If Ronda Rousey is the fastest rising star in mixed martial arts, Cristiane \"Cyborg\" Santos must be the complete opposite. <\/p>\n
Just last year, Cyborg was riding an 11-fight win streak, having successfully defended the Strikeforce Women's Featherweight Championship in brutal fashion for a third time. <\/p>\n
Now, the former pound-for-pound top female fighter in the world has largely been cast out of the spotlight, stripped of her title and waiting out a one-year suspension due to a positive steroids test. <\/p>\n
In fact, Cyborg's steroid scandal likely rates as one of the most damaging amongst most fighters, as it calls into question almost every MMA and grappling victory that the former champion has earned in her career. <\/p>\n
Although many people joked about her impressive physique, there's always been the undertone that Cyborg's speed and power was a little unnatural for a female fighter, suggesting it might be more challenging for her to fight someone like UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo. <\/p>\n
Fast-forward one positive test for stanzolol, and it's suddenly not quite so funnywe've spent almost an entire year looking at a devastated women's featherweight division that's been missing a dominant champion since last January. <\/p>\n
Now, Cyborg has come out of the woodwork, stating that since she can't make the 135-pound limit for the bantamweight division, she wants to fight Ronda Rousey at a 140- or 145-pound catch-weight. <\/p>\n
Although the fight would likely attract quite a few viewers, Strikeforce shouldn't even entertain that idea. Not for a single second. <\/p>\n
As much as Cyborg wants to claim that Rousey \"ran\" to the bantamweight division to avoid fighting her, the reality is that 135 pounds is where the most interesting match-ups can happen right now, especially with Strikeforce superstar Gina Carano permanently retired (again, no thanks to Miss Santos). <\/p>\n
Not many big-name women's fights can be made at 145 pounds anyway, a key reason whya new champion hasn't been crowned at that weight. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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