First off, this wasn’t the squash match that everyone advertised.
The layman will say that Cyborg is better than Carano, and they are mistaken. Cyborg had a better game plan and better ground skills, but what really happened was that Gina had an ineffectual game plan for what Cyborg was bringing. Anytime you fight a Wanderlei type fighter, you can’t be hunt and peck type of fighter. (Get the audio below to find out more about why. You can be a counter puncher, but you can’t be a hunt and peck fighter (two totally different fighters).
Gina fought and hurt Cyborg a few times. But, there are tons of things you can learn from this fight such as Jeet Kune Do principals such as SDA and ABC and what happens when the styles collide in a fight.
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I saw this fight too! And to tell you the truth, I never saw the eye of the tiger in Gina Carano\’s eyes. However, I did in Cyborg\’s! She was hungry!! And she was going to do whatever it took to win. And another thing, I saw every one of Carano\’s fights; and although they were good, none of them possessed the intensity like Cyborg\’s did. She was like a fighting machine that just kept on coming at you not knowing when to stop. And as a 2-1 favorite, it\’s no wonder why she won.
Carano is a good fighter make no mistake about it. However, she if she wants to become champion some day she needs to work hard and learn from her mistakes.
I agree, with a fighter who fights like Wanderlei and swarms you, you can’t pot shot them to death. You’re going to eat a lot of leather there was a massive flaw in the game plan strategy of Carano.
What do expect when a MAN( CYBORG)fights a woman (Carano). I don\’t care what anyone says they need to GENDER test Cyborg that is a man. If they test her they will be able to give GINA her title.
I agree with the thought that something seem unnatural in that fight. Cyborg came in way big, and Gina is not a small girl and she looked tiny next to Cyborg. They might be PR’ing this situation with Cyborg’s recent cover of a magazine that tries to make her look “sexy”. It’s out on newsstands now.
Gina was outclassed plain and simple. I\’ve followed her since she started in muay thai. I fought a girl from her camp. She never fought the best in muay thai. Master Toddy hand picked her fights. She was undefeated until she met Julia Budd who handled her. She quit muay thai after that loss and started MMA. She’s a good fighter, but the best?? Germaine DeRandamie is the best MT fighter and Gina would NEVER fight her. It was nice to finally see Gina tested. We don’t see bullsh!t fights in men\’s MMA. Why should females be any different? Cyborg is here to wreck shop and hopefully the next generation of females who step up will be game not glamour.
Outclassed? Maybe, but it’s important to note, there were tons of technical errors that Gina made in this fight. Cyborg’s style is a hybrid swatter/tank, you have to deal with this kind of fighter in a specific way, and unfortunately, what she was told to do was ineffective for this type of fighter. Cyborg will meet her match when someone battles her style and not her specifically. This was a fight that was just plain coached wrong and Gina paid for it. Mark my words though, Cyborg will lose and it will be by domination or knockout and her star will also be tarnished.