{"id":34681,"date":"2012-08-18T10:17:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T17:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=34681"},"modified":"2012-08-18T10:17:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T17:17:08","slug":"cris-cyborg-responds-to-her-critics-who-call-her-man-like-mma-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-responds-to-her-critics-who-call-her-man-like-mma-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Cris Cyborg Responds To Her Critics Who Call Her \u201cMan-Like\u201d &#124; MMA NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/18\/cris-cyborg-responds-to-her-critics-who-call-her-man-like-mma-news-34681.html\/2009-fighters-only-mixed-martial-arts-awards-ceremony-arrivals-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34682\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/cyborg-new-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2009 &quot;Fighters Only&quot; Mixed Martial Arts Awards Ceremony - Arrivals\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/cyborg-new-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/cyborg-new.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFormer Strikeforce champion, Cris \u201cCyborg\u201d Santos, has found herself under fire ever since testing positive for banned substances in the state of California.<\/p>\n<p>With her suspension up in less than four-months, her promotional home of Strikeforce is positioning her for a booking to get her back into the cage.  Getting her back into the cage is the easy part, getting her fan approval back is going to be an entire different battle.<\/p>\n<p>The former champ recently took to Tatame.com to discuss her motivation and pass along a message to her detractors.<\/p>\n<p><em>  &#8220;I want to fight; I\u2019m motivated and training a lot. This year off hasn\u2019t changed one bit. Talk good or bad things about me, I just want you to talk about me because that proves I still bother people. I wanna thank my fans. About the critics, you can go on because that only motivates me to get better and better. If you say \u2018she\u2019s like a man\u2019 it\u2019s because they can\u2019t admit a woman can hit another woman like a man in the Octagon. I wanna thank Chute Boxe and all the people who are with me. I wanna fight and I\u2019m prepared to fight anyone.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Strikeforce champion, Cris \u201cCyborg\u201d Santos, has found herself under fire ever since testing positive for banned substances in the state of California. With her suspension up in less than four-months, her promotional home of Strikeforce is positioning her for a booking to get her back into the cage. 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