Gina Carano

GrappleorWrestle · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 11:11 am

Name Gina Carano
Nick Name Conviction
Record 5 - 0 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw)
Wins
2 (T)KOs (40.00%)
1 Submissions (20.00%)
2 Decisions (40.00%)
Association Xtreme Couture
Weight 140lbs (64kg)
Style Kickboxing
City Las Vegas
State Nevada
Country USA

Gina Joy Carano (born April 16, 1982) is an American Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter. Her specialty is Muay Thai. Carano also appears as the Gladiator "Crush" on American Gladiators.

Muay Thai record of 12-1-1, Carano received an offer to participate in the first ever female sanctioned MMA bout in Nevada. She was invited to the World Pro Fighting show in Las Vegas to fight Rosi Sexton from the United Kingdom.

She fought on the February 10, 2007, Showtime EliteXC card, defeating Julie Kedzie via unanimous decision in what was called "the fight of the night".

Her scheduled bout against Jan Finney at the EliteXC/K-1 Dynamite!! USA event on June 2, 2007 was canceled due to illness.The Fight Network and other organizations reported that she was rushed to the hospital via ambulance due to dehydration while attending a World Extreme Cagefighting event as a spectator.

Carano fought on the September 15, 2007, Showtime EliteXC card, where she defeated Tonya Evinger via rear naked choke for her first career win by submission.

Carano is scheduled to fight against former Hook n Shoot champion Kaitlin Young on the CBS EliteXC debut on May 31, 2008.

Along with Lisa King, Carano serves as a mentor to aspiring female fighters in the Oxygen reality series Fight Girls. She currently appears as "Crush" on the NBC show American Gladiators. She will also be featured in the new Michael Jai White film Blood and Bone slated to be released sometime in 2008.

She also was profiled in a feature story for the ESPN series E:60.

Kensei · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 11:18 am

Some strange coincidence her boys....

first off her nick name...Conviction, which is what I would get for stalking her if I was not married. :wink:

She was born in 1982....I have a pair of shorts that were bought in 82!

She lives in Vegas....I have been thier! :lol:

her name on American Gladiators is "Crush"....I think you can all guess at that one! :wink:

She was in the movie "blood and bones".....I have some blood and bones! :wink:

We both like to hit people really hard, I personall REALLY like that :twisted:

Guys, it is a match...what do you think? Should I move to vagas and pursue this "crush" of mine? Damn....wait a sec! I got married and had a kid...Crap! Well, I can always dream a bit... :wink:

GrappleorWrestle · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 11:21 am

Well Kensei you could always try out for American Gladiators....Oh wait your Canadian. =)

Anyways I figured she deserved her topic because at the moment she is the face of Women's MMA and it's because of her that the female side of the sport is starting to grow. She has been a good example for what you can do with a career in combat sports.

Also it doesn't hurt that she does look great on those posters.

Reymode · **Posted:** Wed May 28, 2008 2:47 pm

GrappleorWrestle wrote:

Well Kensei you could always try out for American Gladiators....Oh wait your Canadian. =)

Anyways I figured she deserved her topic because at the moment she is the face of Women's MMA and it's because of her that the female side of the sport is starting to grow. She has been a good example for what you can do with a career in combat sports.

Also it doesn't hurt that she does look great on those posters.

Canadian gladiator

Gurre · **Posted:** Thu May 29, 2008 3:31 am

Kens, aren't you like 100 years old too?... and seriously, who wants to date a raisin?

and what if your wife reads this?

Kensei · **Posted:** Thu May 29, 2008 5:13 am

Gurre wrote:

Kens, aren't you like 100 years old too?... and seriously, who wants to date a raisin?

and what if your wife reads this?

First off us Centurions still need a bit of spice in our lives...and she would do NICELY!

We are not raisins up here in Canada, having no real beaches we tend to stay fairly smooth and not dry out....granted their is that pasty white skin issue! :oops:

And if my wife reads this I wont have any problems....Death being what it is I wont worry at all...Being dead you tend not to worry anymore...or breath, think, eat or anything :cry:

Seriously though, I am sure that if Gina came up to me and said "listen you pasty white old bugger, lets find a closet and make out"...I am sure I could knock the walker out from under my wife and hobble over to the closet fast enough!

Besides I am one tough old fart!

Gurre · **Posted:** Thu May 29, 2008 6:23 am

hahahaha I love the last pic!

qwerty · **Joined:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:43 am **Posts:** 1440

Is there a possibility that Va"Gina" Carano might be going to WEC? WEC has dropped 185 and above, why not bring in the female fighters to fill in some gaps?

GrappleorWrestle · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:49 pm

Dana has stated if he was to do it he would put them into the WEC.

donovan99 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:48 am

WEC would make sense, specially since regular people who watch Gina on American Gladiators, are already watching her for free and would not pay for PPV! Good call Dana! Now DO IT!

fightDR · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:08 am

There are some great Female fighters around and the WEC would be wise to come in and get a piece of the action. I personnaly would like to see it too. Come on Dana my son go for it.

Kensei · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:56 pm

Now that the WEC has dropped the "Big boys" it makes sense to open up a specialty division. Have about six or seven ladies on contract, a strap and some fodder that they hire in for one offs ext.

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