Strikeforce Results: Cyborg Wins Title With First-Round Knockout of Carano
Cris “Cyborg” Santos needed less than one round to become the first-ever Strikeforce 145-pound women’s champion, knocking out Gina Carano in the opening round of Saturday’s Strikeforce headliner at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
After an exciting start to the main event that saw Cyborg pick Carano apart with powerful punches, Santos used a late flurry of ground and pound to force the referee to step in and stop the bout just one second remaining before the end of the opening frame.
With the victory, Cyborg improves to 8-1 with eight-straight wins dating back to 2005, while Carano falls to 7-1 after suffering he first career loss.
In other main card bouts, Gegard Mousasi became the new Strikeforce light heavyweight champion with a 60-second knockout of Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Gilbert Melendez retained the promotion’s interim lightweight title with a third-round TKO of Mitsuhiro Ishida, and heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum submitted Mike Kyle in the opening round to kick off the Showtime broadcast.
Jay Hieron, Scott Lighty, Justin Wilcox, James Terry, and Alex Trevino were all victorious on the event’s preliminary card.
The official results for Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg were:
- Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos def. Gina Carano via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 4:59
- Gegard Mousasi def. Renato “Babalu” Sobral (c) via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 1:00
Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship - Gilbert Melendez (c) def. Mitsuhiro Ishida via TKO (strikes) — Round 3, 3:56
Strikeforce Interim Lightweight Championship - Fabricio Werdum def. Mike Kyle via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 1:24
- Jay Hieron def. Jesse Taylor via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Scott Lighty def. Mike Cook via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:05
- Justin Wilcox def. David Douglas via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 3, 3:16
- James Terry def. Zak Bucia via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 1:23
- Alex Trevino def. Isiah Hill via submission (key lock) — Round 1, 3:56
Pictured: Cris “Cyborg” Santos
Tags: Alex Trevino, Cristiane Cyborg, David Douglas, Fabricio Werdum, Gegard Mousasi, gilbert melendez, gina carano, Isaiah Hill, James Terry, Jay Hieron, Jesse Taylor, Justin Wilcox, Mike Cook, mike kyle, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Renato Sobral, Scott Lighty, Zak Bucia
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So Cyborg versus Fedor next? Disappointed that Hieron didn’t finish the fight but oh well.
F-Showtime for rambling instead of showing an under card fight. F them in their stupid asses.
I finally have to conquer with you something. In canada it was a PPV, and lets say I was not thrilled about that at all. I declare shenanigans !
ya 40 hard earned loonies. d@mmit
Fedor vs cyborg or ricco or werdum. Who ever it is will get ranked number 2 by sherdog. It always happens that way.
Would of been better with Diaz on card… Sigh
Carano v. Cyborg was slightly less exciting than I expected, partly because it was rather one sided, and disappointing that Guyborg won.
Mousasi stopping Babalu was impressive, Babalu is a half decent fighter, and got his butt handed to him. I knew Mousasi was good, but that cements it for me.
Werdum… well, good you beat a guy you were supposed to be, but took a lot of damage to do so.
Melendez, looked tons better than Ishida and played a perfect game plan. Quality win for him.
Didn’t see “JT Half dollar sign” fight.
Yeah I love Carano but that dude was just to much for her. But I give them credit that IMO was a good fight.
Mousasi looked like he wasn’t even in a fight. He didn’t seem even a little concerned over this fight. You know the look you give your little brother when he tries to fight you and you simply could care less cause you know your gonna kill’em when it’s all said and done.. That the look Mousasi had and even when he won the belt he was like “yeah yeah yeah whatever”
Melendez fought his heart out.!!!
so i enjoyed the fights i saw, but with two hours of coverage, we only saw like twenty minutes of fights, if ur trying to announce yourselves to the mainstreamn, less talky, more fighty. i didnt like the fedor coming soon commercial…too bad there were probably only a couple hundred thousand people watching…the end
Gina just got exposed.
Sitting at “Original Joes” in San Jose and Kawajiri and Ishida are here, for a MMA freak such as myself that is just wonderful stuff
Don’t think Gina really got exposed or beat all that badly, she had Guyborg in trouble a couple times. In their re-match will be interesting to see if Santos tries those suplex slams again which landed Gina in full mount the second time. There went both my main picks though again, lost with Gina and had Babalu as winning as well. Didn’t see him getting beat that easily. Mousasi will be tough to beat in that division, see him holding onto the title until his contracts up. Hopefully the UFC will pick him up and beef up their roster even more.
I was a little surprised that Gina gave up the mount to stand with guyborg. I understand she had just escaped the leg lock, but still, she was in mount and barely threw anything at Guyborg.
That was her one chance.
The LAST thing women’s MMA needed in North America was Carano losing to Guyborg. Carano as a title holder could have done a lot of good for women’s MMA, especially considering as how Dana White has been quoted as saying something to the effect of, “you’ll see the first women’s MMA fight in the UFC the day after I die”.
Factoring in that the big stage is denied to female MMA fighters, a personable champion in a smaller but thriving MMA promotion was key to getting the sport over with the majority of MMA fans.
In all likelihood women’s MMA isn’t going to get much traction in North America in any case, but every little bit helps. Carano’s loss is another setback to a sport already seen more as spectacle or “foxy boxing” by a lot of combat sport enthusiasts…
whats a key lock??
Hard to explain mate…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soMn_NkLcPk
basically a key lock is where you grab the forearm-wrist and “turn” the wrist and forearm(like you would a key) to put pressure on the shoulder.
Am I right in thinking that you can also apply it to a leg also?
That is called a heel hook.
a key lock is an americana go to submissions101.com if you want to learn the best way to use it
gina messed up when she gave uo full mount. that was the beginning of the end imo. cyborg hits hard, and she walked through gina’s punches. you could tell every time gina got hit it hurt her bad. she covered up and stopped throwing. im suprised cyborg didnt work the body.
mousasi… dammn kid your something else. he kinda had that fedor look going on. you guys know which one, the one where their like,”oh its time to fight? ok im going to go and do my thing. ill be back in a few minutes” mousasi seemed awkward around the cameras, imo he needs to be comfortable and develop a colorful personality if he wants to be a superstar. the diehard fans knew of him and his abilities, but the casual fan didnt.
wtf is with shamrock? fedor is undefeated and the best in the world? he came to strikeforce to fight the best, the strikeforce hw division is talented and deep? wtf you been smoking homie? did anyone else see the retarted fedor commercial… “lindland, timmy, AA, what do these fighters have in common? they all lost to the best… fedor, coming soon” seriously, this mofo gets a movie commercial now. wtf!
“ON AUGUST 8, 2009 ANDERSON SILVA MADE FORREST GRIFFIN LOOK LIKE AN AMATEUR, AND ON AUGUST 8, 2009 GUNSLINGER MADE BIGCHRIS 2328 LOOK LIKE A CASUAL FAN ”
Cyborg & Carano had an interesting fight, especially in the beginning. It was back and forth for the most part with Cyborg doing the most damage. Cyborg impressed me with her early explosiveness which I think stunned Carano. But when Cyborg got inside of Carano’s striking range, Carano made her pay. Too bad for Carano, but all in all it was an entertaining fight.
Also, I think if Gina had better cardio, she would of done a hell of alot better, she gassed way early. Not to take anything away from Cyborg though.
I forget all those saying Gina had a decent fight. I was finally able to watch it…and I love Gina, not like in a “hey I’m a big fan!” kinda way but in a freaky stalker kinda way…anyway…
Gina got her a@@ handed to her. There were only two times where she remotely and very briefly had any kind of upper hand. So brief they aren’t worth mentioning.
The good news is the guy Gina was fighting likes to block punches with his face…so I think there is light at the end of the tunnel. Better cardio, keep the distance, Gina can take him…or stick to fighting women Gina.
Gina need some work. she was ans unfinished product that they placed on th emarket to soon. Cyborge trains like a machine. she can hit and grapple and she can shuffle punches. Gina need some jujitsu some recovery sppe training an timing. sheneed to learn to box like a man and not like a girlie girl. she is cute and all that but at the end of the day I already knew thatcome fight tme chris would win. basically because of the way she trains like a machine. gina has great balance cant jab worth ****, kick are telegraphed. no ground game what so ever. Yo gina let me train you I GUARANTEE, you woule woop that ass next time. you cant stand infront of a train Gina. holla at me
A lot of insults here for Guy this and Guy that for Cyborg, she has been an Athlete all her life in many sports and her hard work and training with the best Brazillians there are make her conditioning what it is. Plain and simply she is talented aggressive fighter with accuracy and power, she will be hard to beat like a female Anderson out of Chute Boxe.
Not bad for Strikeforce, especially since the card wasn’t on PPV. I thought Carano was in shape, but Satan overtrained her. She gassed right away in that fight, a clear sign of overtraining. I bet she was at the weight limit well before the fight. Cyborg did what she had to do to win the fight. She just walked through Carano’s punches. Gregard Mousasi was awesome. He didn’t even break a sweat. Melendez had an airtight gameplan. Everything else was meh…
Haha, “Meh”. I agree.
Im happy for women out there that have a champ to look up to. Buts its unfortunate that they have to wonder if she pees standing up.
ohhh, ow carls…
she really wants to be the ‘face of womens mma’ but i’m sorry gina is just too hot… it’s like saying oh, brock beat couture now brock is the face of mma and couture sucks.
as long as gina stays in the game she’s going to be the face. cause she is just so hot… oh, did i say that already. hot. hehehe.
but, she DOES really need to start working out. she looks like a swimsuit model. i think cyborg is a tank and her strength will always put her on top, she takes her fighting and body seriously, i got to respect that.
All the insults on Ms. Santos must cease and desist. Most of you haters out there would kill to have her strength and conditioning. But oh yes, this would actually require some actual sacrifice on your own parts, now wouldn’t it? All the guys on the couch, keep hating; something tells me Cris Santos doesn’t burn a single calorie worrying about what you people think.
We weren’t talking about the one with the painted nails outside the cage, we were talking about the one who fought.
While I’m sure Santos won’t burn a single calorie worrying about what “you [we] people” think, the majority of MMA fans aren’t going to spend a single dime to see a titleholding venus with a penis beatdown an opponent in what the vast majority consider a “chick-fight”.
And you know it’s true…
You knew who was gonna’ win that fight as soon as they entered the octagon..Santos was jacked..On another note was Mousasi in the back with Nick Diaz smoking that god-good? LOL
I did enjoy Big John having to wake him with a cattle prod to get the fight started…
Gina had no foot, no head, no hand movement when she was getting hit standing up. She needs to train in boxing more and learn to move out of the way. Gina is tough she took a lot of shots and kept coming. Mousasi is a beast and finished a really good fighter.