Last night, Strikeforce female featherweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos turned in another dominant performance that lasted only 16 seconds.
Facing Japanese challenger Hiroko Yamanaka, Cyborg blitzed through the long time Jewel’s veteran to finish her opponent with a knockout.
After such an impressive win, many analysts believe that the pound-for-pound queen should move down to bantamweight to challenge Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate. However, there remains one big challenge for Cyborg at 145.
An Olympic bronze medalist and fourth degree black belt in Judo, Ronda Rousey is the biggest rising star in women’s MMA, as she has gone undefeated in all of her professional and amateur bouts, defeating each of her opponents within the first minute.
Both women have expressed interest in facing each other, which could make this fight happen sooner rather than later.
Here is the head-to-toe breakdown of this possible matchup.