Scott Coker wants Gina Carano back
The face of women’s MMA may not be back until summer 2010, according to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker. Gina Carano,…
The face of women’s MMA may not be back until summer 2010, according to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker.
Gina Carano, 27, is currently shooting a starring role in the Stephen Soderbergh-helmed film Knockout. She reportedly plays a fighter who’s hired by the government to become a spy.
When asked for an update on when Carano would return to the Strikeforce cage, Coker said, that’s a good question.
Her agent and I have been in dialogue, he added. We had talked about having her fight again, but not fighting on Dec. 19. She’s going to acting classes, I heard, and doing a lot of weapons training, doing what they do.
I’d like to sit down with her face-to-face probably in the next 30 days or so, and sit down and see where her head’s at, he said. By all means, we would love to have her back, and we would love to have her fight again. I think in her heart she’s still a fighter.
One of Carano’s chief trainers, Chris Ben-Tchavtchavadze, said Monday that she had been living in San Diego with family and hadn’t spoken of a return. He said the spotlight of her last fight overwhelmed her and she needed to get her mind in the right place for a return.