The buzz surrounding an up-and-coming Cris Cyborg and American sweetheart in the making Gina Carano felt no equal in August of 2009. Never before had two monolith structures in the relatively new sport of female MMA been on a collision course to championship gold quite like this. Between the open workouts drawing massive crowds in New York's Times Square, and a general feeling of grand spectacle surrounding the stacked (at first) event, everyone wanted to see what was going to happen when Carano and Cyborg fought for the inaugural Strikeforce women's featherweight title.

The fight is a testament to another time. The old Strikeforce logo, EA MMA, Rockstar sponsoring Strikeforce... Ronda Rousey wouldn't even make her amateur MMA debut for another year when this fight went down. With Gina Carano off making movies and strutting the red carpet and Cris Cyborg currently suspended due to PED use, what better time than now to go back and look at what is still the trendsetting pinnacle of women's MMA - with another peak rapidly approaching on the horizon. If this fight was the female version of Chuck/Tito, then Ronda/Cyborg has officially entered Fedor/Brock status. Hopefully we get to see it happen.

Click 'read more' to watch the Showtime special on Carano/Cyborg and the fight itself.

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-3 # Guest 2012-08-19 10:50

I bet cyborg has a huge clit

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+4 # Guest 2012-08-19 14:50

Quoting LiggerNips666:

I bet cyborg has a huge clit

Or cock

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+13 # Patrick 2012-08-19 11:05

Yeah, this doesn't count. She was a roided-up freak back then.

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+2 # Guest 2012-08-20 06:38

Weird, she didn't test positive for anything before or after that fight. But we can only assume right.

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+16 # Guest 2012-08-19 11:57

Rewatching this I can't help but think cyborg is nothing but another sub 60 second armbar waiting to happen.

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+4 # Guest 2012-08-19 21:09

Agreed. But that was 3 years ago. If she still fights like this though for sure 1st round armbar.

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+15 # Puck 2012-08-19 12:21

Thanks for letting us relive the worlds first Unisex MMA match.

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-6 # Guest 2012-08-19 12:50

its hard to hear people bash people for taking steroids in any sport because its not like if you just take it your the master of everybody else. you still have to put in time, hard work and dedication. that being said i cant chose a winner for this fight when it happens but if ronda every fought cyborg when she fought gina, ronda would lose

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+11 # Guest 2012-08-19 18:03

Yeah, how could Ronda possibly beat the version of Cyborg that pulled Gina on top of her into full-mount in the first minute of the fight?

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-3 # Guest 2012-08-20 06:39

Could Cyborg possibly beat the version of Ronda that Miesha Tate got the back off? But she was fine because it's Rousey right? MMA Fanboy's golden girl, everything she does it perfect and amazing. Even when she sounds like a fucktard.

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+14 # Guest 2012-08-19 14:09

Gina's just too good looking for this shit.

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-3 # Guest 2012-08-19 18:51

she'd probably beat her by punching her in the face

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+4 # Guest 2012-08-19 23:53

So I decided to masturbate a little bit ago, and of course decided to browse my favorite website ever (MiddleEasy). So I came across this, and watched it right after the fact. I'm not exactly sure how I should be feeling right now....

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-1 # Guest 2012-08-20 05:57

Cyborg is a juice head. Look at her build. He posture is that of a man. This fight should be declared a no contest.

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+2 # TIMinBALTIMORE 2012-08-20 08:43

Remember that line from Fight Club "I wanted to destroy something beautiful"? Yeah, this fight is what that looks like

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