If my recent defense of Women’s MMA should tell you anything about me, it’s that I love watching Strikeforce’s females. While Women’s MMA as a whole is still growing and mostly playing catch-up to standard-bearers like Cristiane Santos and Megumi Fujii, it’s not even up for debate that Strikeforce has the best female MMA division of all the promotions that have female MMA divisions. This is why I was so excited for a one-night, 135-pound tournament to crown a contender for Sarah Kaufman’s 135-pound Strikeforce Women’s Championship. All four women involved in this tournament were very different from one another, and the clash of styles could have parlayed into four (with the reserve bout) straight show-stealing performances. While I think the fights themselves were decent enough, ultimately, the one-night tournament fell flat on its face and I’m honestly glad that it’s over. It was a novel idea that could have worked, but it failed for one major reason: the ridiculous time limits. ...