Gina Carano vs. Cris Cyborg to Be for Strikeforce’s First Women’s Title
by Zimooya | June 9, 2009 | In MMA, Strikeforce | No Comments
Source: http://www.cagepotato.com/
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.
