The World of Women's MMA has had a few hours to digest the news that Cristiane 'Cyborg' Santos has failed her most recent PED test following her last fight against Hiroko Yamanaka in California at Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal.
Ronda Rousey has already made an "I told you so " comment we posted yesterday, but here is what some of WMMA's other top fighters had to say through the medium of twitter.
No#3 ranked 125lbs WMMA Fighter and qualified Osteopath at the Combat Sports Clinic Rosi Sexton pulls no punches and addresses the heart of the issue:
@RosiSexton
Rosi Sextonjust heard the news. That's a real shame, but I guess in honesty I'm not surprised.
let's be honest here though - she's by no means the only one.
increased chance of getting caught reduces offending more than tougher penalties. Better testing must come first.
I have a policy... I don't speculate about individual fighters until there's evidence.
I think it's a particular problem when it happens in WMMA. You may as well have a woman fighting a man.
either test properly, or legalise it so the rest of us can get on it with a clear conscience. Enough with the hypocrisy.
Look "just working hard in the gym" won't give a woman muscles like that any more than eating worms and flapping your arms will make you fly
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Strikeforce WMMA 135lbs Champion Miesha Tate takes the diplomatic approach:
@MieshaTate
Miesha Tate Have u guys heard about this? Wow... http://t.co/Qg8BHUEg
Ya..... I don't really know what to say, it's unfortunate she was using :-/
it's really unfortunate to find out she was using, I'm disappointed to say the least, I don't know what to say
Well I am disappointed to find out she was using I gave her the benefit of the doubt too & really admired her
I'd really like to hear what Cris has to say b4 I make any judgement
Well I personally choose to hear Cyborg out first, I will wait till she makes her statement to make mine.
Yes I am a woman myself I know very well but I still would like to hear her out
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Former 135lbs Champion Sarah Kaufman
Former 135lbs Champion (and former Cyborg opponent) Marloes Coenen
@MarloesCoenen
MarloesCoenen Get a lot of tweets about Christiana. Don't want to 'kick an opponent when she's down'. I still respect her & we will meet again at Invicta!
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145lbs fighter Julia Budd:
@JuliaBudd
Julia Budd "@BobbyERT: @JuliaBudd interesting things to come for the 145lbs division. Cyborg just tested positive for steroids." wtf r u serious?
I think cheating is cheating. That's bullshit she woulda killed yamanaka without
... I think it means I gotta make 135 next fight.
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@QoSBaszler
Shayna Baszler Im not defending cyborg or not, but its not always accurate how the media blows things up or paints things
RT @JoshLBarnett: Let's hear her piece. @jrcooner @JoshLBarnett what are your thoughts on Cyborg?
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Other notable fighters such as Gina Carano, Tara LaRosa and Liz Carmouche have yet to comment on twitter.
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