Christiane Justino Santos, one of the most feared women on the planet, has just tested positive for steroids. The Cyborg, who is currently the Strikeforce women’s featherweight champion, could soon be stripped over her title.

The California State Athletic Commission put out a press release today saying that Cyborg Santos tested positive for an anabolic steroid. Cage Potato reports that Santos’ last win over Hiroko Yamanaka, which occurred the day before she tested positive for steroids, will be changed to a no-contest. Santos will also have her license suspended.

CSAC Executive Officer George Dodd said in a press release:

“Our primary concern is for the health and safety of fighters. Anabolic agents and other banned substances put not only the users of those agents at risk, but their opponents as well. The commission simply will not tolerate their use.”

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said that he hasn’t seen the results of the drug test yet. Coker said:

“Strikeforce has not seen the test results regarding Ms. Santos. However, we have a consistent and strong stance against any use of performance-enhancing drugs… We will closely monitor the matter and will work with the California State Athletic Commission regarding any information we may be asked to provide. We also recognize that Ms. Santos has administrative process rights under California law and we hope that she is not prejudged before she has the opportunity to exercise such rights.”

Heavy.com reports that Cyborg Santos will most likely be stripped of her title. The female fighter will have a chance to repeal the California State Athletic Commission’s findings, but Dana White, president of Strikeforce parent company Zuffa, said that the title is as good as gone.

“We were going to hold that division and just do fights with ‘Cyborg’ whenever there was a new contender… She’s getting stripped of the title. I don’t know. We’ll see what happens.”

Here are some highlights of Cyborg Santos.

Were you a fan of Cyborg Santos? Are you surprised that she tested positive for steroids?

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Brock Lesnar’s fight with Alistair Overeem is coming up soon on December 30th. UFC president Dana White, who arranged the match, noted at the time of the agreement back in September that the fight would go five rounds. That’s all fine and dandy, except that neither Lesnar nor Overeem agree with White at all.

“That’s fine, because it’s not going five rounds,” retorted Lesnar.

Overeem was less taciturn, and went into more depth than his upcoming opponent:

“I’m prepared for five rounds. I’ve been doing the five rounds forever now it seems. But looking at myself, the type of fighter that I am, looking at Brock, the type of fighter he is, looking at both our characters, we’re aggressive. We’re not the type of guys who back up, we’re fighters. We want to finish fights. And yes, I’m going to be doing that on Dec. 30. I expect him to be doing that, so I don’t see really going past the first or the second round. The second round maximum.”

“I feel the same,” Lesnar agreed. “This is a heavyweight fight that we’re both going in to finish. I don’t foresee it going five rounds.”

Lesnar (6-foot-2 ½, 270 pounds) is a fan-favorite, but hasn’t fought since losing the heavyweight belt to Cain Velasquez in October. By contrast, Overeem (6-foot-5, 255 pounds) boasts an impressive resume: he is currently the only man in history to hold a world championship in both a major MMA organization (Strikeforce) and kickboxing organization (K-1) concurrently.

We’ll all find out December 30th when these two manbeasts battle for the next UFC title shot at Junior Dos Santos.

So who do you think it will be? Lesnar or Overeem? Let us know down below.

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Overeem, Strikeforce’s last heavyweight champion, signed on with the UFC and will fight Brock Lesnar at the end of the year. It’s easy to see why Overeem decided to move to the UFC, he’ll be getting bigger fights and bigger checks, but it doesn’t say much for the Strikeforce organization.

Ben Fowlkes, at Sports Illustrated, writes:

“When it started, the (Strikeforce) Grand Prix was supposed to be the tournament that would crown a top heavyweight and revitalize the entire Strikeforce organization. Now, less than a year later, the stakes are vague at best, the big-name stars are almost completely absent, and the champion is headed to the UFC.”

The UFC purchased Strikeforce last March, but it doesn’t look like they’re investing too much effort into the struggling fighting league. Instead, the Strikeforce Grand Prix seems like a farm league for the UFC. Win and you can get a chance to compete on the big stage. Lose, and well, you’ll end up as a cautionary tale.

SI points notes that fighters like Brett Rogers, Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski, and Fabricio Werdum all lost their positions after being knocked out of the Grand Prix tournament.

So is that what the Strikeforce fighters are fighting for on Saturday? Survival? Will Antonio Silva and Sergei Kharitonov follow in Alistair Overeem’s footsteps? Will Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier be kicked to the curb?

But maybe that’s just the nature of the beast. It is a fight after all.

Barnett said:

“Titles and things like that are spoils of war. You have to go out there and win battles before you can raid the dead of all their belongings.”

Here’s a preview of Saturday Night’s Strikeforce fights.

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Brock Lesnar will return to the Octagon on December 30 when he takes on Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Speaking to The Times Overeem revealed:

“Brock is a big name, a dangerous guy, and this is a dream matchup.” Alistair added, ”Brock’s a big guy, an exciting wrestler with his takedowns.

“I want to see this fight myself. Overall, I’m a different fighter. A striker, athletic, big. These are going to be two big trucks going at it on a collision course.”

Overeem most recently defended his Strikeforce belt in June, winning with a unanimous decision against takedown specialist Fabrio Werdum.

Lesner on the other hand hasn’t fought since losing his UFC heavyweight belt to Cain Velasquez in October, then suffering a return episode of the intestinal ailment diverticulitis.

The winner of the Dec. 30 match will be first in line to take on the winner of the Nov. 12 match between Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos.

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Former UFC Middleweight Champion Frank “The Legend” Shamrock took on Nick Diaz at Strikeforce – Shamrock vs. Diaz in San Jose Saturday.

The full card results as follows. As always if you don’t want to know the results, flip strait to the video.

Strikeforce – Shamrock vs. Diaz Results

Main card

* Catchweight 179 lb (81 kg) bout: Frank Shamrock vs. Nick Diaz

Diaz defeated Shamrock by TKO (punches) at 3:57 of round 2.

* Interim Lightweight Championship Bout: Gilbert Melendez vs. Rodrigo Damm

Melendez defeated Damm by KO (punches) at 2:02 of round 2.

* Middleweight bout: Scott Smith vs. Benji Radach

Smith defeated Radach by KO (punch) at 3:24 of round 3.

* Womens 145 lb (66 kg) bout: Cristiane Santos vs. Hitomi Akano

Santos defeated Akano by TKO (punches) at 0:35 of round 3.

* Heavyweight bout: Brett Rogers vs. Ron Humphrey

Rogers defeated Humphrey by TKO (strikes) at 1:38 of round 2.

Undercard

* Middleweight bout: Luke Rockhold vs. Buck Meredith

Rockhold defeated Meredith by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:07 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout: Eric Lawson vs. Waylon Kennell

Lawson defeated Kennell via TKO (punches) at 4:54 of round 1.

* Catchweight 187.5 lb (85.0 kg) bout: Raul Castillo vs. Brandon Michaels

Castillo defeated Michaels via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:45 of round 3.

* Welterweight bout:James Terry vs. Zak Bucia

Terry defeated Bucia via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

* Bantamweight bout: Jeremy Tavares vs. hingo Kohara

Kohara defeated Tavares via KO (knee) at 0:04 of round 2.

Strikeforce – Shamrock vs. Diaz Video

Hopefully these videos will last. If they go down in the mean timer apologies.

Strikeforce – Shamrock vs. Diaz

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