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After months of angling and negotiating, the highly anticipated bout between Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cris Cyborg” Santos has been set for the main event of Strikeforce’s August 15th event in San Jose, as was announced during the broadcast of “Lawler vs. Shields.” Now, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has confirmed that the match will crown an official female champion for the organization:

_{“That’s going to be the number one and the number two females fighting in the world. It will be our first Strikeforce female title belt…I think it’s going to be a fight of epic proportions.”}

No weight class has been announced for the belt yet, which is either because Strikeforce hasn’t yet determined what weight the two scale-haunted fighters will compete at, or because their female bouts will have an even looser approach to weight classes than their men’s bouts. After all, Cyborg basically earned her title shot by beating up a girl who was two weight classes smaller than her.

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Former Playboy model turned fighter LaTasha Marzolla won her MMA debut this weekend in Las Vegas, beating on Christy Tada until Tada’s corner called a stop to it after one round at Saturday night’s Tuff-N-Uff event. Guess you do learn a thing or two being best buds with Gina Carano. As you can see, Marzolla isn’t built like the typical female MMA fighter but she’s still not worried about getting her pretty face smashed in.

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Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida stopped Rashad Evans at 3:57 of the second round to win the light heavyweight title at UFC 98 on Saturday night.

Machida landed a barrage of punches that sent Evans reeling up against the cage and finished him off with a left hand that folded Evans backwards onto the canvas.

“I’ve tried all my life to become a champion and I am very, very happy,” a jubilant Machida said. “Now I’m going to keep this belt for a long time.”

The light heavyweight title has now changed hands four times in the last five title bouts.

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Even by Japanese standards, Dream’s open-weight tournament has an eclectic mix. There’s Gegard Mousasi, ranked fourth among middleweights in the new USA TODAY/SB Nation rankings. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou has slipped in light heavyweight rankings. Bob Sapp, a former NFL lineman turned Japanese ring celebrity, will squeeze in an appearance between his Dec. 31 demolition of a cartoon character and his upcoming bout with former pro wrestler Bobby Lashley. Then we have two kickboxers who occasionally dabble in MMA — Mark Hunt and 7-foot-2 Korean Hong Man Choi.

Choi’s first opponent: former baseball player Jose Canseco. Yes, that Jose Canseco.

Multiple sources are reporting this, Sherdog and MMA Junkie among them. The official Dream site has a cardboard cutout of Canseco next to a cardboard cutout of Choi. Safe to say Choi will have the reach advantage.

Canseco’s boxing experience is mixed. Former NFL player Vai Sikahema knocked him out. He then earned a majority draw against radio personality and former Partridge Family star Danny Bonaduce.

Choi mostly sticks to kickboxing but has been a fixture of New Year’s Eve MMA cards for the past three years, including a credible bout against No. 1-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko. He’s 1-2 in official MMA bouts.