Could Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos be competitive against men at 145?

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K.J. Noons seems to believe she can.

"I believe (male vs. female fights) wouldn't be that competitive, but every now and then there is a special athletic woman that can compete with men in fighting," said Noons. "I believe Cris is one of them. Can she be competitive if she fought in the WEC? Yes, she could. Would she be champ? If I knew the answer to that, I'd be a billionaire and I wouldn't be fighting."

Noons said he's caught Santos getting the better of more than a few training partners during sparring and grappling drills around the gym.

"When I see her fight other guys, she's usually beating them up or manhandling them," he said. "When I spar with her, we're just working; I'm giving her work. When she goes full speed on me, she definitely has the power of a man. She throws like a 145-pound man."

Would that be the only way she gets challenged in a fight?

Scorpio · Accepted Answer

This would be called a lose lose scenario for any opponent

kheserthorpe · Answer

She's not ready to challenge for the men's featherweight belt, but sure, she can handle lower level pro men, and is certainly close enough to train with men - which she clearly does.

She's not a perfect fighter, but I don't know the up and coming female fighters to know if any of them can throw straight under pressure and handle her.

WereTurtle · Answer

No.  As good as she is, she will be weaker than the men, and slower as well.  That is just the way the sexes are engineered.  Men are generally stronger and faster.  Cyborg is clearly stronger and faster than the average man, but, in professional MMA, we are not talking about average men.

Anonymous · Answer

put her against china from the wwf thats about all i give her ,
theres no way she beats even average mma fighters at her weight 
the only thing i see competitive is if she fights 16-17 year old males at her weight

Jason T · Answer

I don't think so. Also, men would not want to fight her. I am not saying she is not good, but a man would destroy her. She is the queen of the ring and should remain in the ring fighting women.

? · Answer

KJ Noons is a can so his opinion doesn't mean very much. Cyborg looks good beating women who came from cardio kickboxing class. That's all female MMA is right now.

Colton · Answer

Santos is a beast...I would love to see her fight men. She is really the only chick I can think of that I could see destroying guys...I couldn't see Carano fighting guys.

Frank the tank · Answer

She is an elite female MMA fighter who would be competitive against average male MMA fighters, but not elite ones.

Anonymous · Answer

i think so i saw her sparing with her husband and she gave him a belly to belly now im not sure if he let her or wat but i wanna see her fight kaufmann that would be a good fight but if she were to fight jose aldo lol he would murder her

Logan · Answer

Most guys probably dont want anything to do with her.. She's a beast.

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Could Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos be competitive against men at 145?

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