The funniest thing is that nothing has really changed between the Strikeforce days and now....Cyborg never lost her throne, only looked more dominant and people forget this because she has not been airbrushed and marketed to the masses as Ronda has. All that has happened was the UFC $$$$$ hype machine backed Ronda and snubbed Cyborg.
Millions of people thought Gina was going to steamroll Cyborg, owing to the fact that they were thinking with their wrong heads and let their emotions govern their logical reasoning. After Cyborg steamrolled and made Gina retire, no one really cared about WMMA until the air brushed, photoshopped, bronze medal sensation came along and recaptured the hearts of the millions of neckbearded bandwagon virgins across the US. Did she beat any real elite competition? Nope....BUT, the UFC made people think that she was actually beating legit competition, not the actual over weight, nonathletic woman that took up MMA to lose weight/have some hobby that she really was beating.
The most interesting part of all this is, for the first time in the history of fight sports, the majority of fans do not want to see the best fight the best. Why is this?!?! Well, it appears the only valid reasoning is that Ronda has captured people's hearts too much and since these "fans"/perverts/virgins/chivalrous knights (chose your poison) are so emotionally invested in her, they know that Cyborg presents a seriously valid threat and they do not want to see the object of their affection be hurt. This all presents a serious quandary with the very young state of WMMA that we have not seen with any other male based fighting discipline: people grow too emotionally attached to the fighter and do not want to see them actually challenged. I know, I was a fan of Gina and it was heartbreaking seeing her crying and completely demoralized after Cyborg laid that beating of epic proportions down on her.
WMMA is a slippery slope that toys with our sexual desire, chivalry and our "male protector complex". We are starting to see that the experiment has totally failed us, for the best do not fight the best, we don't want them to and rather we match our heart's desire with less appealing woman. It is incompatible with being legitimate sport and would be better suited in the entertainment/WWE realm where the results are predetermined.