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Josh Barnett Rips Cris Cyborg

Posted: Apr 16th 2009 11:36AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Strikeforce

Her victory at Saturday's Strikeforce show is behind her and a superfight with Gina Carano is ahead of her, but Cristiane "Cris Cyborg" Santos isn't done being trashed in the MMA community for her failure to make weight the day before her victory over Hitomi Akano.

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Scott Coker on Diaz, Shamrock, Cyborg, Carano, Kimbo and More

Posted: Apr 12th 2009 9:30PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive

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On Saturday night, Strikeforce put on its first MMA show of 2009, and on Sunday night Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker talked to me about how he thinks the first show went and where he sees Strikeforce going in 2009.

Among the topics we discussed were the success of Nick Diaz, the future of Frank Shamrock, the weight of Cris Cyborg (and her likely future fight with Gina Carano), as well as the possibility that big names in MMA including Kimbo Slice, Tito Ortiz, Royce Gracie and Fedor Emelianenko could fight in the Strikeforce cage. The full interview is below.

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Cris Cyborg: MMA's Answer to Kramer Dominating the Dojo

Posted: Apr 12th 2009 11:05AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Strikeforce

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About 15 seconds into Saturday night's Strikeforce MMA fight between Hitomi Akano and Cristiane "Cris Cyborg" Santos, Akano had Cyborg in position for a judo throw. But while Akano is a skilled judo practitioner, it didn't matter. Cyborg was so much bigger and stronger that she simply threw Akano against the cage. And I was immediately reminded of Kramer fighting little kids.

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Bigger, Stronger Cris Cyborg TKOs Out-Matched Hitomi Akano

Posted: Apr 11th 2009 10:38PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Strikeforce

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In a good demonstration of why combat sports have weight classes, Cristiane "Cris Cyborg" Santos out-muscled her much smaller opponent, Hitomi Akano, in a Strikeforce MMA fight Saturday night in San Jose.

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Strikeforce: Shamrock-Diaz MMA Results

Posted: Apr 11th 2009 10:00PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Strikeforce

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Get live updates for tonight's Strikeforce fight in St. Louis now.

Strikeforce is back Saturday night with its first show of 2009, and the fights are over. I tweeted the results if you want to follow me on Twitter, and the full results of all 10 fights are below.

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Strikeforce Convinces Hitomi Akano to Fight Cris Cyborg

Posted: Apr 11th 2009 7:22AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Strikeforce

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Hours after Hitomi Akano pulled out of a fight with Cristiane "Cris Cyborg" Santos, Strikeforce convinced the Japanese fighter to take on the much bigger Brazilian
after all.

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Strikeforce Suffers Big Loss, Cris Cyborg vs. Hitomi Akano Is Off

Posted: Apr 11th 2009 2:31AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Strikeforce

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UPDATE: The fight is back on.

Cristianie "Cris Cyborg" Santos's fight with Hitomi Akano on Saturday night's Strikeforce card, was supposed to position Cyborg as the opponent to Gina Carano in the biggest women's MMA fight ever. Instead it has positioned Cyborg as a fighter too unprofessional to make weight for her fights.

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Cris Cyborg Can't Make Weight, Fight With Hitomi Akano Could Be Off

Posted: Apr 11th 2009 12:59AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Strikeforce

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In what could be a major blow to Strikeforce, a women's bout scheduled for Saturday between Cristiane "Cris Cyborg" Santos and Hitomi Akano is on the verge of being scrapped after Cyborg couldn't even come close to making weight on Friday.

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Strikeforce All Access: Live MMA Online

Posted: Apr 7th 2009 8:29PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: MMA Media Watch, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive

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Strikeforce will put on its first MMA event of the year Saturday night at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, and the fights will air on Showtime.

But watching on TV isn't the only way to see the fights if you won't be in the arena. It might not even be the best way.

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Hitomi Akano Will Have Josh Barnett in Her Corner vs. Cris Cyborg

Posted: Apr 1st 2009 12:30PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Strikeforce

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Hitomi Akano, the Japanese woman who will fight Cristiane "Cris Cyborg" Santos on the April 11 Strikeforce card, is virtually unknown to American MMA fans. But Akano (shown above submitting Megumi Yabushita) will have a well-known American in her corner: Josh Barnett.

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