A Gladiator’s challenge

Erin Toughill makes a case for being the first to face newly crowned Strikeforce women’s 145-pound champ Cris “Cyborg” Santos over at Five Ounces of Pain.

Toughill, who, like Gina Carano, was also on American Gladiator, and is a former top-ranked professional boxer (8-2-1)  with an impressive 10-2-1 MMA record, including a knockout win over the other top contender for Cyborg’s title, Marloes Coenen.

Here’s her thoughts on the Cyborg/Carano fight: “Cyborg still looks technically poor, but just kept chugging along. Her wrestling and ground game looked very vulnerable. She claims that she does not get nervous, but it was very obvious that she does. When she entered the ring, she did a lot of things that showed she was frightened. I think I’m too big, too experienced, too technical, and I hit too hard for her. She’ll rush in on me, and that will be the biggest mistake she’s ever made.”