Strikeforce’s June 18 fight card took a serious blow on Tuesday when it was announced that the most famous fighter in women’s MMA, Gina Carano, would not be competing on the fight card because she was not medically cleared to fight.
Later in the day, MMAJunkie.com broke the news that Carano had indeed been cleared by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
MMAJunkie spoke to Susan Stafford, a representative of the Department of Licensing and Regulation, who told the website, “She had met all the state of Texas requirements.”
Rumors then began to swirl as to exactly why Carano had withdrawn from the card.
One of the first of these rumors was published by Guyism.com, who asked, “Could it be that Carano is simply out of shape or unable to make weight? If you recall, she’s had some trouble in the past getting her weight under control before a fight.”
Carano has had trouble in the past making weight, failing to make weight for her May 2008 Elite XC fight. She again struggled to make the 140 pound limit in her next Elite XC fight, coming in at 142.75 in her first attempt. Carano did make the weight after removing all her clothes and weighing in behind a towel.
As stated above, this is just a rumor.
The June 18 fight would have marked the first time Carano had been in the cage since losing her Strikeforce title to Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos in August 2009.
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