Gina Carano Versus Cristiane Cyborg Santos Is Set

As most of you probably already know, the No. 1 and the No. 2 females fighting in the world, Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos will finally face each other Aug. 15.
This has been brewing since EliteXC went under a little over a year ago.
The fight will be for the Strikeforce 145 lb Women's Championship.
Gina should have little problem making the 145 pound allowance, but Cristiane has had trouble making it before.
The bout will be five rounds, and unless something changes between now and then, they will be three minute rounds.
I'd like to see five minute rounds, but we'll see.
The bout will air live on Showtime on Saturday, August 15th, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA.

My prediction right now (this is subject to change) is a win by Gina by decision.
I'm not seeing any kind of blow out here.
I think it will go the distance and whoever wins, it wont be by a huge margin.
I also think that how this bout goes will have a major impact on female MMA bouts in the future.

LaTasha Marzolla

29 year old LaTasha Marzolla may look more like a model than a MMA fighter, but she's both.
After training with Master Toddy in Las Vegas and her friend Gina Carano, LaTasha made her MMA debut May 30th at the Orleans Arena.
And she got a first-round victory over Christy Tada at the Tuff-N-Uff extravaganza.
Although LaTasha is new to MMA, she isn't new to fighting.
She has a 9-3 record in Muay Thai, but she hasn’t fought in three years.
LaTasha did well in her debut, although her opponent's record was 1-3-0.

Did you know that in 2003, LaTasha and fellow model turned fighter Bobbi Billard both trained for the WWE at their developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling?
In 2004, they were both released for "not taking wrestling seriously."

Female MMA: Jessica Pene

Jessica Pene is an undefeated female MMA fighter.
She stands 5'5 and weighs in at 115 pounds.
Jessica began her training at Apex Jujitsu in Aliso Viejo, and now trains at Subfighter in Laguna Hills and Legends in Hollywood.
Her MMA record is 6-0-0.
She has defeated Tammie Schneider, Alicia Gumm, Heather Basquil, female MMA fighter and pro wrestler Sumi Sakai, Brandy Nerney and Sally Krumdiak.
Three of her wins were via submission.
You can find out more about Jessica at her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/jessicapene