Cris Cyborg: "I See Myself In The UFC"

by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 11, 2009 1:23 PM EST in News Comment 11 comments

Strikeforce Women's Champion Cris "Cyborg" Santos

Cyborg gives her thoughts on her upcoming fight against Marloes Coenen, and gives an interesting statement towards the end:

"I knew that she would be my next opponent", revealed Cris, happy with the opportunities that came after the conquest on Strikeforce. "The opportunities are raising, even on the event, I have more visibility, and people recognize me on the street, they’re are supporting my work... I got the belt and now it’s gonna be hard to take it away from me." "I see myself in the UFC"

The full interview will be released tomorrow, but the context in which the statement is written and phrased makes it seem as if she eventually wants to fight in the UFC. Of course, the UFC doesn't have a women's division so I wonder what that's all about. Anyways, I'll be sure to get excerpts from the full interview on tomorrow. I posted earlier that it appears that Cyborg will face Coenen in January. You can see Cyborg in the Tito Ortiz UFC 106 video blog I posted earlier as well. According to Ortiz, Cyborg works out and spars with the guys out at Big Bear. Her husband was shown getting ready to train for his upcoming fight as well. It can't be fair for Coenen that Cyborg can train with guys. I mean, are there any women out there that Coenen could train with to simulate what Cyborg brings to the table?

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She could make quite a splash in the 185-division hardy har har.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Nov 11, 2009 1:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

i’m not being a smartass but if Coenen wants to train with dudes i’m sure she could too!

ps. Coenen is sexxxxxxy :)

pps. it could be that she doesn’t look like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle…just throwing that out there. controversial i know ;)

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by RearNakedPoke on Nov 11, 2009 1:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yea

Don’t go overboard ….i.e. that last pps….

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by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 11, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

sorry

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by RearNakedPoke on Nov 11, 2009 1:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

it's cool

I try to let everyone speak their mind…you all know that…but let’s keep it in perspective.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 11, 2009 2:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

you're spot on

i was off point and out of order. won’t happen again!

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by RearNakedPoke on Nov 11, 2009 2:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

See, this is why we need editing. In the heat of the moment someone makes an off-color remark about a (wo)man and her goings ons.

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by -Neil- on Nov 11, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i for one would love to see women fight in the octagon

all but i female fight i ever saw was very entertaining to watch. i especially like watching sarah kaufman. she punches like a man. she can take a punch. her fights are entetaining which is half the battle in my book. the other 50% being how skilled they are and how they implement their game plan. i hope dana changes his mind on this topic.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Nov 11, 2009 7:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

There’s not much to change his mind on.. if a woman’s division is worth doing, it’s worth doing right. And there aren’t enough good fighters available to do it.

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by -Neil- on Nov 11, 2009 7:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs