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Anastasia Yankova and discussed the photo of the beautiful athlete taken by Nastya after the fight. Today we will develop the topic raised and once again ask ourselves a pressing question: is the participation of the fair sex in brutal battles justified?

Gina Carano

Mixed martial arts fighter, film actress and a real sex symbol - we can talk about the beautiful Gina Carano for a very long time. But when Gina had a fight with Cris “Cyborg” Justino, professional performances were put an end to. The Octagon has lost a talented fighter, and the film industry has gained a new action star.

Michelle Waterson

Waterson is known as “The Karate Hottie.” Of course, Michelle is not as popular and successful in MMA as the other heroines of this material, but she managed to appear in MMA, star in several films, and work as a fashion model. The Thai-American beauty smiles at us from the photo and gives the answer to the main question of this article.

Paige Vanzant

Paige Vanzant is very popular in the USA. The athlete participates in various shows, managing to show very impressive performances in the Octagon. Of course, the fight with Rose Namajunas stands out in her career, when the beautiful Vanzant was brutally beaten!

Paige VanZant before and after an MMA fight:

Miesha Tate

This girl showed a whole series of epic fights, and most recently Misha was the UFC Champion. Many people predict that she will be the sex symbol of modern MMA... But Cat Zingano, in her head-to-head confrontation with Tate, did not think about her opponent’s fans, because the UFC is fights, not a beauty contest.

Anastasia Yankova

At the beginning of this material we already mentioned Anastasia Yankova. The Russian won a very difficult fight under the auspices of Bellator. And the bruises and abrasions will remind Nastya of the price of triumph.

We looked at 5 clear examples of how MMA fights do not spare female beauty. Scars only adorn men. I would like to believe that the girls’ fights, while remaining spectacular, will not spoil their appearance.

Gina Carano is an MMA fighter (mixed martial arts), star of the films “Bloody Revenge”, “Knockout” and “Deadpool”, participant in the show “American Gladiators”.

Childhood and adolescence

Gina is the middle child in the family of American football player Glenn Carano and housewife Dana Cason. The girl also has two sisters. Gina was born in Texas, but soon ended up in Los Angeles, where her mother moved with her daughters after divorcing her husband.

Gina grew up a real daredevil, she raced with the boys in the yard, went horseback riding, and from childhood she could stand up for herself and her sisters. At school she played football, volleyball, and even became a state champion as a member of the youth basketball team.

After graduating from Trinity Christian High School, she entered the psychology department at the University of Nevada, but after the fourth year she was forced to drop out due to serious financial problems in the family.

Sports career

It’s hard to believe, but in her youth Gina was fat and was terribly complex about her appearance. Her boyfriend Kevin Ross, a professional Thai boxer, advised her to take up martial arts and took the girl to the Muay Thai section. Gina immediately liked this sport, in which she could not depend on the team and rely only on herself. She quickly got involved in the training regimen and within a few months loudly declared herself at a tournament in San Francisco.

Over three years, Carano had fourteen professional fights, twelve of which ended in her favor. Soon, MMA agents drew attention to the gifted athlete and invited her to fight Letitia Pestova. This fight ended in a clear victory for Carano, who knocked out her formidable opponent in the first forty seconds.

This was followed by successful fights with Rosie Sexton, Elena Maxwell, Kaitling Young and other famous athletes, whose victories over whom Gina became famous throughout the world. The girl got the nickname “Sentence”, and her original fighting style, combined with natural beauty, forever won the hearts of Thai boxing fans.

In the summer of 2009, Carano had a fight with Brazilian Cristina Santos, which became the final point in Gina’s sports career. She received a technical knockout and lost to her opponent for the first time in her entire time in MMA. For that fight, Gina received one hundred thousand dollars (a record fee for that time) and decided to leave professional sports and focus on her film career - by that time she already had experience filming the show “American Gladiators”.

Gina Carano - girl fighter

Film and television career

Immediately after the dramatic defeat to the Brazilian, assistant director Steven Soderbergh contacted Carano and invited her to star in the film Knockout. Despite the bruise under her eye that had not yet healed, Gina showed up for the audition and was soon cast in the lead role of special agent Mallory Kane. Carano's partners on the set were Ewan McGregor and Michael Fassbender. The girl was pleased with her debut - in 2013 she was even nominated for the Critics Choice Awards for Best Actress in an Action Film, but lost to Jennifer Lawrence.

Over the following years, Carano starred in a dozen films, including Fast & Furious 6 (2013) with Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, Speed 657 (2015) with Robert De Niro, Kickboxer (2016) with Jean-Claude Van Damme . In 2016, Gina played a mutant named Angel Dust in the successful Marvel action comedy film Deadpool, starring Ryan Reynolds.

Carano is also a frequent guest on television; she took part in two seasons of the television project “American Gladiators” and acted as a coach in the reality show “Fight Girls”. A documentary film “Girls from the Ring” (2006; Ring Girls) was shot about Gina; photographs of the girl adorn the pages of MAXIM magazine. She became the prototype for the heroine of the popular computer game Red Alert 3, portraying the secret Soviet special agent Natasha Volkova.

Personal life of Gina Carano

After breaking up with Kevin Ross, who became her guide to the world of martial arts, Gina began dating another martial artist, Keith Cope. This romance ended even faster than the previous one; moreover, the former lover blackmailed the girl for a long time, threatening to make public video recordings of a piquant nature.

Gina Carano and

Biography of Gina Carano

Gina was born on April 16, 1982 (33 years old in 2015) in Dallas County (Texas), USA, the second child (of three, by the way, all three are daughters) in the family of professional football player (father) Glenn Carano:

Glenn Carano with Gina

... and mother - Dana Cason:

Dana Cason and Gina

And here is a joint photo of the sisters:

Gina graduated from Trinity Christian High School.

At school she played on the women's basketball team, which, by the way, she helped lead to the state title. In addition to basketball, Gina also played volleyball and softball.

After school, she entered the University of Nevada in Reno, where she studied for a year, after which she studied at the same university for three years, but in Las Vegas, specializing in psychology, however, she never received a diploma.

Gina started her sports career with Muay Thai (p.s. good choice: D). The inspiration to take up this particular sport was her boyfriend (at the time), a professional Muay Thai fighter, Kevin Ross.

Gina herself only wanted to lose excess weight... (p.s. many people don’t know, but before the sport she was a fairly well-fed girl).

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In total, after Gina fought 14 local Muay Thai fights with a record of 12 wins - 1 loss - 1 draw, she received an offer to compete in the first sanctioned (legal) women's mixed rules fight in Nevada. The fight took place under the auspices of the little-known World Extreme Fighting promotion, where Carano’s opponent was Letitia Pestova, whom Gina knocked out in 38 seconds.

Gina Carano vs Letitia Pestova

Gina’s very next fight also took place for the little-known organization World Pro Fighting Championships, against Rosie Sexton, who was also knocked out.

Gina Carano vs Rosie Sexton

P.s. Thanks to a striking victory over Rosie Sexton, Gina was invited to Strikeforce, a more famous organization, however, at that time, did not have the rights to show fights on public television. Gina defeated Elena Maxwell by unanimous decision:

After which she competed in EliteXC, also winning a decision victory against Julie Kedzie.

In September 2007, Gina went up against Toni Evinger, whom she managed to defeat using a choke hold for the first time in her professional career.

Gina's next opponent was former HOOKnSHOOT champion Kaitlyn Young in a fight on May 31, 2008.

The day before the fight, Gina was unable to make the weight, being two kilograms over the limit, so she agreed to cut her own fee by 12.5 percent in order for the fight to remain valid.

Gina gained widespread fame on October 4, 2008, when she fought against Kelly Kobold, which (like all other fights) was broadcast on the national television channel CBS.

P.s. Before this fight, there were rumors that Gina would not fit into the weight class, since over the past year she had only one fight and then could not meet the weight category limit. However, Gina assured critics that she would be on track this time around because she had hired a nutritionist.

However, the weigh-in revealed an excess of 1.3 kilograms (crappy nutritionist: D). Then the fun begins 🙂 Gina takes off her sports bra and steps on the scale again, which shows an overweight of 1.1 kilograms. On the third attempt, Gina takes off all her remaining clothes and, covered with a towel, was able to fit into the weight category, showing an advantage of only half a kilogram.

P.P.s. in this fight, Gina, again 🙂 by unanimous opinion of the judge, wins.

Gina's last fight took place against Christiane "Cyborg" Santos, where Gina suffered the first defeat (by technical knockout) in her MMA career... Referee Josh Rosenthal stopped the fight a second before the end of the first round when Carano, lying on the floor, lost the ability to defend herself. However, despite the defeat, Gina received $100 thousand for the fight - the highest fee for a woman in MMA as of 2010. For comparison, her opponent received 25 thousand for her victory.

After this fight, Gina stopped participating in fights.

As a result, during her sports career, Gina held 14 local Muay Thai fights, of which: 12 victories - 1 defeat - 1 draw and 8 in mixed martial arts, 7 of which were victories, 1 defeat.

After the last fight (loss), Gina concentrated on filming numerous photo shoots / video shoots (cinematography), although she never studied to be an actress or a model :)

The ex-champion was invited to appear in the most famous glossies: MAXIM, GQ, Playboy. Here are some pictures:

But the photo is not for magazines, but just somewhere from life, the guys will appreciate it)):

The most popular films with Gina, in my opinion: “BLOOD and BONE” (there is a small episode in a street fight), “Knockout” (in this film, Gina played the main role, the film itself received a lot of positive reviews, and Gina was fully featured in world of cinema) and “Fast and Furious 6” (here she played a partner

Based on a true story, Ring Girls is a fast-paced story about five American women from Las Vegas who set out to become the best female Muay Thai fighters in the world. To do this, they travel to Thailand to fight the best female Muay Thai fighters in the world.

—Fight Girls

Along with Lisa King, Carano serves as a mentor to aspiring female fighters on the Oxygen reality series Fight Girls.

While on the project, she starred in the show's training video alongside Monica Carlson (Jet), Jennifer Weiderstrom (Phoenix), Michael O'Hern (Titan), Tonya Reed (Toa) and Don "Hollywood" Yates (Wolf).

Interesting Facts:

Height: 173 cm
Weight: offhand, around 64-66 kg.
There is a nickname: Crush, Conviction.
Lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Gina is one of the leading gladiators of the sports show "American Gladiators".
Gina is widely recognized as the "Female Face of MMA", but refuses to acknowledge this title.
According to some reports, she has two pit bull terriers at home, and her roommate and best friend is a former prisoner.
Gina has an idol -

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Gina Joy Carano(English) Gina Joy Carano, genus. April 16, 1982, Dallas County, USA) is an American MMA fighter and actress. Carano participated in the show “American Gladiators.” Generally recognized as the “Female Face of MMA”, he refuses to acknowledge this title.

Carano was born in Dallas County, Texas, the second child of Glenn Carano, a professional American football player, and Dana Cason. In addition to Gina, the Carano family has two more daughters.

Carano graduated from Trinity Christian School. Trinity Christian High School). In high school, Carano played on the girls basketball team, which she helped lead to a state title. In addition, Gina was interested in volleyball and softball. After school, she entered the University of Nevada in Reno, where she studied for a year, after which she studied at the same university for three years, but in Las Vegas, specializing in psychology, but never received a diploma.

Sports career

Carano's sports career began with Muay Thai. After 14 fights (12 wins - 1 loss - 1 draw), Carano received an offer to take part in the first sanctioned women's mixed rules fight in Nevada. The fight took place under the auspices of the little-known World Extreme Fighting promotion, and Carano’s opponent was Letitia Pestova, whom Gina knocked out in 38 seconds.

Carano's next fight also took place for the little-known organization World Pro Fighting Championships, against Rosey Sexton, who was also knocked out. Thanks to her remarkable victory, Carano was invited to Strikeforce, a more famous organization, however, at that time, did not have the rights to show fights on public television. Carano defeated Elena Maxwell by unanimous decision and then competed in EliteXC, also winning a decision against Julie Kedzie.

In September 2007, Carano faced Toni Evinger, whom she managed to defeat by submission for the first time in her professional career.

Carano's next opponent was former HOOKnSHOOT champion Kaitlyn Young in a fight on May 31, 2008. The day before the fight, Carano was unable to make weight, being two kilograms over the limit. Carano agreed to cut her own purse by 12.5 percent to keep the fight alive.

Carano gained wide popularity on October 4, 2008, when she fought against Kelly Kobold. The fight, as well as all fights of the evening, were broadcast nationally on CBS.

Even before the fight, there were rumors that Carano would not fit into the weight limit, since over the past year she had only one fight and then could not meet the limit. Gina assured critics that she would be on track this time because she had hired a nutritionist. However, at the weigh-in, an advantage of 1.3 kilograms was revealed. After taking off her sports bra, Carano stepped on the scale again, which showed an excess of 1.1 kilograms. On the third attempt, having removed all her remaining clothes, Carano, covered with a towel, was able to fit into the weight category, showing an advantage of half a kilogram.

During the fight, Kobold put pressure on Carano, often entering the clinch and trying to take the fight to the ground. In the end, she succeeded, however, the round came to an end before Kobold could take advantage. In the second round, Carano broke the distance with straight leg kicks and effectively attacked with her hands, inflicting a deep cut on Kobold's eyebrow. In the third round, Carano almost ended the fight, landing a precise high kick right to Kobold's jaw. However, she did not lose consciousness, and the fight came to a decision, which was unanimously awarded to Carano. Gina dedicated the fight to her grandfather.

Fight with Christian Santos

Carano lost the fight via TKO, suffering the first loss of her MMA career. Referee Josh Rosenthal stopped the fight a second before the end of the first round when Carano, lying on the floor, lost the ability to defend herself. Despite the defeat, Carano received $100,000 for her performance - the highest fee for a woman in MMA as of 2010. For comparison, her opponent received $25,000, including a $5,000 bonus for winning.

After her loss to Santos, Carano concentrated on her film career, and her return to the ring or octagon remained in doubt for a long time. Carano's next fight was scheduled to take place on June 18 at the Strikeforce Grand Prix, but in early June it was announced that Gina had not received a license to fight because she had failed a physical. The specific reason for the denial of the license is unknown, while the state athletic commission denies that Gina's fight was banned.

Projects

Computer game Red Alert 3

Gina appeared in the computer game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, where she starred in photo shoots and videos as a spectacular Soviet special forces soldier and sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union, Natasha Volkova.

Television and film career

American Gladiators. American Gladiators.

In 2008, she appeared as "Crush" on the NBC show American Gladiators. While in the project, she starred in the show's training video along with Monica Karlson (Jet), Jennifer Widerstrom (Phoenix), Maykl O'Hearn (Titan), Tanoai Rid (Toa) and Don "Hollywood" Yates (Wolf). The DVD was released on 16 December 2008.

Documentaries

Carano starred in the cult documentary Ring Girls in 2006. Based on a true story, Ring Girls is a fast-paced story about five American women from Las Vegas who are on a mission to become the best female Muay Thai fighters in the world. To do this, they travel to Thailand to fight the world's best female Muay Thai fighters.

Along with Lisa King in 2007, Carano acted as a mentor to aspiring female fighters on the Oxygen reality series Fight Girls.

In 2011, the documentary film “I Am Bruce Lee” about the legendary fighter Bruce Lee was released. Gina talks about what Bruce Lee means to her and how he influenced her.

Movies

In 2009, Gina starred in a cameo role in the film Blood and Bone. Her heroine Veretta Vendetta fought in a street fight and won. His full-fledged film debut was the role Mallory Kane in the movie "Knockout". Director Steven Soderbergh only saw Gina Carano in the title role. The premiere took place in 2011. In 2013, the film "Fast and Furious 6" was released, where Gina plays the role of a member of the diplomatic security service in the team Hobbs(Dwayne Johnson).

The next film, Blood Revenge, starring Carano, will be released in 2014. Action director John Stockwell (Welcome to Heaven) said that "The role will showcase not only Gina's fighting skills, but also her acting skills as she tries to overcome her past."

In September 2012, Carano signed on to star in the all-female version of The Expendables.

In July 2013, it was announced that Gina would star in the film adaptation of the comic book Avengelyne. She will play a fallen angel who was sent to Earth with a mission to find and protect one person who holds the key to saving all humanity from demons and other evil forces.

Personal life

Gina's ex-boyfriend Kevin Ross, a professional Muay Thai fighter, inspired her to take up this sport. In addition, Gina dated a little-known MMA fighter, Keith Cope. After the breakup, Cope publicly stated that he had a videotape of their lovemaking. Gina denied the existence of such a film, and later Cope himself retracted his words.

Interesting Facts

The nickname is "Conviction", literally "conviction".
Gina Carano was brought to Muay Thai by the desire to lose excess weight: before that, she was a fairly well-fed girl.

Awards

At the 2013 Critics Choice Awards, she was nominated for the award for Best Actress in an Action Film for her role in the action film Knockout (but lost to Jennifer Lawrence).

MMA Statistics

Result	Record	Enemy	Way	Event	date	Round	Time	Place
Defeat	7-1	Cristiane Santos	TKO (Referee Stoppage)	Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg	August 15, 2009	1	4:59	San Jose, California, USA
For the Strikeforce Women's Lightweight Championship
Victory	7-0	Kelly Kobold	Unanimous decision	EliteXC: Heat	October 4, 2008	3	3:00	Sunrise, Florida, USA
Victory	6-0	Kaitlin Young	TKO (Doctor Stop)	EliteXC: Primetime	May 31, 2008	2	3:00	Newark, New Jersey, USA
Victory	5-0	Tonya Evinger	Rear choke	EliteXC: Uprising	September 15, 2007	1	2:53	Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Victory	4-0	Julie Kedzie	Unanimous decision	EliteXC: Destiny	February 10, 2007	3	3:00	Southaven, Mississippi, USA
Victory	3-0	Elaina Maxwell	Unanimous decision	Strikeforce: Triple Threat	December 8, 2006	3	2:00	San Jose, California, USA
Victory	2-0	Rosi Sexton	KO (Kick)	WPFC 1 - World Pro Fighting Championships	September 15, 2006	2	4:55	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Victory	1-0	Leiticia Pestova	TKO (Referee Stoppage)	WEF - World Extreme Fighting	June 10, 2006	1	0:38	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Filmography

What is known about her? Gina never trained as an actress or as a model; she is a star of ultimate fights and one of the leading gladiators of the sports show “American Gladiators.”
Generally recognized as the “Female Face of MMA”, he refuses to acknowledge this title.

Gina Joy Carano was born on April 16, 1982 in Dallas. Gina became interested in such an unusual sport for a young beautiful girl as Muay Thai (Thai boxing) at the university; at first she did it in order to adjust her weight.

Carano was born in Dallas County, Texas, the second child of Glenn Carano, a professional American football player, and Dana Cason. In addition to Gina, the Carano family has two more daughters.

Mother - Dana Cason.

Carano graduated from Trinity Christian High School. In high school, Carano played on the girls basketball team, which she helped lead to a state title. In addition, Gina was interested in volleyball and softball. After school, she entered the University of Nevada in Reno, where she studied for a year, after which she studied at the same university for three years, but in Las Vegas, specializing in psychology, but never received a diploma.

Gina's father is Glenn Carano, a professional football player.

Gina began her sports career with Muay Thai. Gina decided to engage in this sport in order to lose excess weight. The inspiration was Gina's boyfriend, professional Muay Thai fighter Kevin Ross. After she had 14 fights, of which she lost only one fight and another fight ended in a draw, Gina received an offer to participate in women's mixed style fights. These were the first legal women's MMA fights in Nevada. The fight was organized by the little-known company World Extreme Fighting.

Scheduled for June 2, 2007, he fought against Ian Finney at the K-1 Dynamite!! and EliteXC did not take place due to Carano's illness. According to some sources, Carano was hospitalized due to dehydration while attending World Extreme Cagefighting as a spectator.
In September 2007, Carano faced Toni Evinger, whom she managed to defeat by submission for the first time in her professional career.

Carano's next opponent was former HOOKnSHOOT champion Kaitlyn Young in a fight on May 31, 2008. The day before the fight, Carano missed weight, being two kilograms over the limit. Carano agreed to cut her own purse by 12.5 percent to keep the fight alive.
Carano gained wide popularity on October 4, 2008, when she fought against Kelly Kobold. The fight, as well as all fights of the evening, were broadcast nationally on CBS.

After Strikeforce bought the assets of the bankrupt ProElite, the parent company of EliteXC, Carano, like many other former EliteXC fighters, began to compete under the auspices of the California promotion. Strikeforce became the first MMA organization to put a women's fight at the head of the evening, pitting a Brazilian Muay specialist against Carano Thai and Brazilian jiu-jitsu Christian "Cyborg" Santos. Strikeforce President Scott Coker noted that despite the fact that the weight category up to 66 kilograms in MMA is traditionally called “featherweight,” the fight will be for the Strikeforce lightweight champion title.
Carano lost the fight via TKO, suffering the first loss of her MMA career. Referee Josh Rosenthal stopped the fight a second before the end of the first round when Carano, lying on the floor, lost the ability to defend herself. Despite the loss, Carano received $100 thousand for her performance - the highest fee for a woman in MMA as of 2010. For comparison, her opponent received 25 thousand, including a 5 thousand bonus for winning.

After that, Gina stopped fighting and began to earn a living by appearing in numerous photo shoots. The ex-champion was invited to appear in the most famous glossies: MAXIM, GQ, Playboy. And in 2012, Steven Soderbergh invited her to Knockout. By the way, after filming this film, Gina was offered a role in the blockbuster “Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters,” so it is quite possible that Carano will not return to the ring. Acting in films is still healthier than exposing your face to other people’s fists...

Interesting facts:

* Nicknamed "Conviction", literally "conviction".

* She has two pit bull terriers at home, and her roommate and best friend is a former prisoner.

* Gina Carano was brought to Muay Thai by the desire to lose excess weight: before that she was a fairly plump girl.

* Impact force:
by hand - 294.83 kg
elbow - 181.44 kg
knee - 249.48 kg
leg - 362.87 kg

* A combo of 8 strikes in 3 seconds amounted to 2177 kg. The choke gives a load of 172.36 kg

* MMA champion in fighting without rules.