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Gina Joy Carano (born April 16, 1982 [1]) is an American actress and former mixed martial artist. She competed in Elite Xtreme Combat and Strikeforce from 2006 to 2009, where she compiled a 7–1 record. [2] Her popularity led to her being called the "face of women's MMA", although Carano rejected this title. [3]
Her first MMA loss and last fight was against Cris Cyborg. Between 2006 and 2008, Carano went 7-0 with three knockouts, one submission and three unanimous decision wins. Two of those wins came in ...
Few athletes have transitioned from their sport to the cinematic big stage quite like former MMA star-turned-ultimate-badass Gina Carano. Carano gained her fame as a mixed martial artist, but ...
Now defunct promotions that featured female fighters were Strikeforce and EliteXC. [5] There has been a growing awareness of women in mixed martial arts due to popular female fighters and personalities such as Amanda Nunes, Megumi Fujii, Gina Carano, Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate, Holly Holm, Alexa Grasso, and Joanna Jędrzejczyk and among others. [6]
Cristiane Justino Venancio [6] (born July 9 1985), known professionally as Cris Cyborg and formerly by her married name Cristiane Santos, is a Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer who as of January 2021 competes in Bellator MMA, where she is the current Bellator Women's Featherweight Champion, having held the title since January 2020. [7]
Carano has been in the news a lot this week after she posted a risque photo that Instagram eventually took down. There are a number of former MMA fighters transitioning from the octagon to the ...
MMA competition requires training in striking, wrestling and submission fighting. This is a list of notable female mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order. Contents:
Rousey, 36, was bestowed with the honor in 2018, two years after she retired from the sport that saw her become the first female UFC fighter as well as the first UFC Women’s Bantamweight ...