Strikeforce Champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos in Negotiations with WWE?

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Strikeforce champion and the best pound for pound women’s MMA fighter in the world, Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos is rumored to be in negotiations with the top pro wrestling organization in the world, WWE. According to sources close to the fighter, Cyborg has grown “tired of the lack of fights in the MMA organization, and this proposal would change her future in fighting – and get bigger paychecks.”

Both Cristiane and her husband Strikeforce fighter Evangelista Santos attended a WWE event in California. At that time, the managers of the event offered her a contract, according to a source.

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