Ĭarano fought on the SeptemShowtime EliteXC card, where she defeated Tonya Evinger via rear-naked choke for her first career win by submission. The Fight Network and other news outlets reported that Carano was rushed to the hospital by ambulance for dehydration while attending a World Extreme Cagefighting event as a spectator. Her scheduled bout against Jan Finney at the EliteXC/ K-1 Dynamite!! USA event on Jwas canceled due to illness. It was the first televised female fight on Showtime. She fought on the FebruShowtime EliteXC card, defeating Julie Kedzie via unanimous decision in what was called the "Fight of the Night". It was the first female fight in Strikeforce. Carano proved critics wrong when she defeated Maxwell for the second time the first victory coming in a Muay Thai bout. She won the fight via unanimous decision. Ĭarano faced Elaina Maxwell at Strikeforce: Triple Threat on December 8, 2006. Carano won the fight by knocking out Sexton late in the second round. She was invited to the World Pro Fighting show in Las Vegas to fight Rosi Sexton. After achieving a Muay Thai record of 12–1–1, Carano received an offer from Jamie Levine to participate in the first-ever sanctioned female MMA bout in Nevada with World Extreme Fighting to fight Leiticia Pestovа (a bout Carano won in 38 seconds). Her then-boyfriend Kevin Ross, a pro Muay Thai fighter, got her involved. Mixed martial arts careerĬarano started her career in the sport of Muay Thai. She attended the University of Nevada, Reno for a year and then University of Nevada, Las Vegas for three years, majoring in psychology. Ĭarano graduated from Trinity Christian High School in Las Vegas where she led the girls' basketball team to a state title. She has said that her family celebrates "an Italian festival" every year, though she is of a "small percentage of Italian" descent. She was raised by her mother after her parents divorced when Gina was seven. She is the middle child of three sisters. She also portrayed Cara Dune in the first two seasons of the Disney+ space Western series The Mandalorian from 2019 to 2020.Ĭarano was born in Dallas County, Texas, and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, the daughter of Dana Joy Cason and casino executive and former professional football player Glenn Carano. Transitioning from the ring to the screen, Carano landed her first major role as the lead of the action film Haywire (2011), which was followed by appearances in Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and Deadpool (2016). Carano retired from competition after her first professional MMA defeat to Cyborg. She and Cris Cyborg were the first women to headline a major MMA event during their 2009 Strikeforce bout. Her popularity led to her being called the "face of women's MMA", although Carano rejected this title. She competed in EliteXC and Strikeforce from 2006 to 2009, where she compiled a 7–1 record. Gina Joy Carano (born Ap) is an American actress and former mixed martial artist. Carano at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International
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