On Sat., Aug. 15, the most anticipated fight in female MMA history took place live on Showtime between Gina Carano and Cris “Cyborg” Santos for the Strikeforce women’s 145 lbs. title. The card also boasted two other high profile title fights with Gilbert Melendez vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida and Gegard Mousasi vs. Renato Sobral.
Never one to [...]
“One down and one to go.” This was the comment that Gilbert Melendez made at the post fight press conference in reference to his third round TKO stoppage of Mitsuhiro Ishida and the next fighter on his hit list; Josh Thomson.
Regardless of Melendez’s excitement in avenging his first professional loss, he is undeterred from his [...]
“Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg” took place on Aug. 15, 2009 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The big winners of the night were Santos, Melendez, Mousasi, and Werdum. Here are some photos of the fighters in action.
more photos after the jump…
Here it is. The most anticipated fight in female mixed martial arts history took place Sat., Aug. 15, 2009 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Gina “Conviction” Carano and Cris “Cyborg” Santos went at it for five minutes. At the end of the round only one woman was standing. It’s the rise of the [...]
PRO MMA (promma.info) attended the “Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg” weigh-ins Fri., Aug. 14, 2009 at the Marriott in San Jose, Calif. The fighters were lean and ripped and looked ready for action.
PRO MMA (promma.info) took a complete photo gallery showing the fighters weigh-in and stare down with their opponents. We will also be providing a [...]
Gegard Mousasi was originally scheduled to fight Renato “Babalu” Sobral as part of the now defunct ”Affliction: Trilogy” event on Aug. 1. Due to the cancellation of the card and the subsequent shutdown of Affliction’s MMA promotional division, the bout has been moved to Strikeforce, where Sobral in fact holds the light heavyweight title. PRO MMA [...]
