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Wow what a great post that Erin wrote to Roxy! I am so happy that all of these women stay behind each other no matter what the situation is! Women MMA fighters are the best and cannot wait for the next fight….Roxy your the best!
Congrats Roxy! ur a true warrior
Roxy,
This is long, so hold on lol Although you didn’t win, you showed what the sport of MMA needs more of: Gutsy, Tough, Tenacious Warrior female athletes who will fight anytime, anywhere and anyone. We have talked a few times over the years & iv always felt for you bc you have wanted nothing more than to compete in the sport you love.
You did the best you could with what you were given and you went out on a limb and took a big chance. Anything can happen in MMA and there is always the possibility of either side winning. You stepped up to the plate, and even though you didn’t win, you have nothing to be ashamed of.
IMO I don’t like seeing true 135ers having to come up in weight because they have NO other options. Its not right & its not always fair, but I commend you on being one of the few, true, competitive real athletes in womens MMA who always takes on any challenge or challenger.
I hope that SF sees the sacrifice that you and a few others have made for them, and that this shows your dedication to MMA. The 145 is such a tricky division bc bigger girls have to cut & smaller girls have to bulk up. There aren’t too many true 145ers, even lol
I wanna see more of the women who deserve to be signed to a big promotion like Roxy, Meisha, Tanya, Lana & other great Japanese MMAers. Its hard to know there are so many women who deserve to fight that are sitting on the sidelines waiting and waiting and waiting.
view rest post here: ErinT
ChicagoMMA: UFC 100 is expected to garner a lot of mainstream media attention this weekend. It will be a huge event with two title fights and the showdown between the coaches from TUF U.S.A vs. U.K. MMA fans are obviously outspoken about who will actually come away victorious. The “L’il Bulldog” Felice Herrig shares her thoughts on what she thinks will happen on fight night.
Wow what an article Julie does rock, check it out everyone:
I got this from Fightergirls.com message boards
From Alibi.com in Albuquerque.
http://alibi.com/index.php?story=28335&scn=news
mmafanhouse is reporting:
Strikeforce announced Wednesday that they will be holding a press conference at the WaMu Theatre inside New York City’s Madison Square Garden on July 14 to hype the August 15 fight between Gina Carano andCristiane Santos. The event is also open to the public.
Call me crazy, but I think that this is a historic moment for Strikeforce, mixed martial arts and, more specifically, women’s MMA.
Think about it: did you ever think that a promotion not named the UFC would hold a press conference at MSG with the main participants being two female fighters? I sure didn’t.
It should be noted that the UFC could probably hold a similar event at the WaMu Theatre if they wanted to. They once held a UFC 79 viewing party inside MSG, and have scheduled another one at Radio City Music Hall hosted by Frankie Edgar and Matt Hamill for UFC 100.
However, I’m pleasantly surprised to see Strikeforce take this major plunge into the New York City market while doing everything in their power to promote this mega-fight. Now I’m curious as to what kind of media turnout it will generate. One can probably hold a press conference anywhere, but if it isn’t attended by any significant media outlets, it’s probably not worth the effort.
Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t anywhere near as significant as actually promoting an MMA event at MSG. Of course, that can’t happen just yet since the sport isn’t regulated in New York state (whenever you’re ready, guys). But kudos to Strikeforce for doing the next best thing by bringing two of its biggest stars to “The Mecca” to help bring a little more attention to their upstart promotion.
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Carano vs Cyborg
Strikeforce adding more womens bouts to the card!
It is being reported by MMA Junkie that fellow top female 145-pound fighter Erin Toughill will be appearing on the Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg card. Toughill was a professional boxer from 2000-2006 and also competed in MMA bouts. She appeared on American Gladiators as ‘Steel’ and is 3-0 since returning to action in MMA and is being considered one of the top five women fighters in MMA. An opponent for Toughill has yet to be named.
Below is a picture of Erin
Erin Toughill
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg will take place Aug. 15 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Below is the current card:
* Strikeforce Women’s Title Bout: Gina Carano vs. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos
* Strikeforce Lightweight Title Bout: Josh Thomson © vs. Gilbert Melendez
Rumored bouts:
*Strikeforce Heavyweight Title Bout: Alistair Overeem © vs. Brett Rogers
*Erin Toughill vs. TBA
I cannot wait for this happen I will see my favorite fighters and plus Felice Herrig is on there too….Go Felice!
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Yes the war is brewing; so don’t forget this friday night on Showtime Shayna Baszler and Sarah Kaufman are going head to head and it is going to be a great match.
Shayna has talked a little smack here and there and Sarah has been pretty quiet, both women are on there way to Seattle for weighs in tomorrow and I know both are pretty much hungry, since interviewing them a few weeks ago.
Remember Shayna is using twitter to get the message and Sarah Kaufman is using her facebook to track on what she is doing. Just do a Bing Search and you can find out all details on those magnificent fighters.
I will be tweeting and writing up live blog reports on friday for the match, and I may do a live show we will see how this will turn out.
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mma weekly is reporting: When she faces Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos in August, Gina Carano, for the first time in her mixed martial arts career, will have her gym’s namesake by her side.
Randy Couture has accepted Carano’s invitation to train her for the highly anticipated Strikeforce bout, MMAWeekly.com has learned from a source close to Couture. The invitation was made shortly after Carano’s contractual limbo with the promotion ended.
Gina Carano Randy Couture
Couture, currently on the New Orleans set of the Sylvester Stallone-helmed action movie “The Expendables,” is watching video on Santos to formulate a game plan. When he returns to Las Vegas later this month, he will begin working beside Carano in addition to boxing coach Gil Martinez and Muay Thai coach Quinton Chong.
As in her previous three camps, the gym’s regulars, including Tyson Griffin, Gray Maynard, Mike Pyle, Jay Hieron, and Martin Kampmann, will be her sparring partners.
Carano has been inactive since defeating the tough Kelly Kobald at EliteXC’s “Heat” in October. Still undefeated at 7-0, she remains the most popular fighter in the short history of women’s MMA, placing No. 5 in a Yahoo! poll of 2008’s “Most Influential Women.”
Santos, a former professional handball player in Curitiba, Brazil, is arguably the brightest prospect in the next generation of Chute Boxe fighters. A Muay Thai brawler, she dispatched the undersized Hitomi Akano at “Shamrock vs. Gracie” in April, bringing her professional record to 7-1.
The fight will be for Strikeforce’s first ever women’s 145-pound title and will be contested over five, five-minute rounds, a first in the division. Its buzz has prompted calls for a headlining spot on the Aug. 15 card, to be held at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
fightergirls.com boards are saying that
Well it looks like Carano & Cyborg will go 5 for 5 after all.
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Five Ounces of Pain has learned that Strikeforce’s Aug. 15 women’s title bout between Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos will go a full five rounds.
Ever better: Strikeforce has confirmed to ESPN that rounds will be a full five minutes in duration. About time. There appears to be evidence that females have a 10-15 percent lower oxygen consumption rate than men do, which conceivably could limit the kind of interval and muscular endurance performance that MMA demands, but is it really by so much that they needed competition duration reduced by nearly half?
Hopefully, subsequent women’s bouts will follow suit. If any division is in need of curtailed rounds for the safety of participants, it’s the sloppy super heavyweights. A blended cheeseburger is not a proper postworkout recovery drink.
MarQ, columnist for fightergirls.com has another great article up check it out here: Shayna Baszler – Slight of Hand
This is the official press release from strikeforce:
LONG AWAITED STRIKEFORCE CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWDOWN
WITH CRIS “CYBORG” MARKS BIGGEST WOMEN’S FIGHT IN HISTORY
Saturday, August 15, Live on SHOWTIME at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT
From HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif.;
Tickets Go On Sale Monday
NEW YORK (June 9, 2009)–After an eight month hiatus, mixed martial arts’ (MMA) leading lady, the undefeated and extremely popular Gina “Conviction” Carano (7-0) will compete in the first fight of her multi-fight agreement with STRIKEFORCE and is set to square off with rival powerhouse Cris “Cyborg” (7-1) in what is one of the most eagerly anticipated battles of all time, Saturday, August 15, live on SHOWTIME® at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
Carano and Cyborg, the consensus two best female fighters in the world, will be the first women in MMA history to headline a major MMA fight card. In addition, they will fight for the first STRIKEFORCE 145-pound Female Championship.
“I’m really excited to be coming back and to have a new home with Strikeforce,” said the 27-year-old Carano, whose combination of stunning looks and athleticism have cemented her role as the face of women’s MMA. In a Yahoo! online poll that named the “Top 10 Influential Women of 2008,” Carano ranked fifth, placing ahead of First Lady Michelle Obama and famed journalists Katie Couric and Barbara Walters.
“I’ve wanted this fight with Cyborg for a long time and so have the fans so it was important to me that it happen in my first fight back. I’ve been training hard the last few months and come August 15, I will be in the best shape of my life. This fight will absolutely deliver on all the hype.”
The live SHOWTIME telecast of STRIKEFORCE: “Carano vs. Cyborg” will begin at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (tape delayed on the west coast) and will include up to five bouts.
Tickets for STRIKEFORCE: “Carano vs. Cyborg,” priced from $30, go on sale Monday at 10 a.m. PT at the HP Pavilion box office (408-287-7070) as well as at all Ticketmaster locations (800-745-3000), Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com <https://mail.svse.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ticketmaster.com/> ), and the official STRIKEFORCE website (www.strikeforce.com <https://mail.svse.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.strikeforce.com/> ).
Carano has soared to superstardom over the last two years while dominating opponents live on CBS and SHOWTIME. She raised her profile further during a stint as “Crush” on NBC’s athletic competition series American Gladiators. Carano is represented by Wasserman Media Group.
The matchup with Cyborg will be the second start of Carano’s career under the STRIKEFORCE banner. On December 8, 2006, she turned the tides on a determined Elaina Maxwell, a protégé of Cung Le, and pulled out a unanimous judges’ decision at STRIKEFORCE: “Triple Threat.”
The media has emphatically shown its appreciation for Carano’s individuality. She has been prominently featured in a number of national magazines including Muscle And Fitness and Maxim. Big Biz Magazine voted her “The Hottest Woman In America” in its Spring 2008 issue and Maxim ranked her number 16 in its Hot 100 list published in May 2009. Carano has also been profiled in the popular ESPN documentary series E:60.
The 23-year-old Cyborg, who hails from Brazil, has established herself as Carano’s top rival by leveraging her superior strength and striking skills to pummel opponents. In her last start, also her Strikeforce debut, Cyborg manhandled Hitomi Akano on April 11, stalking and battering the Japanese fighter before finishing Akano at the 35 second mark of the third round.
Cyborg is a member of Brazil’s famed Chute Boxe fight squad and trains alongside her husband and fellow Strikeforce competitor, Evangelista “Cyborg.”
After co-promoting two events live on SHOWTIME in 2007 and 2008, STRIKEFORCE in March 2009 signed a multi-year agreement to stage live MMA events on the premium cable television network.
Carano vs Cyborg
Yes that’s right everyone the fight between Carano and Cyborg is going to be for a belt! wow I was shocked to read this at fightergirls.com message boards which I think its awesome that its going to be for a belt, check this out
It’s been three months since StrikeForce acquired ProElite’s assets, however it wasn’t until this past Saturday at Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields that the San Jose-based organization announced that have come to terms with female superstar, Gina Carano.
“We look forward to having Gina back, and I think that Showtime and CBS did a fantastic job of teeing up this fight so that it’s a relevant fight in the sport,” Coker stated of their latest signing.
Before ProElite’s demise, EliteXC had tentatively scheduled the highly anticipated Carano vs. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos bout for this past November, however due to their financial woes, they were forced to scrap the show.
Now that Coker officially has full access to both female sensations, he fully intends to pick up where EliteXC left off, as he will throw Carano immediately into the cage against Cyborg to headline their August 15 promotion.
“That’s going to be the No. 1 and the No. 2 female fighting in the world,” Coker said of the world’s two best women mixed martial artists. “It will be our first Strikeforce female title belt. We’re going to be proud to put that on.”
In case you missed that, not only did Coker just confirm that they will anoint their first women’s champ, but for the first time ever, a major MMA organization will have a female bout headline a big time event.
The show will also feature the lightweight rematch between champion Josh Thomson and Gilbert Melendez, as well as a title defense by Stikeforce’s heavyweight champion, Alistair Overeem.
So regardless of the star power that their male counterparts bring to the table, Coker states that this night will be ladies’ night.
“But that [Carano vs Cyborg] fight is a fight that I think fans around the country would want to see,” Coker said. “I think it’s going to be a fight of epic proportions. It’s been built up. It’s been teed up real nice.”
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