Strikeforce Is Hoping Gina Carano Will Return in 2011
by Nate Wilcox on Jan 12, 2011 2:30 PM EST
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Scott Coker spoke to Ariel Helwani yesterday and revealed that he's still pining for the return of his biggest star Gina Carano:
"I believe she'll be back in the cage this year," Coker said Monday confidently.
"From what I know of her, she is a competitor at heart; she's going to want to fight. She's not going to want to end her career the way it ended. So, I think she'll be back."
Carano hasn't competed since losing the Strikeforce 145-pound title fight to Cris Cyborg in August 2009. Since then, she has embarked on a movie career, with her first major motion picture, Haywire, directed by Steven Soderbergh and also starring Channing Tatum, Antonio Banderas and Ewan McGregor, expected to be released in theaters on April 22, 2011.
There's an obvious reason Coker wants her back: people tune in to watch Gina fight whether it's on Showtime or CBS, Gina has delivered every time she's been on a fight card. From wikipedia:
Carano vs. Cyborg averaged 576,000 viewers on the Showtime cable network. It peaked with 856,000 viewers for the night's main event between Carano and Santos. The Carano vs. Cyborg event set a new MMA ratings record for Showtime, eclipsing a card headlined with Kimbo Slice and Tank Abbot, which averaged 522,000 viewers. It also more than doubled Strikeforce's previous offering, Lawler vs. Shields, an event that averaged 275,000 viewers.
Strikeforce has made some major moves in their men's heavyweight division but little has been said lately of their plans for women's MMA.
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That’s all woman. Just a strong ass woman.
by kick_puncher on Jan 12, 2011 3:40 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
pussy....
Lol j/k
"Even Hulkamania wouldn't get you out of this hold"
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by the-gentle-way on Jan 12, 2011 5:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
Sounds familiar
I’d swear I heard Scott say that before… Oh ya:
http://www.mmafighting.com/2009/10/30/scott-coker-gina-carano-expected-back-summertime-2010/
by flingom on Jan 12, 2011 2:38 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Nevermind
Whoops, I forgot this is Strikeforce, we shouldn’t hold them accountable for false promises. We should only praise them for pseudo tournaments and “fun” fights!
by flingom on Jan 12, 2011 2:39 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Pseudo-tournament's?
Whatever Dana, I don’t think you know the definition of a tournament.
by Sucker-Lite on Jan 12, 2011 3:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The ‘definition’ of a tournament arguments are pretty silly. This doesn’t mean the standard of any major tournament type that people are accustomed to (i.e. Grand Prix, or 1-8 seeded tournament like march madness or something). It’s just Strikeforce match making for the year.
Did you see the UFC 2010 “Tournament”??
First Round:
Lesnar v Carwin
Velasquez vs Nogeuira
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Dos Santos v Gonzaga
Nelson v Struve
Was that a “tournament”?? Ugh, this is what I mean. No one would praise Dana White if he came out and called that a tournament, but because it’s Strikeforce and they chronically underachieved, and failed to deliver on a million 2010 promises, we praise them. It’s lame.
by flingom on Jan 12, 2011 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If the UFC had announced the brackets in advance, it would have been a tournament.
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The thing that is different from the Strikeforce tournament and what the UFC does is that in the Strikeforce Tournament, winners are guaranteed to advance, and there are no outside whims from the promoters. For example, if a fighter is labeled as “boring,” that fighter may need a seven or eight-fight win-streak to get a Title shot (Fitch, Maynard, and it looks like for some reason Sotiropolous even though he isn’t a boring fighter), whereas another fighter may only need a three fight win streak or less.
In regards to your example though, I can see it being a tournament. The only thing that is a bit sketchy is giving Lesnar a second chance (as far as a tournament goes) instead of having an alternate (someone like Brendan Schaub or something).
I won't jump off the bandwagon just because you lost.
With all this talk about seeding...
…I’m yet to hear anyone actually explain how you would seed a bunch of fighters who haven’t all fought each other. If we tried, Sergei would have to be no. 1 seeing as how he’s beaten Overeem in their most recent fight as well as Werdum and hasn’t lost to anyone else in the field.
Hey will you look at that. SF did use the proper seeding afterall.
by Sucker-Lite on Jan 13, 2011 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
Posters like you make me laugh. When doesn’t a promoter lie? I can think of 100 lies out of Dana’s mouth. Are you serious? And that tournament is the best news for mma in the HW division in years.
by RICO.10-10 on Jan 12, 2011 3:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
1) I'm not connected to the mafia
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 12:29 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Not sure how this is a lie
Why I never joined a frat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KNVrZaN8M
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 1:17 AM EST up reply actions
3) "Fedor is not good enough to fight in the UFC"
Direct quote
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 12:34 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Not really a lie. It’s an opinion he had.
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"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 1:18 AM EST up reply actions
4) "The Fighters in the UFC always fight three times a year"
Ex’s of the lie include Chuck Liddell and Matt Serra who fought once a year the last three years, Anderson Silva fighting only twice in one year etc…
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 12:38 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Fighters does not imply every fighter.
Why I never joined a frat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KNVrZaN8M
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 1:18 AM EST up reply actions
5) "Fedor hasn't fought anybody since 2005"
Except for the two previous UFC champs in Sylvia and Arlovski plus more.
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 12:39 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
6) "Nothing happened to Tito, he's the coach of TUF"
Said right before Tito was removed as coach of TuF
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 12:44 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
"I don't owe a million dollars in gambling debts at one establishment"
Before being sued for over a million by the Bellagio for a gambling bet
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 12:46 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
He was never sued by the Bellagio
Why I never joined a frat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KNVrZaN8M
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 1:20 AM EST up reply actions
8) "Not true!" White tweeted. "We are doing Couture vs. Franklin, not Chuck."
Obvious lie as it was first Tito then Franklin.
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 12:50 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
9) ""What I'm going to end up doing is probably taking a big, huge fight that should have been on pay-per-view and put it on free TV. I'm actually working on it right now. I said I'd make up for that, and trust me, I'm gonna."
Said following the horrific UFC 112. I don’t even know which meaningless fight was supposed to be this “huge” fight if he even attempted one.
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 12:55 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
10) Dana white had nothing to do with BIg Johns absence from UFC held fights
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 12:58 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
There isn’t any credible evidence to suggest he has anything to do with it. John made his own bed with the NSAC.
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"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 1:20 AM EST up reply actions
11) I have a mega, mind blowing deal to announce
Then announces new beer sponsor
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 12:59 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Again, opinion.
Why I never joined a frat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KNVrZaN8M
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 1:20 AM EST up reply actions
12) That entire show building up a fight between Dana and Tito to show that Danas a real man not a boxerciser ibstructor
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 1:03 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Not sure how this was a lie?
Why I never joined a frat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KNVrZaN8M
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 1:21 AM EST up reply actions
13) "My amateur boxing record was 13-4"
No recorded amateur fights were found. At most he may have sparred somewhere
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 1:07 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
It certainly wasn’t Golden Gloves or Olympic semi-pro level as he alleged
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 1:08 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
14) "I grew up in the mean streets of Southie" and other allegations he had a tough Boston street life
Reality- didn’t move to Boston until 18 and lived in a wide variety of yuppie burbs of other cities with his upper middle class family
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 1:11 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
15) "95 percent of these guys (UFC) graduated college"
Really? Even your entire slave class of poor Brazilians?
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 1:13 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Woah
Watch that.
Why I never joined a frat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KNVrZaN8M
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 1:16 AM EST up reply actions
16) "I cleaned up the sport by changing the sponsors from bloodstained shirts saying kill then to Affliction shirts sold in Nordstrom"
Yes, those bedazzled skulls, iron crosses and tombstones are so much classier and that was entirely your doing.
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 1:16 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Again, not sure how this is a lie?
Why I never joined a frat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KNVrZaN8M
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 1:21 AM EST up reply actions
17) Kimbo's a joke and will never fight in the UFC etc...
But as soon as he could actually get him? Suddenly he’s a real athlete taking on a real challenge
by Warpear on Jan 13, 2011 1:19 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
He told the truth on this one
He said Kimbo would have to do TUF to get into the UFC. Kimbo did TUF.
Why I never joined a frat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KNVrZaN8M
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 1:22 AM EST up reply actions
i support warpear
you’re winning me over with your effort man. go go go!
"But I was like "I don't know how they do things where you guys are from, but I dont think monogamy is legal in this country."
Sigh
don’t encourage him please.
Why I never joined a frat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KNVrZaN8M
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 1:22 AM EST up reply actions
haha is this not fun for you?
bet ya he’s gonna tire before reaching 30
"But I was like "I don't know how they do things where you guys are from, but I dont think monogamy is legal in this country."
No I (Warpear) got banned instead
So I’ll just say the rest are “(Insert Fighter I will cancel the contract on before my side is up) is the best fighter since (name of good fighter).”. That should easily fill the rest of the slots.
And if I got banned for the Brazilian remark that was a simple
Misunderstanding as I meant slave class as in poorly paid shmucks from the slums of Brazil brought over to bash their brains in for a couple large while Dana makes millions off of them not anything racial. I have about a “brazilian” Brazilian friends.
Warpear didn't get banned
You got warned. It’s different.
Why I never joined a frat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KNVrZaN8M
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 13, 2011 2:00 AM EST up reply actions
could you be more lame?
I hate SF haters….
Give Strikeforce credit for what they’re trying to do, especially with the HW tourney, which is DEFINITELY happening. Jeez.
by phillynix on Jan 12, 2011 4:26 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I still have that poster
and some of the… whatever they are, bookmarks?
Why I never joined a frat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KNVrZaN8M
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
by Chris Barton on Jan 12, 2011 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
I still get spam t shirt emails
I dont really know what happened to all the affliction promotional shit I had tho
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by Urijah Bieber on Jan 12, 2011 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
At this point, I have to wonder if Amanda Nunes would beat Gina
Gina has been away from MMA for so long, and being in what looks to be a big Hollywood movie, one has to wonder if she has any interest in doing MMA. There is hardly any talent at Womens 145 lbs except for Amanda Nunes right now, and maybe Julia Budd once she gets more fights (I know she lost to Nunes, but she could get much better considering she’s an MMA neophyte). A rematch with Cyborg would do huge ratings, but I have to wonder if she’s even interested.
I won't jump off the bandwagon just because you lost.
I want to see the movie more than I want to see her fight again.
Although I will gladly watch either.
Only movie I want to see her in is a porno.
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by Tokyo Sandblaster on Jan 12, 2011 3:35 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Doubt it. If Heath Herring is making more making movies, why wouldn’t Gina Carano?
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by Derek Suboticki on Jan 12, 2011 2:42 PM EST reply actions
heath isnt a headliner?
Plus because gina is a fighter is why she is sooooo SEXXXY imho.
"Even Hulkamania wouldn't get you out of this hold"
"True strength is not always shown through victory. Stand up, try again and display strength of heart."
by the-gentle-way on Jan 12, 2011 5:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
So her being an active fighter should help with her movie/modeling career.
"Even Hulkamania wouldn't get you out of this hold"
"True strength is not always shown through victory. Stand up, try again and display strength of heart."
by the-gentle-way on Jan 12, 2011 5:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Can someone go ahead and post some sexy Carano pics and GIFs please?
Some of us are at work and need ass to look at. Thank you.
No don't do it!
How much I’d love to admire a nice piece of ass, I don’t want my supervisor to admire that same piece of ass with me.
They made a video game about Yakuzas. It’s called Yakuza. And it’s about Yakuza
NOOOOOO
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by dgonz on Jan 12, 2011 5:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Are you NP zigster?
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by Urijah Bieber on Jan 12, 2011 7:46 PM EST up reply actions
She's not coming back
and why would she, she’s making good money off her great looks, why would she risk possibly ruining her beautiful face.
The gap between Gina and Cybord is 100x bigger than the one between Lesnar and Cain. She better stay retired from fighting.
Seriously, there’s like….one. And that’s her sprawled out in that shiny black super thong on the beach. The rest are her whomping dat ass.
Unless you’re like me who enjoy the pics of her whompin dat ass. Muscles flexing. Sweat drippin. The sheer tenacity in her eyes. Admiration of technique as she…lands those sweet kicks in an attempt to break her opponent….
They made a video game about Yakuzas. It’s called Yakuza. And it’s about Yakuza
there might be one or two other ones...
example
by 20dawk20 on Jan 12, 2011 5:01 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
thats not Gina
"Even Hulkamania wouldn't get you out of this hold"
"True strength is not always shown through victory. Stand up, try again and display strength of heart."
by the-gentle-way on Jan 12, 2011 5:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
Doesn't constitute any less of a rec. Kudos to the both of you
They made a video game about Yakuzas. It’s called Yakuza. And it’s about Yakuza
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by DamnSevern on Jan 12, 2011 5:57 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
who is this girl?
that ass is unreal
"But I was like "I don't know how they do things where you guys are from, but I dont think monogamy is legal in this country."
They made a video game about Yakuzas. It’s called Yakuza. And it’s about Yakuza
by Krimson on Jan 12, 2011 9:26 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
.Gina is starring in an A list movie and is also involved in super 8 (another A list movie). Somebody needs to tell Coker that Gina’s just not that into him.
by mmalogic on Jan 12, 2011 3:00 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
I've heard super 8 is gonna be epic
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 12, 2011 3:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If her movie career takes off, she ain't coming back.
Fake punches for better money will always trump getting blasted by Cyborg any day.
except fighting is a great promotional tool for her
especially for an action movie. it adds a whole other angle to her star power if she’s an active, legit fighter, and will undoubtedly be the angle her PR people use when she goes on the promotional circuit to promote the movie. she doesn’t have to fight cyborg to accomplish this.
by Trust Doesn't Rust on Jan 12, 2011 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I think it likely she will return, if merely to promote herself. Being able to demonstrate that she really is a woman who can actually kick ass is going to help here a lot as she tries to migrate into acting. It’s the one thing that separates her from any other actress, her legitimacy.
blah blah blah
Said the same thing in 2010.
the general consensus seems to be
“keep hoping”
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 12, 2011 4:10 PM EST reply actions
Gina is legit
I think if she’s serious about it, she’ll train up and come back to MMA meaning business. Aside from just seeing her for her looks, I think she’ll fight well next time in the cage
This was when I was sitting ring side at Strikeforce Diaz vs Shamrock a year ago. She sat right in front of me. I drooled a little.
Heard he’s a real classy guy
They made a video game about Yakuzas. It’s called Yakuza. And it’s about Yakuza
Really??? Hmmmm.
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