Hitomi Akano, the Japanese woman who will fight Cristiane "Cris Cyborg" Santos on the April 11 Strikeforce card, is virtually unknown to American MMA fans. But Akano (shown above submitting Megumi Yabushita) will have a well-known American in her corner: Josh Barnett.

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