SAN DIEGO – Her layoff lasted 18 months; her latest title defense lasted 16 seconds.
After a year-and-a-half-long layoff due to stalled contact negotiations, Strikeforce women’s featherweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” needed little time to make short work of overmatched opponent Hiroko Yamanaka.
The bout co-headlined the Showtime-televised main card of “Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal,” which took place at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego.