Shayna Baszler on hometown TV station

This Saturday at 9PM Eastern, EliteXC will make their second live appearance on CBS. The big match for readers of this blog will be between Shayna Baszler and Brazilian Cristiane Cyborg. It will lead off the show. The winner will face Gina Carano in October for what is expected to be an EliteXC womens title. There was a conference call yesterday and when Shayna was asked about Gina as the face of womens MMA, she said she plans to be the second face of womens MMA. The match is a contrast of styles as Shayna is a strong grappler and Cris is a strong standup fighter. I've seen Cyborg's fights and she's never been tested by a fighter of Shayna's caliber. So it should be a very interesting matchup.











Cris Cyborg said in an interview that she has been training hard at Chute Boxe to improve her ground skills and though her last pro fight was in 2006, she has competed in several grappling tournaments. She also said she intends to exploit Shayna's weakness in Muay Thai. She even said she believes Shayna is afraid of Cyborg's punching power. Somehow I suspect that Shayna and her trainers at Josh Barnett's Angels Of Destruction have been equally diligent in working on improving Shayna's Muay Thai skills. But we all know what her bread and butter is. Of course Shayna Baszler is from Sioux Falls, SD and she was recently featured on KELO-TV or Keloland TV, the CBS station in SIoux Falls. So naturally I'm here to bring that video clip to you. That's the main purpose of this post. Enjoy!