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Former referee and current Bellator commentator “Big” John McCarthy says Gina Carano didn’t deserve Dana White’s text mishap.
Carano appeared on ESPN’s Ariel Helwani MMA Show and revealed why a dream match with Ronda Rousey never materialized. Carano revealed that UFC president White insisted that she was going to sign a contract despite Carano not agreeing to the bout unless she had time to get a full camp. She then claimed that she received an unfavorable text from White accidentally (via MMAJunkie).
“So then he kept on doing that, and I was still kind of searching for a team and feeling all that pressure, and then he sent me a text message saying, ‘This (expletive) is something, like (expletive) us around,’ something like that. And I sent a text message back and I sent, ‘I think you sent this out to the wrong person,’ and he said, ‘I don’t think I did.’”
During an edition of the Weighing In podcast, McCarthy said that Carano did the right thing not debuting in the UFC after receiving the text (via BJPenn.com).
“Gina’s a different person. She’s very shy. She’s very quiet. She has her people that she talks to and she wasn’t happy about it. One of the people she used to talk to a lot was Randy Couture. then there was a text that was sent. It wasn’t mean to be sent to her but it was a mistake. Somehow it got sent to her. It basically was saying she wasn’t being easy-going in this negotiation and what was going on. And she sent it back to Dana and he said that was sent to you. And from that point she didn’t talk to him, she just iced him out,” McCarthy said about Carano.
“That’s the kind of person she is and that’s the way she should be. She should not take abuse from anybody over anything when it comes to the negotiation of a fight. She had agreed to something, they had agreed to something, and someone didn’t hold up their end of the agreement. And then they’re upset about the fact that someone’s not being helpful to them when they haven’t held up their end of the agreement. That’s what happens.”
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What if I told you that Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano were almost booked against one another in a superfight? Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano are arguably the two biggest names in the history of WMMA. Rousey rose to superstardom during her reign of terror …
What if I told you that Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano were almost booked against one another in a superfight? Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano are arguably the two biggest names in the history of WMMA. Rousey rose to superstardom during her reign of terror from 2013-2015 as the UFC bantamweight champion. As for Gina […]
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There was a good chance the mixed martial arts world may have seen a superfight between Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey. Both fighters are regarded as pioneers of women’s mixed martial arts and given their mainstream appeal, a fight would have done solid business for the UFC. Although Carano’s last fight was in Strikeforce in […]
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There was a good chance the mixed martial arts world may have seen a superfight between Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey.
Both fighters are regarded as pioneers of women’s mixed martial arts and given their mainstream appeal, a fight would have done solid business for the UFC.
Although Carano’s last fight was in Strikeforce in 2009, she revealed the UFC actually called her for a meeting in view of a potential fight with Rousey. And Carano was on board at first:
“When Ronda Rousey became popular, they finally called for a meeting,” Carano revealed on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday. “I walked in to a restaurant and there were big, muscly guys on the table in the middle of Hollywood and I remember thinking ‘what took you so long?’ They were like ‘okay, we’d love to offer you a million dollars. We’d love to have that fight.’
“And I was like ‘well, that sounds great. I’m going to need you to do me a favor. I’ve been acting now and I’m not active in any gym. So you’re going to have to give me some time to build a team which is not an easy thing. … You got to sit on this for six months, Dana.”
However, White didn’t seem patient enough. Carano detailed how she was pressured by the UFC head honcho to fight sooner which ultimately led to them falling out.
“… It was a nice dinner and we all left positive. I left stoked. Okay, this makes sense. This is my moment,” she added. “And then, the next day Dana was out there talking about me, talking about my name, telling people that they were going to sign me. And I don’t even have a team yet. I was like ‘that’s not what we discussed. You were supposed to give me at least six months to find a team.’ And then he started trying to put on the pressure through the media.
“It was a bummer because I told him over a text message that’s not what we talked about. I need time. … Then, he kept on doing that. I was still kind of searching for a team and feeling all that pressure. And then he sent me a text message that said, ‘this b*tch is something effing us around.’ I sent a text message back saying I think you sent that to the wrong person. And he said I don’t think I did. And that was the last conversation we had over a text message. Because I don’t think that was the kind of environment I wanted to come back into. So I just cut all communication after that text.”
Carano added that she later met with White who offered a genuine apology. However, by that time, the damage was done and Carano was firmly focused on acting.
What do you make of Carano’s revelations?
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Former Elite XC and Strikeforce contender Gina Carano has landed a major role in the upcoming ‘Star Wars’ spinoff series headed to the Disney+ streaming service. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Carano has been cast alongside former …
Former Elite XC and Strikeforce contender Gina Carano has landed a major role in the upcoming ‘Star Wars’ spinoff series headed to the Disney+ streaming service. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Carano has been cast alongside former ‘Game of Thrones’ actor Pedro Pascal in the series titled ‘The Mandalorian’ that’s being developed by writer and […]
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Long before Ronda Rousey was deemed the face of women’s mixed martial arts, Gina Carano was the first true superstar to gain national attention for her work inside the cage. Transitioning from kickboxing in K-1 to a highly successful career in bo…
Long before Ronda Rousey was deemed the face of women’s mixed martial arts, Gina Carano was the first true superstar to gain national attention for her work inside the cage. Transitioning from kickboxing in K-1 to a highly successful career in both Elite XC and Strikeforce, Carano was considered the top star in all of […]