The contract expired Santos to the promotion of her last appearance, a one-sided TKO championship in January Finney in June 2010 on "Strikeforce:. Werdum Fedor vs." It marked the tenth straight victory of a former fighter in the EliteXC.
Since then, Santos sat on the shelf and, at one point considered a career in professional wrestling. In a report last month said that talks between Strikeforce and Santos broke down over money and that the champion was leaving the promotion as a free agent.
Fedrigo, a longtime coach and manager of Santos, did not reveal any specifics of the contract fcfighter.com.
One of the most dominant MMA fighters today in women, Gina Carano Santos knocked out in August 2009 for the title Strikeforce, and Brazil defended it three months later with another victory over the stopping of the current women's welterweight champion Marloes Coenen.
For nearly two years, Santos and Carano took Strikeforce-Showtime ratings record. As the world's first female headliner national television shows in the U.S., "Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg" scored 576,000 viewers. Broadcast the night of the peak with a staggering 856,000 spectators for the actual Santos vs. Carano fight. (Only Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Silva February bout, which peaked with 1.1 million viewers, did better.)
After the purchase of UFC Strikeforce in March, many question the commitment power of MMA in the MMA women. However, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker is constantly reiterated that the promotion will continue to promote women fighters. In fact, the main title fight between Coonan and the main contender Miesha Tate co-headlining this month "Strikeforce/M-1: Fedor vs. Henderson" events, and recent signees include U.S. Olympian Ronda Rousey, a veteran Julie Kedzie and Sarah D 'Alelio , among others.
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