Cris "Cyborg" coming close to terms with a new promotion

[Harrie Nak]

Het lijkt er op dat Strikeforce weer een kampioen gaat verliezen. Maar aan wie? Pro Elite? Bellator?

Well, Cris "Cyborg" Santos is officially a free agent, which either means that Strikeforce was unwilling to pay her what she felt she was worth, or that Zuffa has decided against continuing to promote women's MMA under the SF banner. Either way, it's a blow to the promotion's women's division.

A source we spoke to today received confirmation from Cyborg's management that Zuffa's exclusive negotiation period with the 10-1 Curitiba, Brazil fighter ended yesterday and that the parent company of Strikeforce and the UFC failed to come to terms with the Strikeforce women’s middleweight champ before she became a free agent at the stroke of midnight.

According to Santos' former manager Ken Pavia who helped negotiate the deal that was fulfilled with her last fight with Jan Finney on June 26, 2010, there was a champion's clause in her contract, which he said he thought would extend her deal. But according to another we spoke to who is close to the situation, the clause had a one-year expiration date and when Strikeforce failed to re-sign her or offer her a fight by June 26, they waived their right to exercise the option.

You may recall that former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields had a similar proviso in his contract, but when Scott Coker and co. figured there was little chance of resigning him, they granted him a release rather than make him sit out the one-year waiting period.

We're told that Cris is in serious discussions with a promotion that we've been asked not to name until the deal is finalized and that she could have a new contract in place as early as this weekend. Wherever Gina Carano is, she's thanking her lucky stars.

We will have updates the situation when we are given the go-ahead to release them by the parties involved.

[Kemal]

ok dan, wordt weer tijd dat ze in actie komt!

[dirk5]

iene... miene.... bellator....

[Fyodor]

iene... miene.... bellator....

Kan haast niet anders. Maar tegen wie moet ze dan in vredesnaam? Want Bellator heeft (voor zover ik weet) alleen een damesafdeling van 115 pounds (52kg) en Cyborg vecht op 145 pounds. Of heb ik iets over het hoofd gezien?

[dirk5]

Kan haast niet anders. Maar tegen wie moet ze dan in vredesnaam? Want Bellator heeft (voor zover ik weet) alleen een damesafdeling van 115 pounds (52kg) en Cyborg vecht op 145 pounds. Of heb ik iets over het hoofd gezien?

Een tegenstander plukken ze wel ergens vandaan, het is toch niet zo dat die enige kans maakt....

Of Mega Megu moet effe 30 lbs. aankomen...

[Shikoku]

Als het om geld gaat zal ze heus niet de dollars vinden die ze bij de grootste organisatie niet zal vinden.

[dirk5]

Als het om geld gaat zal ze heus niet de dollars vinden die ze bij de grootste organisatie niet zal vinden.

que?

[Shikoku]

que?

Dat ze ergens anders niet meer centen zal krijgen

[Harrie Nak]

Dat lijkt er inderdaad op, want ze schijnt "gewoon" verlengt te hebben bij Strikeforce...
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