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Gina Carano: American Gladiators to feature female MMA fighter (Pics)

American Gladiators Gina Carano
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"American Gladiators" will return to the airwaves on Sunday, January 6 at 9 p.m. ET on the NBC network. Carano currently competes under the EliteXC banner. Her nickname on the show is "Crush," which may or may not be better than her real-world moniker, "Conviction."

(Thanks to FiveOuncesOfPain.com for the assist.)

Update: To check out a video trailer for the upcoming season click here.

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only one thing to say…Aww Skeet Skeet!!

by jjdnb on Dec 17, 2007 10:55 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

the only thing i see is CAMEL TOE!!! ha ha

by kickinthehead on Dec 17, 2007 11:03 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

she can mount me anytime

by boz on Dec 17, 2007 11:10 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Sexy Mamacita!

by Da Twin on Dec 17, 2007 11:14 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Good for Gina. She deserves the exposure. She can kick some serious ass, and now she’s working on her ground game at Xtreme Couture. Any time up until about a year ago if someone told me that girls would be fighting mma in the usa, and there was one girl that was very dominant, I would expect some diesel, butch dyke. But no, instead we get the sexy Gina Carano.

In the most recent commercial for American Gladiator it said featuring Lelei Ali and Hulk Hogan. Are the both hosts, or is Ali a gladiator?

by ViolentMike on Dec 17, 2007 11:23 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

They are both provided by NBC.

by momo on Dec 17, 2007 11:34 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

This American Gladiator comeback is brought to you by… the writers’ strike!!

by arodofiron on Dec 17, 2007 11:41 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Hulkamania Brother!

by pw on Dec 17, 2007 11:42 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

She is beautiful.

by PhilQNY on Dec 17, 2007 11:42 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Hulkamania Brother!

..lol

Damn shes beautiful. I wanna marry her …Gina looks like a real fighter, like a movie star.

by ntvman on Dec 17, 2007 11:54 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

She’s def in the top 10 women I’d like to get my ass kicked by.

by EazyEismydad on Dec 17, 2007 11:54 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

I went to a taping of American Gladiators a week ago and I didn’t see Gina as one of the Gladiators. Not sure if she was just out that day or what.

Violent Mike – Ali and Hulk are both hosts. Hulk can’t read lines for shit, but Ali is pretty good.

by HBCY on Dec 17, 2007 12:03 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I just can’t picture myself watching this. Even with some hot chicks it’s still gonna be crap. Is anyone looking forward to this?

by DonnyG on Dec 17, 2007 12:19 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I’m planning on checking it out.

by Griffinfan05 on Dec 17, 2007 12:27 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I just can’t picture myself watching this. Even with some hot chicks it’s still gonna be crap. Is anyone looking forward to this?

Heck yeah! American Gladiators rocked. There’s nothing like a group of gargantuan muscleheads relieving their roid rage by laying the hurt on a bunch of average joes.

by IceMuncher on Dec 17, 2007 12:36 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I hope hulk is a better host then father.

by dana's cheap on Dec 17, 2007 12:40 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Heck yeah! American Gladiators rocked. There’s nothing like a group of gargantuan muscleheads relieving their roid rage by laying the hurt on a bunch of average joes.


Hell yeah. My Saturday nights in middle school/junior high were SNL, back when it was still funny, followed by Gladiators featuring Laser and Nitro and Zap and some other ones I can’t remember.

by pw on Dec 17, 2007 12:51 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Forsure, i’m going to watch it!..

by ntvman on Dec 17, 2007 12:51 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I heard that she was on roids…..but thats probably just a dumb rumor. I 4get where I hearrd it from.

by john on Dec 17, 2007 12:55 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Let’s just say this. Before three seconds ago there was no way in hell I was going to watch this show but now that I know Gina is going to be on the show there’s no way in hell I’m going to miss it now.

by EdenMachine on Dec 17, 2007 1:01 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Off Topic yesterday I found a great website that shows all mma fights: K-1, Pride, UFC. I got to watch Tito fight wanderlei for the 1st time. I though Tito was tough back then but wanderlei rocked Tito with an uppercut, and I swear Tito turned his back and ran full speed to the other end of the cage with wandy chasing him at full speed….It was the funniest ting I have ever seen in mma!

by john on Dec 17, 2007 1:15 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

She came to train one night at ICON here in Honolulu before her fight. When she and her crew first walked in the gym I thought,, geesh someones hot lil girlfriend came by to watch her boy train….uuhhhhhhhhh I was wrong.
I watched her as she hit the mitts and let me tell you,,,,she was connecting big time.
It truely is a pleasure watching someone as talented as her in this sport.

by Tobias808 on Dec 17, 2007 1:22 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Say your prayers and eat your vitamins….Gina is scrumptious.

by Jabroni Mahoney on Dec 17, 2007 1:26 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Mania – check it out.
http://www.summit-ent.com/nbd/
It’s hard to know if this will do more harm or good.

by A Lynch on Dec 17, 2007 1:38 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Anyone remember Dana saying women should not fight MMA? If he wants to push MMA as a sport he needs to rethink that.
And yes she is hawt.

by Landowner on Dec 17, 2007 1:44 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Damnit Mania, stop moderating me.

by pw on Dec 17, 2007 1:52 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

cameltoe

by eat on Dec 17, 2007 1:58 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Very pretty

by MMATattoos on Dec 17, 2007 2:02 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

She’s wayyyy out of shape.

by Dana Blanco on Dec 17, 2007 2:09 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Off Topic yesterday I found a great website that shows all mma fights: K-1, Pride, UFC. I got to watch Tito fight wanderlei for the 1st time. I though Tito was tough back then but wanderlei rocked Tito with an uppercut, and I swear Tito turned his back and ran full speed to the other end of the cage with wandy chasing him at full speed….It was the funniest ting I have ever seen in mma!

and think about it..what would of happened if Wandy had become the lhw champ and not Tito. That is a historical MMA fight just for the what if.

by PhilQNY on Dec 17, 2007 2:16 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

She is the only one that is hot, especially since she is the only one that doesnt have man-hands.

by Luppers on Dec 17, 2007 2:36 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

whoh! shes mad sexy!

by Insain on Dec 17, 2007 2:38 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Off Topic yesterday I found a great website that shows all mma fights: K-1, Pride, UFC. I got to watch Tito fight wanderlei for the 1st time. I though Tito was tough back then but wanderlei rocked Tito with an uppercut, and I swear Tito turned his back and ran full speed to the other end of the cage with wandy chasing him at full speed….It was the funniest ting I have ever seen in mma!

what is it? if you can say. i already know about onepunchko.com. is there a different one?

by b.w. on Dec 17, 2007 2:56 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

She is mad sexy but is that a cup, or just a nasty camel toe that could whoop my ass?

by "Mr. NC-17" on Dec 17, 2007 3:01 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

The UFC and other promotions did MMA a disservice by not incorporating women’s MMA. Promoting gender equality from the beginning would have strengthened MMA’s fight for legitimacy as a sport, broadened its marketing base and popular support, and created a normative atmosphere and infrastructure for women’s MMA.
 
It is lamentable that Gina would put her fighting career on hold to be on American Gladiators; however, it is understandable. Had she and other women been promoted and paid like their male counterparts, Gina would have likely declined the show. As an emerging face of women’s MMA, her departure hurts the sport.
  
While Gina is talented, sadly, her popularity was never based entirely on her martial prowess. The image of the beauty-queen athlete, with moderate abilities and marketable sex appeal, is a well documented phenomenon:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ez9hGz0FKMEC&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=“the model of the athlete as beauty queen”&source=web&ots=TuqRIbZqqW&sig=1n761QanUo5sOZXYOhOE846Sxew

Promotions like Smackgirl, Bodog and EliteXC are on the right track but a lot more needs to be done to showcase these gifted fighters. Dana and the UFC may be forced to rethink their position on women’s MMA in the future.

A good site for women’s MMA:

www.fightergirls.com

by Khemtawe on Dec 17, 2007 3:04 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

what is it? if you can say. i already know about onepunchko.com. is there a different one?

Oh sorry……….www.myvideofight.com….excellent website

by john on Dec 17, 2007 3:14 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I don’t like the idea of female MMA. Who wants that face to get messed up or something? At least GLOW was fake. Does anyone remember that? LOL

by kibbled_bits on Dec 17, 2007 3:24 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Oh sorry……….www.myvideofight.com….excellent website


thanks!

by b.w. on Dec 17, 2007 3:50 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

thanks!

No problem. check it out and tell me what u think

by john on Dec 17, 2007 4:24 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

The UFC and other promotions did MMA a disservice by not incorporating women’s MMA. Promoting gender equality from the beginning would have strengthened MMA’s fight for legitimacy as a sport, broadened its marketing base and popular support, and created a normative atmosphere and infrastructure for women’s MMA.

It is lamentable that Gina would put her fighting career on hold to be on American Gladiators; however, it is understandable. Had she and other women been promoted and paid like their male counterparts, Gina would have likely declined the show. As an emerging face of women’s MMA, her departure hurts the sport.

While Gina is talented, sadly, her popularity was never based entirely on her martial prowess. The image of the beauty-queen athlete, with moderate abilities and marketable sex appeal, is a well documented phenomenon:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ez9hGz0FKMEC&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=“the model of the athlete as beauty queen”&source=web&ots=TuqRIbZqqW&sig=1n761QanUo5sOZXYOhOE846Sxew

Promotions like Smackgirl, Bodog and EliteXC are on the right track but a lot more needs to be done to showcase these gifted fighters. Dana and the UFC may be forced to rethink their position on women’s MMA in the future.

A good site for women’s MMA:

www.fightergirls.com

Thats how it is in sports… Jenny Finch and Danica Patrick ring a bell?

by Luppers on Dec 17, 2007 4:36 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

More on American Gladiators check it out here:

http://www.nbc.com/American_Gladiators/

The have bios for the gladiators.

by Mr. Jitters on Dec 17, 2007 4:49 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Khemtawe: while I applaud your efforts toward gender equality, you’re barking up the wrong tree. Gender equality in sports has NEVER been any source of legitimacy of a sport. Almost nobody cares about WNBA. There is no WMLB or WNFL. Plain and simple, most people care about women in sports about as much as they care about men in modeling. There are very clear genetic differences that make women in sports not compelling, and those differences are in the observer, not in the athlete.

by Michaelthebox on Dec 17, 2007 5:08 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

GOD!!!! She is f—cking fine.me wanna taste fighter girl

by jdawg on Dec 17, 2007 5:51 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Sad Sad Sad. I agree she is gorgeous but WTF show her some god damn respect she isn’t an object!

Regards,
Blue Blodded Hetro Male

by jimboslice on Dec 17, 2007 6:06 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

i bet all the guys who have ever seen her fight would be too scared to ask her on a date

one wrong word and youd be in the hospital being laughed at by cops when you tried to explain what had happened

dana is definitely right that the casual mma fan isnt ready for women fighting. jackasses like senator john mccain would have a field day if the ufc broadcast it

men vs women isnt on
imagine what guys at 140 would do to that pretty face

the public isnt interested in womens sport
michelle wie wants to compete in mens golf for that reason
it is possibly the only true sport where women stand a chance and they are still at a massive power disadvantage(darts snooker etc arent really sports they are pub games)

if women get better and are knocking each other out with brutal ground and pound theres a good chance of a serious injury as a mismatch fight is far more likely to occur than at the top of mens mma

iv quickly checked that gina isnt stood behind me while im typing this… all the hype is down to looks… it almost always is with sportwomen…

anna kournikova is 100 times more famous and recoognisable than the most dominant woman tennis player over the last 5 years (justine henin)and kournikova probably hasnt even lifted a racket in that period

by nate diaz on Dec 17, 2007 6:24 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Sad Sad Sad. I agree she is gorgeous but WTF show her some god damn respect she isn’t an object!

Regards,
Blue Blodded Hetro Male

Oh yeah, they are so exploiting her! She’s smokin’!

by Ray on Dec 17, 2007 6:44 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I am glad women aren’t in ufc. Cage fighting is no joke and i wouldn’t enjoy seeing beautiful ladies getting smashed up and scarred faces, broken bones ect.. which are a part of the sport. Good for her but I just can’t enjoy seeing the ladies get hurt.

by markg on Dec 17, 2007 6:57 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Khemtawe: while I applaud your efforts toward gender equality, you’re barking up the wrong tree. Gender equality in sports has NEVER been any source of legitimacy of a sport. Almost nobody cares about WNBA. There is no WMLB or WNFL. Plain and simple, most people care about women in sports about as much as they care about men in modeling. There are very clear genetic differences that make women in sports not compelling, and those differences are in the observer, not in the athlete.

Had there been women, as fighters, promoters, and managers in the MMA’s initial stages, I think that MMA would not have been perceived with as great of a barbaric image and that would have contributed to MMA’s legitimacy in the world of public opinion.

There are no genetic differences in the observers you are referring to that would cause them not to support women’s sports. Many are socialized to view women’s sports as less compelling, or men’s sports as superior.

For instance, if there were women participants at the first UFC shows (which were many US fans’ introduction to MMA), by today UFC fans would be socialized to expect to see them and there would be a much greater enthusiasm for women’s MMA in the US. By now there would be female legends of MMA who would be mentioned in the same breath as Severn and Gracie.

Today it would take a strong marketing campaign to begin to socialize MMA fans, especially those with misogynistic views, to see women’s MMA as equal to men’s MMA. But if promoters can market Bisping vs Evans to people, or Fedor vs Hong Man Choi, surely they can market bouts featuring world-class women fighters.

by Khemtawe on Dec 17, 2007 7:11 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Gina Carano isn’t in the promo trailer showing off all the gladiators. She had profile pictures and such but shes not mentioned or shown in the “Meet the Gladiators” video.

by Trey on Dec 17, 2007 7:41 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

She’s wayyyy out of shape.

How did you come to that conclusion? She could probably kick your ass.

by J-Dub on Dec 17, 2007 8:00 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

she dont need to be on that show. she really needs to be at my house practicing her bjj on me. ill do any thing to put my face close to that cameltoe. she is hot.

by whammy on Dec 17, 2007 8:02 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Let’s just say this. Before three seconds ago there was no way in hell I was going to watch this show but now that I know Gina is going to be on the show there’s no way in hell I’m going to miss it now.

Word. Oh god, I hate her. ;)

by The Anomaly on Dec 17, 2007 8:07 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

The UFC and other promotions did MMA a disservice by not incorporating women’s MMA. Promoting gender equality from the beginning would have strengthened MMA’s fight for legitimacy as a sport, broadened its marketing base and popular support, and created a normative atmosphere and infrastructure for women’s MMA.

I know I never took professional basketball seriously until we started getting all those thrilling 46-42 games from the WNBA.

by PW on Dec 17, 2007 8:14 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Apparently you haven’t seen the best of women’s MMA compete.

by Khemtawe on Dec 17, 2007 8:19 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

The UFC and other promotions did MMA a disservice by not incorporating women’s MMA. Promoting gender equality from the beginning would have strengthened MMA’s fight for legitimacy as a sport, broadened its marketing base and popular support, and created a normative atmosphere and infrastructure for women’s MMA.

Apparently you haven’t seen the best of women’s MMA compete.

by Khemtawe on Dec 17, 2007 8:20 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Jeez I just can’t seem to get this post out… sorry for the repeats

I know I never took professional basketball seriously until we started getting all those thrilling 46-42 games from the WNBA.

Apparently you haven’t seen the best of women’s MMA compete.

by Khemtawe on Dec 17, 2007 8:22 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

even if I fought her I still probably wouldn’t be able to touch her hahaha.

by The Anomaly on Dec 17, 2007 8:45 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Sad Sad Sad. I agree she is gorgeous but WTF show her some god damn respect she isn’t an object!

Regards,
Blue Blodded Hetro Male

how am i being disrespectful in your eyes? by complimenting her?

by jdawg on Dec 17, 2007 9:15 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

let me know when she beats someone tough.not just anorexic chicks. why is she wearing a girdle? it goes on the inside of your clothes not the outside sweetheart.

by suspiria on Dec 17, 2007 9:31 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

No one said that womens MMA would be better. The point Dana had made himself and that he should be pushing now is that MMA is less brutal than boxing. I would expect womens MMA to be more technical and less physical than the men’s. Much like womens basketball. Hell you might even like it.
And pretty faces getting scarred up is part of life. Roger Huerta isn’t told not to fight just because he’s got a pretty face.

by Landowner on Dec 17, 2007 10:33 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Gina has skill. But she walks through competition simply because there aren’t that many good female MMA fighters out there.

Now some compulsory sexually charged comments:

Triangle choking her would be sweet.
Her triangle choking me would be sweet.
I want to North-South her.

by RHV on Dec 17, 2007 11:10 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I would lie down and let her pummel me with that tennis ball cannon…

by Jesse Holland on Dec 18, 2007 12:27 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Gina is definetly sexy

by broncos12405 on Dec 18, 2007 2:05 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Gina equals Hot!

by MMA PUNK on Dec 18, 2007 4:20 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

holy cameltoe!

by ICEMANIA on Dec 18, 2007 7:27 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Dana doesn’t have women in the UFC (besides the ring girls) because there aren’t enough top talents to support it. Gina is ONE girl (albeit, very pretty and very marketable), but that isn’t enough to start an entire division. And what about weight classes? They would water down women’s MMA even more. Furthermore, it would take away opportunities of men that have been training for far longer. Just think, the last Okami vs. McDonald fight was not even shown. Now imagine it not even happening because two chicks (who don’t look like Gina) are going at it with their braids and acne flying and spraying everywhere. YUCK! Remember, most (really all other)MMA chicks don’t look like Gina.

by UFCAddict on Dec 18, 2007 10:39 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Damn, I’d toss that bitch’s salad….

by Ixian on Dec 18, 2007 2:04 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

UFCAddict
Good point. I don’t think Dana should be in the womens MMA buisness ether. My point was that he said they specifically should not be in MMA. All he needs to say is that women in there own MMA forum would be fine. It would add a lot of legitimacy to his claim the MMA is a real sport.

by Landowner on Dec 18, 2007 3:31 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

at first I didn’t think that was really Nate Diaz.then I read there post “iv quickly checked that gina isnt stood behind me while im typing this”I guess it was him after all.

by suspiria on Dec 18, 2007 7:53 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

http://www.nbc.com/American_Gladiators/photos/#cat=645&sec=1481&mea=35996

More pics of Gina Carano!

by Ray on Dec 18, 2007 10:42 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

“camel toe” holy piss that’s more like camel foot.

by suspiria on Dec 19, 2007 4:04 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Damn, I’d toss that bitch’s salad….

Normaly I would say gross, but….yeah. I simply have no way to express how hot she is to me. After the I saw her fight Julie Kedzie and esecially after I saw he at the weigh in for that fight…damn. I had to amend my one free celebrity fling clause with my wife. So now, she gets, HUgh Jackman(as wolverine) and I get to be beat up by Gina Carano, if the opportunity ever presents itself to me.

by mattchupichu on Dec 19, 2007 8:07 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

is Gina taking marriage proposals ?

This musician can show you a rockin’ time in NYC

by keith roma on Jan 11, 2008 1:51 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Three wishes from God, one would be Gina Carano. Beauty with an attitude, WOW!!!

by Thai Sevener on Aug 16, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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