Rousey vs. Tweet to Showcase Promising 145 Pounders

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Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 9:37am EDT

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Olympic Bronze medalist judoka Ronda Rousey has a goal – to face Strikeforce 145 pound champion Cyborg Santos by the end of the year. However she has a big obstacle in her way, Canadian Muay Thai champ Charmaine Tweet this Friday in Calgary at Hard Knocks Fighting Championships.

#10 ranked 145 pounder Rousey went 3-0 in the amateur ranks, have yet seen the second minute before submitting her opponents with armbars. In her pro debut in March, she only took 25 seconds to submit contender Ediane Gomes to break into the rankings.

Tweet will be the first world class striker Rousey will have faced. With a 11-1-1 record in kickboxing, Tweet is making her pro debut after winning her amateur MMA debut by first round guillotine submission May 28 at the Saturday Night Fights card in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

According to an article on MMARising.com, Rousey was offered as a replacement for Gina Carano for Strikeforce card in Dallas this weekend, but due to contractual obligations with HKFC and GoFightLive; the decision was to have Rousey face Tweet. (This match was booked three months ago.)

Strikeforce is interested in signing the winner of the match, so the stakes are big for both fighters coming in.

Hard Knocks Fighting Champions card will be this Friday at 7 p.m. pacific at Century Casino in Calgary, Canada, and is streaming for $10 on GoFightLive.tv.

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