Evangelista 'Cyborg' Santos
Former Strikeforce welterweight contender Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos (18-15) has been sitting on the sidelines waiting for Strikeforce to book his next fight, not having stepped in the cage since last September.
Santos has waited long enough having requested, and received, his release from the Strikeforce promotion.
‘Cyborg’ spoke to Tatame.com recently about his departure and his recent signing with the Montreal, Canada based Instinct mma promotion.
“I resigned, quit Strikefroce because I signed a six-fight two-year contract. They gave me two fights and it’s been a year I haven’t fought. I can’t live like this, spending a year on the ‘fridge’. There’re events all over the world. People who know me know I like to be active. Since September 2011 I haven’t fought. I can’t do it. Together with my manager, Rudimar (Fedrigo), I’ve sent a letter asking for Strikeforce to release me and they did”.
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“I closed a three-fight deal with Instinct, which is a Canadian event. I’ll fight on October 21st, against Brandon Thatch, who’s the champion there. Then I’ll fight in December and again in February. They assured me three fights within six months. The event doesn’t have an exclusivity clause, so I can fight in other shows too. Even though it’s not a big event like Strikeforce, it’s best to keep fighting than don’t fight at all. I can fight in Brazil, in America or anywhere else”.
Santos will look to end a two fight losing skid this October after a third round TKO loss to Jordan Mein last September, and a second round submission defeat at the hand of Nick Diaz in January 2011 for the Strikeforce welterweight title.