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Here are the results from the weigh-ins from sherdog.com

Strikeforce Weigh-in Results:
Frank Shamrock (180) vs. Nick Diaz (180)
Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (152)* vs. Hitomi Akano (143.5)
Benji Radach (184) vs. Scott Smith (184)
Gilbert Melendez (154) vs. Rodrigo Damm (154.5)
Brett Rogers (262) vs. Ron Humphrey (239)
Luke Rockhold (186) vs. Buck Meredith (185)
Eric Lawson (186) vs. Waylon Kennell (185.5)
Raul Castillo (183) vs. Brandon Michaels (187.5)**
Zak Bucia (170) vs. James Terry (170)
Jeremy Tavares (134.5) vs. Shingo Kohara (136)

The weigh-ins did not complete without a hitch however, as Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos registered a weight of 152 pounds, well over the California State Athletic Commission six-pound rule, which does not allow more than a six pound disparity in any division except for heavyweight.

Santos has until 8 p.m. PST to hit 149.5 pounds, which would place her at the maximum weight allowed. Her opponent, Hitomi Akano, exited the scale at 143.5. If Santos makes weight and the fight, she will be fined 20% of her fight purse, with half of the deduction going to the CSAC, and the remaining 10% to Akano.



I don't know what the weight-limit for the Santos Akano fight was. It could be that Cyborg caught a case of Ginaitis and couldn't make the scheduled weight, or Akano came in so under weight that it essentially screwed Santos over because California has the six pound rule.

This looks like a very strong card. I wish I could watch it tomorrow.
 
I believe the fight was scheduled for 145. Had Akano came in at 145 even Cyborg would have only had to lose 1lb to make the fight happen, but with the CSAC's rule, she now has to lose 2.5lbs in order to fight. Now if she can somehow lose the entire 7lbs before the 8:00pm deadline, she will not be fined. This should be easy for her. She'll sit in a sauna and sweat out half a gallon of sweat and make the weight.
 
Seven pounds over is inexusable, she would have had to have known that she wasn't going to be anywhere close; and I'm surprised that she didn't notify Strikeforce to try and make it a catchweight fight so that she could avoid this. I also thought it was weird that they gave her four hours to lose the weight. Normally it's just one hour. Is this rule different for female fighters?
 
canucksfreak19 said:
Seven pounds over is inexusable, she would have had to have known that she wasn't going to be anywhere close; and I'm surprised that she didn't notify Strikeforce to try and make it a catchweight fight so that she could avoid this. I also thought it was weird that they gave her four hours to lose the weight. Normally it's just one hour. Is this rule different for female fighters?
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The time table is up to the promoter. We give our fighters 2 hours to make the weight.

And yes, seven pounds over is totally inexcusable. Here's what could have been done in thisa situation... If Cyborg checked her weight and she was seven pounds over at the weigh-ins before they started, the promoter could have renegotiated a new contract to a catch weight of let's say 147.5. Cyborg misses weight at her first official attempt, but could cut the 4.5lbs (which would be tough, but could be done in the 3 hours) and not be penalized by the state. As an incentive to her opponent, 15% is deducted from Cyborg's purse by the promoter instead of 20%, and the entire 15% is given to Akono, rather than the 20% being divided between the fighter and the state.

The state would not like that route, but it can be done like that.
 
Cyborg-Akano off

The story from Sherdog:
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/update-akano-cyborg-off-16959

Akano’s manager, Shu Hirata, told Sherdog.com that the promotion offered to pay Akano her win bonus regardless of the fight’s outcome, along with two more bouts guaranteed on her contract.

Hirata said Akano’s decision was about more than the money though.

“Gina [Carano] never makes weight, but they make everybody fight. It's not fair,” said Hirata. “I think it’s really about time that we have to set the precedent that you should really make the weight.”

Santos (6-1) weighed in at 152 pounds, well over the California State Athletic Commission’s six-pound rule, which does not allow more than that disparity between opponents in any division except for heavyweight.

The 23-year-old Brazilian striker re-weighed in for the bout prior to the 8 p.m. cutoff, but could only shed down to 150.5 pounds, according to Hirata.

Hirata said the CSAC was willing to accommodate the bout if both fighters agreed to it, but Akano did not.

Akano won the Smackgirl 128-pound title in 2006 and had already been pegged as the lighter fighter of the pair. Akano had been scheduled to compete in Strikeforce’s 135-pound division following this bout.

“[Santos] knew that she has to make 146 three months ago,” said Hirata. “So she hopped on the scale hoping the Japanese [fighter] would take the fight; just because, you know, usually [the] Japanese [fighter] doesn’t walk away from a fight. So I think they took advantage of [that].”

I say good. If female mma wants to be taken more seriously the women need to take it more seriously and not try and fight at weights that they won't be able to make.
 

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