A 140-pound female bout between Shayna “The Queen of Spades” Baszler (9-4) and Cristiane “Cris” Cyborg (4-0) will be the fourth and final fight to air on CBS during Elite XC’s “Saturday Night Fights” event in Stockton, Calif., on July 26 titled “Unfinished Business.”
And it appears that the showdown could have championship implications on the line.
In fact, Elite XC Live Events President Gary Shaw stated before the May 31 “Saturday Night Fights” event that he planned to introduce a female title into the picture sometime before the end of 2008. The match between Gina Carano and Kaitlin Young more than likely decided one participant for that title bout (Carano), and this one looks to be the fight to determine the other.
Baszler — a submission whiz with each of her nine wins coming by tap out — trains out of Sioux Falls, S.D. She has competed in mixed martial arts since 2003 and has tested herself against some of the best in the world, including Tara LaRosa, Julie Kedzie and Kelly Kobald.
She comes into this fight on a four match win streak, with three straight first round submissions under the Elite XC banner.
Cristiane Cyborg — a Chute Box fighter — has not competed in nearly two years, but was dominant back in 2006 when she was in action with three first round technical knockout wins (albeit against less than stellar competition). Therefore, this fight seems to be a step up for her in terms of experience, but it’s a huge opportunity to get that high profile match against Carano.
The showdown between Carano and Baszler is the fight Elite XC wants for its inaugural female championship, but Cyborg is certainly capable of taking the place of “The Queen of Spades.” This could be a fun fight.
To check out the three other fights confirmed for the CBS portion of the co-telecast, as well as the portion of the card that will air on Showtime, click here.
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i think the only reason i watch elite xc is to watch these chicks fight. its quite more entertaining than mr bimbo slice.
CHECK THIS OUT:
Machida was interviewed by tatame, and said that Forrest did not deserve the decision. He also said that the UFC wants Forrest to be champion because they need to have a champion that Chuck liddell can beat!
Get em, Machida!!!!!!!!!1
Also:
I hear that the UFC is trying to get UFC 89 FREE on spike, if it works out they plan on having UFC 90 a week later in Chicago with at least 1 title on the line if not more!
Sounds good to me man!~
FEDOR NEWS:
Fedor is planning to catch up on lost time, by having 3 fights in 6 months
1st fight: Tim Sylvia on the 19th
2nd fight: Affliction’s second show in October
3rd fight: New years eve in Japan!
Rampage petition update almost 500 signatures in 4 hrs!!
****UPDATE**** Over 1100 signatures in less 24 HOURS!! KEEP EM COMING!! AND SPREAD THE WORD****
Good work. I dunno why my first thread was sent to the wasteland but thats utter bullshit. This story has hit the mainstream media like ESPN in the US and The Score in Canada. If you all think there is nothing going around regarding this story ur gravely mistaken. UFC will have to give Quinton a rematch if they want avoid neg publicity.
Help Rampage get an immediate rematch against Forrest Petition
Sign it ya haven’t yet. I will be personally emailing this to Juanito Ibarra.
Anyone who actually signs that petition should be ashamed of themselves. This is the most pathetic example of sportsmanship I have ever heard of. If Rampage is actually condoning this I will lose all respect for him as a fighter.
How many times does it have to be said. FORREST WON. Get back in the gym and start training Rampage. This makes me so mad I can barley type. If you guys have any common sense you would never sign anything this ridiculous!!!
What has Rampage done to deserve an immediate rematch? 1 title defense? He lost. Its over. Work your way back up. No special treatment just because he is your favorite fighter.
Well BNF: b4 this petition started their have been reports that Dana White said he woiuld put together a quick rematch as long as Rampage’s leg is ok…I dont know how true that is, if it is, it would seem that mR. President himself thinks that his Goldenboy didnt deserve the win.
john where is this petition?
John, at least that alone should convince people it wasn’t a conspiracy by Dana. And if the UFC puts together the fight then great. The whole petition thing just makes me mad. Rampages preformance was less than stellar. So what makes him so deserving of an immediate title shot? Wouldn’t you argue that Machida is more deserving with his undefeated record rather than Rampage coming off a loss?
kitsunex: sherdog
Anyone who signs a petition trying to get Rampage a rematch is a fool. He lost fair and square. It was a close fight…could have gone either way…let it go. Quit thinking about the money you lost and move on.
If they have a rematch, great, but I think you need to hold the belt for more than one defense to get an instant rematch. Chuck didn’t get an instant rematch and neither should Rampage. Rampage should at least have to beat Wanderlie or Machida for another title shot.
I would much rather see Forrest defend his title against Chuck or someone else.
How about Bonnar v. Griffin III? (kidding)
agreed. machida vs rampage for #1 contender..then rampage will lose and everyone will forget he even had the title
I want to finally see if Rampage really can beat Wandy like he says he can. Now is a great time for that fight.
john great info. machida is nutts i love him as a fighter and a person (but not like love him love him like the way a packers fan loves farve, well maybe not that much) i think forest won but there should be a rematch it was such a close fight!
DonnyG: RAmpage and Chuck are to different senarios.. everyone here pretty knows.. I called it draw..a sligh.. a real slight edge to Forrest..but I don’t think it warrented a lopsided decision in Forrest’s favor.. I really don’t. Chuck got hammered by Page not once, but twice. Their fights were no where nesr being competitive. Now just because there is so much doubt in Forrest/Page 1…an automatic rematch should be granted to Page.
That really doesn’t sound like something Machida would say. He has always been a class act and that is way out of character. If it is true I guess this could be his little ploy to get Forrest to engage in a verbal battle to market a fight between them.
Thats what I thought BNF….I couldnt believe what I was reading that Machida said,l but it came from Tatame who I have found to be pretty reliable….
Sounds like Machida is getting antsy about wanting a title shot….I would too If I were him!
female fighters are funny. the style nearly always looks like amercian mma from nearly 2 decades ago.. but with boobs
yo respect the female mma.
I would like to see Kyra Gracie.. do some MMA. her BJJ is off the charts. I would not want her to mess her face.. she is so beautiful.
Like most Chute Box fighters, this girl is probably going to kick some serious ass!
yea i wouldn’t fight even a girl chute box fighter even with a gun.
I agree. Kyra vs. Gina would be a dream womens MMA matchup. 2 hot P.O.A.
Cyborg is terrible for the sport. I’ve read another reader comment that she looks like Wanderlei Silva with cornrows and a sports bra, and fights like him too. After watching her highlights, I can’t disagree.
I just want pretty girls to fight.
looks don’t matter! its a fight! do be sexist. what if only hot dudes fought? yea that’ll be great. maybe you should stick to your wet t’shirt contest.
do =don’t. woops.
Listen dumdum,
Fight promoters cater to people just like me — straight males with disposable income. If you don’t believe me, check the ads. I don’t care about seeing ‘hot dudes’. I like seeing hot girls like Gina Carano. Why do you think 4.9 million people tuned into her fight on CBS? She’s a total P.O.A.! She just happens to be a good fighter, and I love it. Women’s MMA combines my 2 favorite things — sex & fighting. This only works if the girls are pretty, though.
poor cyborg.. she’ll prolly get the “thompson” treatment so shaw can get the fight he wants for the title.
Cool last name for a fighter. So her nickname is simply “Chris”. LOL
VM: I did not know this.. and it’s off the topic.. my bad.. but affliction didn’t want to be fight promotion.. they were content being just a clothing company..till the UFC gave them the boot.
Affliction was perfectly content with being an apparel company.
With its fashion-forward T-shirts appearing on the backs of actors, rock stars and mixed martial artists, the Signal Hill, Calif.-based company had carved out a niche for its label in pop culture. In less than three years, the Affliction brand had become synonymous with cool, with its artistic prints spotted at movie premieres, in magazines and on plenty of UFC fighters.
That is until the UFC banned the brand. So, Affliction turned to produce its own fights – a move not even in its business plan prior to the UFC dust-up.
“That’s the funny thing about it,” said Affliction Entertainment Vice President Tom Atencio. “They (UFC) created their own opposition, their own competition. We would have never done it.”
With that as the backdrop, “Banned” seems to be an appropriate moniker for Affliction’s first attempt at staging an MMA event. The combined FSN/pay-per-view show is scheduled for July 19 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., and with just over a week to go, more than 8,500 tickets have been sold.
And while starting a new MMA venture these days seems to be as easy as stringing three letters together, Affliction is debuting with a card that rivals that of even the best UFC shows. With the likes of Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett, Andrei Arlovski, Matt Lindland, Renato Sobral and Ben Rothwell set to fight, Affliction boasts the finest lineup ever for a start-up promotion.
Then why did the UFC give them the boot? I was under the impression that the UFC banned them because they were going to become there own org. Interesting read though, thanks
That’s what I though Haze.
I had read an interview with Dana a while back in which he said they banned Affliction because they were going to start their own promotion like Haze said. It was a good move on Dana’s part. Why let them come in and ‘Trojan Horse’ your company like that? It also makes sense with how personal Dana is making it that he threw together a quality UFN to counter Affliction Banned. Id be pissed too if I were Dana and someone tried to f*ck me over like that.
This is just spin we all know what happened. it’s just a crap press release.
lol, what a load of bs. why would you give a clothing company the “flick” especially when they were sponsoring so many of your fighters. they were only booted because they started their own promotion.. anyone who believes otherwise is a fool. saying that, looking forward the 3 day “mma fest” that is july19-21. watch affliction, record and then watch the UFN and then watch dream. mma overload woo woo.
Cris should get the win. her Aggression + chutebox defensive jj should do the trick. Rd 1 TKO. No way this goes to decision.
Speaking of who Elite XC want to win, anyone know what the deal is with Miragliotta? I havent seen him ref since the Vera fight. Is he suspended or are the commissions having him lay low until the heat on him blows over?
dunno. i was looking for him on saturday, and luckily he didn’t ref any of those fights. he probably would have stopped the kos/lytle fight in the first round.
I love elite XC, they put on great shows, all of them the pinacle of the fight game.
Thats the funniest thing Ive heard all week.
lol i agree
[/sarcasm] (for the amercians)
i sure hope you are being sarcastic.
When a man with Trumps fashion sence and cutting edge hair styles, you know, that he knows what people realy want to see.
Watching women fight does not interest me in the least.
I’m very disappointed in this matchup. Not only is Cyborg going to smash Shayna, this means that she gets a shot at Gina Carano in the fall.
GARY SHAW, PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS! I WOULD HATE TO SEE GINA CARANO’S BEAUTIFUL FACE AND RACK GET REARRANGED!
this isn’t pro wrestling dude! how would you like it if they didn’t have a good looking guy fight a bad ass fighter cause the good looking dude got his butt handed to him? gina is a fighter thats what happens in fights. go look at playboy or maxim to see hot chicks. grow up.
Hey guys on a completely random note!! Has anyone heard anything about Keith Jardine after the Wanderlei Silva fight??? I can’t find anything on the WWW about his physical condition or any commentary at all post that MASSIVE knockout.
Yeah, Keith has just woken up and asked who won.