Cris Cyborg as Billie Jean King in an MMA Battle of the Sexes?

Filed under: WEC, StrikeforceIn 1973, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes,” a tennis match that would go down as one of the 20th Century’s most significant sporting events.

Is MMA ready for a similar event?

It sounds insane …

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In 1973, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes,” a tennis match that would go down as one of the 20th Century’s most significant sporting events.

Is MMA ready for a similar event?

It sounds insane at first, but as MMA fans wonder whether Strikeforce can find a worthy 145-pound woman to fight its champion, Cris Cyborg, there’s some chatter that maybe the right opponent for Cyborg isn’t a woman at all.