Under den senaste tiden har det varit en hel del prat om en match mellan UFC:s bantamviktsmästarinna Ronda Rousey och Gina Carano, det trots att Gina ännu inte har kontrakt med organisationen. MMA-veteranen Randy Couture tycker dock det vore en mycket dum idé av UFC att boka in Ronda vs. Gina, och detta var vad han hade att säga via ”The MMA Hour”:
Technically, it’s a very interesting matchup; she’s a very, very good striker. We’ve not really seen Ronda Rousey face a solid striker like Gina Carano. I think if Gina had an achilles heel, even when she was at her peak over five years ago, it was the grappling side of things. So, my sincere hope is that they give her a chance to get up to speed, get back into top fight shape and really kind of up her grappling technique and that side of her game. Then it would be an amazing fight.
I think it’s silly, it’d be silly for Gina. I think Gina has way more to lose there than she has to gain in stepping right in to a title fight after being off and off the mats in training environment for five years. And frankly she’s done a great job in her movie career, I don’t know why she would want to do that. I think if they give her a chance to get her feet back under her and get back up to technical speed where she was, it would be a very interesting fight.
I think from a business standpoint, absolutely, ZUFFA and UFC are going to put a ton of money in their pockets for that fight whether they let Gina prepare properly or not, that’s not really a question. I think that’s huge fight. For a long time Gina Carano was the queen of MMA. She is exactly what Ronda Rousey is to MMA right now. To have those two meet up, is a huge fight on the business side of things.
Obviously, my loyalty and my concern is for Gina Carano and that she gets a fair shake and gets to get up to speed, get a couple of fights under her belt and get back on track, get back into the former tactical prowess were used to seeing her at. To throw her right in against Ronda Rousey in the very first fight; Ronda is firing on all cylinders right now, she’s been very active and she’s as sharp as she can be right now. That just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
Carano har inte stått inne i oktagonen sedan augusti 2009, då hon slogs ut av Cristiane ”Cyborg” Justino vid ”Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg”.
