Filed under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive
It was inevitable, once you stop and think about it. An aggressive Brazilian fighter in the Strikeforce 145-pound women’s division comes in and knocks out her opponent in the first round of her Strikeforce debut, and the questions about (not to mention comparisons to) Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos start up before the cheers even die down.
That part didn’t particularly surprise Amanda Nunes. But after putting away Julia Budd in just fourteen seconds at last Friday’s Strikeforce: Challengers event, the irony is that now she has to learn a little patience.
“I want to fight Cyborg tomorrow, but my manager and trainers feel like I need to gain a little more experience before I fight for the championship,” Nunes told MMA Fighting via email this week. “I’ve only been training MMA for three years and I am still learning every day. The day I step in the cage with Cyborg, I will be 100% prepared.”