{"id":131105,"date":"2015-02-26T10:37:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T18:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=131105"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:47:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:47:32","slug":"female-fighting-pioneer-gina-carano-shares-thoughts-significance-ufc-184","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/female-fighting-pioneer-gina-carano-shares-thoughts-significance-ufc-184\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Fighting Pioneer, Gina Carano Shares Her Thoughts On The State of WMMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/female-fighting-pioneer-gina-carano-shares-thoughts-significance-ufc-184\/gina-carano-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131106\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Gina-Carano.jpg\" alt=\"Gina-Carano\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-131106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Gina-Carano.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Gina-Carano-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Gina-Carano-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Gina-Carano-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This weekend&#8217;s UFC 184 event is one of historical significance. For the first time in UFC history a pay-per-view event features four females in the main and co-main events.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right folks&#8230; It&#8217;s a girl card.<\/p>\n<p>Long before the days of Ronda Rousey, the original female face of the sport, Gina Carano was paving the way for the ladies of today. And now she reflects on that road, and gives a statement to the world, via twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Check it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\">@arielhelwani<\/a> What I think. &#x263a;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ZEpkJoRYWl\">pic.twitter.com\/ZEpkJoRYWl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gina Carano (@ginacarano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ginacarano\/status\/570705420714708993\">February 25, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend&#8217;s UFC 184 event is one of historical significance. For the first time in UFC history a pay-per-view event features four females in the main and co-main events. That&#8217;s right folks&#8230; It&#8217;s a girl card. Long before the days of Ronda Rousey, the original female face of the sport, Gina Carano was paving the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":131106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Female Fighting Pioneer, Gina Carano Shares Her Thoughts On The State of WMMA | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This weekend&#039;s UFC 184 event is one of historical significance. For the first time in UFC history a pay-per-view event feature... 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