When Chris Cyborg returns to MMA after her year long suspension for failing a post-fight drug test, it will be a very different landscape to the one she left. The former Strikeforce champion was used to being a big fish in a small pond, with the only other notable name fighting in her division being Gina Carano. When I say notable, I of course mean highly marketable. The prospect of women fighting in the UFC was similar to the prospects of me flying across the English channel with a jet-powered fixed wing strapped to my back.
There was no organisation interested in putting on female-only MMA. Now there is a new big fishin the women's MMA pond, Ronda Rousey. In light of this, Chris has tweeted an indication that she plans on fighting at bantamweight when her suspension is up.

Not only are women a little more likely to appear in the UFC with the Rousey vs Tate fight opening the eyes of a lot of people on the potential marketability of female fights, but Invicta FC have come into being which gives females a whole new avenue to compete. So while it looks possible that we'll see a bantamweight Chris Cyborg, that isn't the only change we'll see when she returns to MMA: she will be fighting under the name of Christiane Venancio and not the surname Santos we are used to. There is still no chance of me flying across the English Channel with a jet-powered fixed wing craft unfortunately.

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+33 # Sambro 2012-05-18 12:11

Looks like Ronda-Ronda is going back up to 145.

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+3 # WiseUp 2012-05-19 06:32

I hear Braulio Estima is working with Cyborg on arm bar defense.

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+10 # synthsis 2012-05-18 12:15

not interested unless she starts fighting men.

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+20 # aint.that.a.kick.in.the.head 2012-05-18 12:17

Finally removed that 10 pounder of a penis.

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+15 # Guest 2012-05-18 12:21

Honda Housey is going to get merked

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+7 # Guest 2012-05-18 12:31

Set her up against Rousey ASAP. Kaufman doesn't stand a chance.

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+5 # Guest 2012-05-18 12:35

ronda is scared of her for sure.

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+7 # Yoshinegro_Blackiyama 2012-05-18 12:39

R.I.P Ronda

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+9 # sakyamuni 2012-05-18 12:54

Ronda won't show up

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+2 # Guest 2012-05-18 13:02

Looks like she might have stopped taking roids and slimmed down. Time to fight at 135 now lol.

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+5 # Guest 2012-05-18 13:03

They finally spayed her bollocks off... must be 10lb of anabol alone in those knockers

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0 # FreeLeeMurray 2012-05-18 13:08

She certainly didn't stop taking roids. Might take less of them now. She was a shit fighter when she wasn't on them, she's not gonna go back to that.

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+10 # Guest 2012-05-18 14:30

Balls or no balls, I want to see her fight uriah for the interim belt!

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-3 # Guest 2012-05-18 15:25

Ronda although she is the only person who dignifies judo in this sport (sorry sexyiama) I think she has no chance... don't mind my english tody I managed to get a bottle of wine from my country and aced the most difficult mid term in my career

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0 # StGutFree 2012-05-18 16:03

I'm drinking too, and I assume you ment final.

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0 # Guest 2012-05-18 16:32

nop. i've plenty more... but this one was from a teacher that the only way of making smile is talking with him about bull fighting If you manage to have a grasp of the character...

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0 # StGutFree 2012-05-18 18:20

Are you Spanish? Drinking rioja?

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0 # Guest 2012-05-19 06:20

almost Portuguese drinking mateus rosé in jerez =P

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+6 # Guest 2012-05-18 16:43

am i gay that im in love with this woman?

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+2 # GrimsGrind 2012-05-18 16:51

CYB ORG VS. RONDA FOR THE FIRST EVER FEMALE MAIN CARD ON UFC ON FOX. ronda will tear her arm off after cris goes all wanderlei...sta cking someone and giving them your arms left and right isn't a great idea, and she does that every fight.

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+2 # Guest 2012-05-18 19:09

Are people really getting off the rhonda bandwagon because of her standing up for herself in the video? Y'all are weak, rhonda is a beast and this will be a dope fight when it happens

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-2 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-05-19 08:59

I don't think anyone is jumping off the bandwagon... they're just being realistic.

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0 # Guest 2012-05-19 02:37

I don't care what anyone says, I would gay marry Christine whatever-the-fu ck-her-name-is- now. I'd be scared to marry Rhonda, if she can do that to an arm, think what she could do to a penis.

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0 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-05-19 09:00

Is it no longer Santos cuz she is divorced/separa ted now?

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