Could Santos' failed test actually save Strikeforce's women's 145-pound division?

In MMA, especially with smaller promotions, an entire division can be propped up by a single dominant fighter.

However, with Strikeforce's women's 145-pound division, could the loss of its champion and pound-for-pound queenpin actually save it?

On Saturday Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos' yearlong suspension for a failed drug test could actually result in an influx of talent and perhaps event a brighter future for the division.

Santos, of course, was suspended a year and fined $2,500 after testing positive for an anabolic steroid at a Dec. 17 Strikeforce event in San Diego. Although she blamed the test on a dietary supplement that unknowingly contained stanozolol, she's been stripped of the title, and UFC president Dana White initially suggested the entire division could be trashed.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker, though, sees things a bit differently, and once the dust settles, he thinks the division could actually be deeper in talent.

"The 145-pound weight class, I don't think it's time to throw that out to the garbage," Coker said. "I feel we still have some great fighters at 145, and a lot of girls who maybe haven't been around for a while are going to be motivated to come back because 'Cyborg' isn't going to be there.

"I heard that

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