Strikeforce: Cris "Cyborg" Santos Looks To Take Out Jan Finney
by Kelvin Hunt on Jun 23, 2010 2:01 PM EDT
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Upon first hearing of this match up, I was more so in the what in the world is Strikeforce doing? They are clearly dropping the ball on women's MMA in my opinion. I've wrote on a couple of occasions that women's MMA could be the way they separate themselves from the UFC. However, that doesn't seem to be in Strikeforce's plans. They have a dominant champion in Chris "Cyborg" Santos, one that's just ferocious but this will be the second opponent in a row in which casual fans have no clue who she's facing. Remember, Marloes Coenen fought on the un-aired prelims prior to getting her shot at Santos. So, who is Jan Finney?
Well, she's 8-7 and has won her last 4 in a row. Which is another way of saying she was 4-7 at one point in her career. Granted, 6 of those losses are to Julie Kedzie, Miesha Tate, Shayna Baszler, and Erin Toughill. Finney's a tough cookie though in that she's only been stopped via TKO/KO once in her career against Julie Kedzie.
Finney appears to be a striker at heart and that is right down Cyborg's alley.
Cyborg comes into this fight on a 9 fight win streak, winning her last three fights via TKO. Her size and power coupled with that Chute Boxe aggressiveness are what set her apart from other female fighters. However, Finney isn't frailby any means as she stands at 5'8" and looks to be put together fairly well. I think she usually fights at 135lbs though. She did hold her own against Erin Toughill who's around the same size if not bigger than Cyborg.
The expectation is that Cyborg should win this one fairly handidly as I think Finney will stand and bang with her. Maybe Strikeforce can put together the Santos/Toughill that most fans want to see?
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this fight will last as long as cris santos wants it to go.
i looked up jan “cuddles” finney and she lost to everyone who was good and has beaten nobody i have heard off.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Craig Thompson just might end up being a savvy guy if he gets the MWC to 12 teams. The University of Utah starts in the Pac-Ten in 2011. Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales". To protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf. "Training Day". Rashad will beat Rua b/c he is a far superior wrestler and a bad matchup for him. 2/1 odds. Josh Koscheck will dethrone Gsp and win the welterweight title. Last man to win a round vs Gsp. 2.9/1 odds on that too. Peace.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jun 23, 2010 2:09 PM EDT reply actions
I do really want to see Toughill in the cage, she's probably one of the more decorated fighters in womens MMA
I’ve never seen her fight except maybe when she fought Ali.( it’s been years since I’ve seen women box on tv) Honestly Cyborg is fucking scary but I don’t think we really know enough about her to say she is going to be a longtime champ. I mean with the lack of depth she ends up fighting a lot of girls that have questionable skill sets, I’m pretty new to following women’s MMA but Toughill is the only real challenger I can come up with.
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 23, 2010 3:04 PM EDT reply actions
Anyone still think she's hot?
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 23, 2010 3:10 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, did you see the response to the joke that Miguel Torres made about her on BE?
It was pretty ridiculous, people acted like he was making fun of their wife.
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 23, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
i can only hope that’s sarcasm. or i’ve lost all faith.
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by RearNakedPoke on Jun 23, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
huh? Wait your responding to Kel?
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 23, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
bingo
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by RearNakedPoke on Jun 23, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Question, I heard once a while back that y'all don't root for England even if they are the only British team.
Like y’all would go for Wales if Ireland was out but if say Germany was playing England you would go for Germany. Is that right in general or did I get that from a bitter Englishman?
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 23, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Soccer is wack to me
so…I don’t root for any of those teams…I could care less that USA advanced today.
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My bad dude I was talking to the Irishman.
But yes soccer is wack to me as well
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 23, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
it sure ain’t hurling :)
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by RearNakedPoke on Jun 23, 2010 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
that’s absolutely fantastic! funniest reply i have ever got, and, yes you’re spot on! I don’t know how you heard that but it’s true…its to do with the fact they invaded us and we only got independence in 1916 for 26 of our 32 counties (so it was probably a bitter Irish man who in fact told you lol)
the icing on the cake is that i was watching them play earlier this afternoon and was, well, hoping they’d get knocked out of the world cup bwahahaha… alas, not yet they’re not but when they do… IMA GET WRECKED!!!!
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by RearNakedPoke on Jun 23, 2010 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice,
I heard that from some Englishman about 8 years ago when I was in Europe. He was complaining about y’all because he said England rallies behind any British country( do you even consider yourself British?) and you just wait for them to fail
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 23, 2010 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
oh hell no!
on a serious note we don’t hate the English, even if we do love to see them ejected from sporting competitions, BUT we do (or certainly i do) hate when some people classify me as British! Negative.
I’m a proud Irish man, lol, ain’t no British in my sorry old soul…No Bueno! the fact he would consider Ireland British owes alot to history (even outside of our fair Emerald Isle) and would piss alot of people off hahaha…
[note: my father was actually cheering for them so yer man need not lose too much faith…and taking off my Tricolour, they actually have a mint squad and are seriously underperforming, yet again….]
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by RearNakedPoke on Jun 23, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I got you, it's kinda like how some of y'all call Americans yanks.
If you were to come down south, especially Old South and call people Yank you wouldn’t be making any friends real quick.
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 23, 2010 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
serious?!
i never was fond of using the term myself but thats good to know nonetheless! i plan on taking a hiatus to your fine country some time in the not too distant future…wouldn’t want to sell myself short to the locals!
nice one for the heads up! thats the absolute job :)
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by RearNakedPoke on Jun 23, 2010 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Yank would be taken as Yankee which brings up all kinds of old Civil War hatred in some places.
Most people wouldn’t take it to the extreme, but I know plenty of people who believe Yankee is fighting words. But forget about that where you going when you head stateside?
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 24, 2010 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
i'm open minded
my sister is spending the summer in Ocean City and she speaks very highly of the place but i dunno where i’d head myself…i’d be like a kid in a candystore to be honest, East Coast, West Coast, Middle America?! I’d appreciate it all…i am hangi ng to see a live UFC event though stateside, so whenever i get around to this wonder plan that will be a mitigating factor!!
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by RearNakedPoke on Jun 24, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Never been there myself ( I had to look up what state you meant)
But it doesn’t seem that far from Jersey so you could check out Atlantic City. From what i’ve seen the East coast is beautiful though, won’t see green like where your form but it bad at all.
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 24, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
lol
yeah there be some serious greenery out here in the arse hole of no where haha… I’ll be happy wherever i end up!
after all it is the land of opportunity! cant wait :)
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by RearNakedPoke on Jun 24, 2010 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
if you like your woman manly she is all yours.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Craig Thompson just might end up being a savvy guy if he gets the MWC to 12 teams. The University of Utah starts in the Pac-Ten in 2011. Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales". To protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf. "Training Day". Rashad will beat Rua b/c he is a far superior wrestler and a bad matchup for him. 2/1 odds. Josh Koscheck will dethrone Gsp and win the welterweight title. Last man to win a round vs Gsp. 2.9/1 odds on that too. Peace.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jun 23, 2010 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe Strikeforce can put together the Santos/Toughill that most fans want to see?
I’m pretty sure that Toughill isn’t fighting for Strikeforce anymore. And honestly, is anyone REALLY surprised that Strikeforce would run into a situation like this, where they’re just feeding random women to Cyborg? They’ve got nothing building up fights in that weight, and it’d be really hard to do that anyway since there are so few women that big.
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I’m pretty sure that Toughill isn’t fighting for Strikeforce anymore
I wouldn’t be surprised…but she did say that she was still under contract with them on Inside MMA last week and would definitely be fighting for them in 2010…so…who knows..cause she can shoot you one with the quickness….but I want to see that fight damn it…
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