{"id":93436,"date":"2014-04-17T15:25:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T22:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=93436"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:47:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:47:41","slug":"gina-caranos-strikeforce-contract-expires-in-june-ufc-still-interested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/gina-caranos-strikeforce-contract-expires-in-june-ufc-still-interested\/","title":{"rendered":"Gina Carano&#8217;s Strikeforce contract expires in June, UFC still interested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/rumor-has-it-could-the-big-announcement-be-a-super-fight-for-rousey\/gina-carano-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88368\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gina-carano-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"gina carano PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gina-carano-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gina-carano-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gina-carano-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUFC President Dana White met with former Strikeforce title challenger Gina Carano last week to discuss her potential return to mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting did not produce a future bout\u00a0or a new contract, but the Zuffa fight boss told reporters at the &#8216;TUF Nations Finale&#8217; that &#8220;Conviction&#8221;\u00a0could still be octagon bound:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cShe wants to fight,\u201d<\/em> he said.<em> \u201cLet\u2019s see if we come to deal or not and then we\u2019ll talk about Gina. She\u2019s under contract but that doesn\u2019t mean anything. Her contract with Strikeforce actually expires in June.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gina Carano (7-1 MMA) hasn\u2019t fought since suffering the first loss of her career to\u00a0Cristiane \u201cCyborg\u201d Santos in August of 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Carano is widely considered\u00a0to be\u00a0the first face of women&#8217;s mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0stepping away from the sport of MMA, Carano has since found success in Hollywood, starring in movies such as Haywire, Fast and Furious 6 and In The Blood.<\/p>\n<p>Props to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/04\/gina-caranos-strikeforce-contract-expires-in-june-but-ufc-is-still-interested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a> for the quote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White met with former Strikeforce title challenger Gina Carano last week to discuss her potential return to mixed martial arts. 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