a lot of shit for putting Jan in with Cris and they needed to. The reality is there just isn’t any one to put in with Cris at this time. Cris and her management know this just as well as any one.
Two of the top 10 fighters Cindy Dandois and Yana Kunitskaya are under contract to M-1 so haven’t been available for fights while the Fedor contract negotiations were going on
What the hell do the Fedor negotiations have to do with Dandois and Kunitskava?
If that is true, that is some bullshit. There is no reason that those two should have had their careers held hostage while M-1 negotiated a new deal for Fedor.
S, the WWE is just signing people that just walk through the door now.
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I’m pretty sure they’ve had their eyes on her for a while. They do pay attention to the world…
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by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 4, 2011 12:14 AM EST up reply actions
Main reason? So that guys can’t go “you’re a fucking faggot” or whatever then edit it before a staffer catches it.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 4, 2011 12:16 AM EST up reply actions
Wouldn’t the resulting cascade of insults, outrage and flags be sufficient evidence?
by John Danaher's Hair on Mar 4, 2011 1:57 AM EST up reply actions
Remember Chyna?
I think she could do really well as a pro wrestler. She certainly isn’t going to make her money in MMA the way things stand.
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Cris is nowhere near as physically imposing as Chyna was. Chyna was much taller and heavier than Cyborg. Of course, the flip side is that Cris is a legit athlete and ass kicker, whereas Chyna was just a puffed up bodybuilder.
Dude, I swear I haven't seen it
but my twisted best friend has seen a little home movie that chyna & xpac released, apparently she kicks his ass pretty bad. Or she does something to it anyways..
Be like water..
by theredoctober on Mar 4, 2011 6:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Cyborg to the WWE
If Vince really wants here than there’s nothing Strikeforce can do too keep her there.Strikeforce really disrepected her by bring back Carano and still labeling her the face of womens MMA.Coker seems more intended on getting Carano a fight than his champion.
by TERRENCEFROMSOUTHEAST on Mar 4, 2011 2:01 AM EST reply actions
I bet her shit is breaking down too.
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by spectaa on Mar 4, 2011 3:43 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
IMO, she should get on a restricted calorie diet and forgo all protein intake excpet soy to offset some of the test she has coursing through her manish body so she can get down to the deeper 135lb female weight class.
But I bet deep down she knows the size advantage she would lose, along with some of her agression, plus her very undisciplined striking, and questionable gas tank would add up to many more losses in the much more competative 135lb class.
Strikeforce haven't cared about Women's MMA because they never did.
They only cared about Gina Carano. Now Carano is back they probably wouldn’t care if Cyborg leaves and just give Carano a vanity championship belt.
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by Thats It For you! on Mar 4, 2011 8:18 AM EST reply actions
HGH is a helluva drug
That’s a Robert Z’Dar caliber chin
Leave Soul Taker alone
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but they better make sure she understands the game, or those ladies will be in severe danger. Remember what happened to that reporter who asked her about submissions?
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by Dave Strummer on Mar 4, 2011 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
Honestly, this seems like it has to be BS.
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by David Bixenspan on Mar 4, 2011 11:46 AM EST reply actions
I’m glad it is just me. I was going to point out that Tatame has gotten a story wrongs since ….. well 3PM yesterday afternoon when they also claimed that Gina was fighting Amanda. But then Brent said he had confirmation form other sources.
The fact that Cris has pretty weak English would seem to make her a bad candidate for wrestling but I don’t watch it so maybe I am off base. I also don’t think Cris would disrespect herself and the sport that way.
Maybe they can give Evangalist a couple of extra fights so the family has money coming in until they can get some of the new fighters on line towards the end of the year.
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