Gina Carano weighs in on Miesha Tate’s title-defense against Ronda Rousey

She may not turn 30 for a few more months but Gina Carano is unquestionably one of the true pioneers of women’s MMA. Though she only fought eight times professionally, the beautiful brawler brought a level of attention onto her gender’s contributions to the sport that paved the way for the March 3 main event between Strikeforce bantamweight champ Miesha Tate and undefeated contender Ronda Rousey.

Carano recently offered up her opinion on the upcoming bout, expressing both her interest in the outcome as well as a desire to attend the match-up live.

“Both of those women are hard workers and have strong personalities,” said Carano of the fight as a guest on MMAWeekly Radio. “I hope that it does well. I’m super excited about it.”

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Though Carano will definitely be tuning in to the Showtime broadcast when things go down in two weeks, the humble fan-favorite understands her mere presence in the crowd would diminish the spotlight Tate/Rousey have earned.

“I would love to,” explained a wishful Carano before continuing, “The only reason I haven’t gone to a bunch of the women’s fights, cause I absolutely love them, but I don’t want to show up and people are like ‘Gina’s trying to show up to steal attention’ or trying to challenge anybody. They usually put the camera on me and that’s their moment.”

“Conviction” Carano stopped short of making a pick while admiring Tate’s title-winning performance against Marloes Coenen and Rousey’s Olympic background in addition to her aggression.

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