Results tagged “female MMA” from MMA Explosion

Got the pic from The Underground at mixedmartialarts.com. Here's a write-up from cinemaspy.com:
Steven Soderbergh wants to bring a sense of realism back to the action/spy genre, starting with the casting of mixed martial artist Gina Carano as his leading lady in his upcoming film, Knockout.

In Knockout, Carano will play a woman with incomparable hand-to-hand fighting skills, who gets hired by the government and subsequently involved in a globe-trotting plotline. Although the project may sound similar to James Bond or Jason Bourne's exploits, there will be more logic involved, especially with regards to high-speed pursuit, Soderbergh told MTV.

I know I've posted a lot of Strikeforce videos this week - which kind of makes sense that they've made so many, given this is their biggest event yet - but this will probably be the last hype videos I post. Speed up to :30 in to see gratuitous soft-core content.

courtesy of sherdog.com:
Strikeforce Female 145-Pound Championship
Gina Carano (143) vs. Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos (144.5)

Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship
Renato "Babalu" Sobral (201) vs. Gegard Mousasi (204)

Strikeforce Lightweight Championship
Gilbert Melendez (155) vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (155)

Jay Hieron (169) vs. Jesse Taylor (*172)
Fabricio Werdum (228) vs. Mike Kyle (219)
Mike Cook (205) vs. Scott Lighty (202)
David Douglas vs. Justin Wilcox
Zak Bucia vs. James Terry
Isaiah Hill vs. Alexander Trevino

* Taylor has two hours to drop one pound.

Evinger joins many of the top female fighters in the country in this documentary. Thanks to Jerod Phillips from Tap or Sleep fightwear, who sponsors Evinger and says that in more than one place on the show, you can see someone sportin' TOS fightwear.

A reporter from MMA Worldwide interviews Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos about her upcoming superfight with GIna Carano for Strikeforce on Aug. 15. One of his questions is how long it would take for Carano to lose consciousness if Cyborg got her in a rear-naked. Fast-foward to about 4:45 to see where I got the title quote.

Whether it is or isn't the biggest fight in women's MMA, as some have talked about it, it promises to be a good one, maybe even Carano's toughest test yet.

More Gina:

It looks like Pennsylvania's first female MMA fight will happen at the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge on July 18 at Wisehaven in York Township.

Looking at the card, Jessalee Kline (5 feet, 5 inches tall, 120 pounds, woth a 0-0 record) is listed on one side.of the card, facing the infamous "TBD"

I talked to Mark Jovich, the CPWC's promoter, who said he has another female fighter to face Jessalee.

I hope to talk to both Jessalee and her opponent in the weeks to come. Tickets for the July 18 event are available here.