The CEO of Strikeforce announced last February that Gina Carano would be returning to Strikeforce. This announcement was heard by MMA fans around the country and instantly brought much attention back to the women’s division.
In 2006 Carano debuted and in no time had a 7-0 record. Carano was one of the first women ever to access mainstream attention in MMA and got a great deal of coverage in the media. She usually was dominant in her fights and always the aggressor until she found herself outworked by a women by the name of Christiane Santos.
Carano who is only 28 fought last in 2009, in the Women’s Middleweight Championship against Christiane Santos and incurred the first loss of her career. After the loss to Santos, Carano took time off from MMA, to work on television commercials and movies. This left fans of Carano wondering if they would ever see their favorite women’s MMA fighter in the cage again. The announcement of Carano’s return to the sport draws lots of attention back to the women’s division and fans "including me" can not wait to see her fight again this summer.
I found this to be of importance to the topic of women in sport because because Gina Carano put a women’s face in the media to what was once thought of as only a man's sport. She also put women's MMA under the spot light and got them mainstream coverage. Carano also took advantage of this spot light and used her success in the sport to allow her to take her career in other directions. This ia all a huge accomplishment for women in MMA.
Jonathan Collins
Kin 338I Sec05
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