Tag: cyborg

Why the UFC Wants Jones vs. Silva Superfight, but Not Rousey vs. Cyborg

Continued dominance from UFC champions Anderson Silva and Jon “Bones” Jones has prompted many to call for a bout to prove who is the pound-for-pound king of mixed martial arts. Even UFC president Dana White expressed interest in a Silva-Jones bout after the promotion’s struggles to put together a similar fight between Silva and UFC […]

Continued dominance from UFC champions Anderson Silva and Jon “Bones” Jones has prompted many to call for a bout to prove who is the pound-for-pound king of mixed martial arts. Even UFC president Dana White expressed interest in a Silva-Jones bout after the promotion’s struggles to put together a similar fight between Silva and UFC […]

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Ronda Rousey’s Mom Blasts ‘Cyborg’ Santos: ‘We All Know She’s Using Steroids’

Heading into UFC 157, where Ronda Rousey fights Liz Carmouche in the first women’s title bout in promotional history, many people are asking why Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos left the UFC for Invicta.  According to Dr. Ann Maria DeMars, Rousey‘s mother, the answer is not complicated: the dominant Brazilian fighter is using performance-enhancing drugs.  She put […]

Heading into UFC 157, where Ronda Rousey fights Liz Carmouche in the first women’s title bout in promotional history, many people are asking why Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos left the UFC for Invicta.  According to Dr. Ann Maria DeMars, Rousey‘s mother, the answer is not complicated: the dominant Brazilian fighter is using performance-enhancing drugs.  She put […]

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Tito Ortiz Makes Huge Managerial Gaffe in Asking for Cyborg Release from Zuffa

When Tito Ortiz was an active fighter, he was pretty good at marketing himself.  That trait was evident throughout his entire career, from his early days as light heavyweight champion all the way to the twilight of his career, when Ortiz won just one fight in six years of UFC competition. He started his own […]

When Tito Ortiz was an active fighter, he was pretty good at marketing himself.  That trait was evident throughout his entire career, from his early days as light heavyweight champion all the way to the twilight of his career, when Ortiz won just one fight in six years of UFC competition. He started his own […]

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Tito Ortiz Defends Cris Cyborg on ‘Cheating’ Accusations, Slams Forrest Griffin

Tito Ortiz is back in the headlines, this time for defending client Cris “Cyborg” Santos. Ortiz, now a manager, no longer does his fighting in the Octagon but from behind a desk. The manager of Cyborg tweeted that “cheating” in the UFC is now accepted. Obviously, we can infer that he is referring to the […]

Tito Ortiz is back in the headlines, this time for defending client Cris “Cyborg” Santos. Ortiz, now a manager, no longer does his fighting in the Octagon but from behind a desk. The manager of Cyborg tweeted that “cheating” in the UFC is now accepted. Obviously, we can infer that he is referring to the […]

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Cris Cyborg Has No Right To Fight Ronda Rousey Above 135 Pounds

If Ronda Rousey is the fastest rising star in mixed martial arts, Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos must be the complete opposite. Just last year, Cyborg was riding an 11-fight win streak, having successfully defended the Strikeforce Women’s …

If Ronda Rousey is the fastest rising star in mixed martial arts, Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos must be the complete opposite. Just last year, Cyborg was riding an 11-fight win streak, having successfully defended the Strikeforce Women’s Featherweight Championship in brutal fashion for a third time.  Now, the former pound-for-pound top female fighter in the world […]

Ronda Rousey vs. Cris Cyborg Is the Biggest Fight Strikeforce Can Make

It’s no secret that one of the few remaining big-ticket fights that Strikeforce can put together—at least at the moment—is a women’s title fight between bantamweight champion and rising superstar Ronda Rousey and former featherw…

It’s no secret that one of the few remaining big-ticket fights that Strikeforce can put together—at least at the moment—is a women’s title fight between bantamweight champion and rising superstar Ronda Rousey and former featherweight champion Cris Cyborg. Cyborg, of course, can’t fight at the moment. She’s currently serving a one-year suspension for testing positive […]