| A featured women?s bout between Cristiane ?Cyborg? Santos and Hitomi Akano has been pulled from the line-up at Strikeforce ?Shamrock vs. Diaz? this Saturday at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
Akano (14-5), who weighed in at 143.5 pounds at the official weigh-ins on Friday, withdrew from the fight after her Chute Boxe opponent failed to make her contracted weight of 145 pounds. Strikeforce officials and the two fighters? camps negotiated to try and keep the bout in play on Friday night, but to no avail. Akano?s manager, Shu Hirata, told Sherdog.com that the promotion offered to pay Akano her win bonus regardless of the fight?s outcome, along with two more bouts guaranteed on her contract. Hirata said Akano?s decision was about more than the money though. ?Gina [Carano] never makes weight, but they make everybody fight. It’s not fair,? said Hirata. ?I think it?s really about time that we have to set the precedent that you should really make the weight.? Santos (6-1) weighed in at 152 pounds, well over the California State Athletic Commission?s six-pound rule, which does not allow more than that disparity between opponents in any division except for heavyweight. |
While I do like that someone has finally refused to fight someone that shows that they lack the dedication to make weight, I can’t help but wonder if akano was a bit…intimidated.
Either way, I’m not that sad. Cyborg is one of the few female fighters that I don’t think is completely embarrassing to watch, but still…I don’t like women’s MMA.
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Update: they resolved it.
That was fast.
http://sherdog.com/news/news/update-…-back-on-16959
Huge backroom payoffs to make a fight happen? Where have we seen this before?
So…..Cybord missed weight by 7 lbs?
How the fuck did that happen? Even Gina comes closer.
Did you see how ripped she is?
Scary bitch.
LOL! She had to get in a tiny bikini just to try and get as close weight wise as possible.
O, and I bet the other chick is a straight grappler.
Has she ever fought a striker? I know that Gina fought Young who is one. But I don’t think Cyborg has ever fought one in MMA.
Her face is more manly than mine.
They can drop trou and get behind a towel, Gina did that.
Seems so:
Name Hitomi Akano
Nick Name Girlfight Monster
Record 14 – 5 – 0 (Win – Loss – Draw)
Wins 11 Submissions ( 78.57 %)
3 Decisions ( 21.43 %)
Losses 5 Decisions ( 100 %)
LOL
I know……but Gina is good looking. lol
Just like I thought.
I looked a little closer, it seems most of her wins are by armbar. We’ll see what happens tonight.
Let’s hope for one.
It’s part of the save Gina’s face campaign.