The MMA Digest

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On September 15th, Gina Carano will take on Tonya Evinger in the next Elite XC card. Carano sheds some light on her upcoming bout, her training at Xtreme Couture and the pre-fight talk that Evinger has been dishing out.

Gina, what do you know about your opponent? She is sure a tough talker.
Yeah. I don’t know if tough talking is a cover up for insecurities or if she’s scared or anything, but every fighter can be beat and so I’m planning on beating her.

Are you still training with Scott Barry at Randy Couture’s gym?
I’m still training with Scott; he came over before I went over there, along with my boxing coach and the two over there. So I’m definitely still training with Scott.

What is your game plan for Tonya.
I guess my game plan is really to fight the fight. People come from wrestling and other places, but the beauty of MMA is that anything goes. And so I just need to remember that if I get stuck on the ground to get on my feet.

Do you expect her take it to the ground or do you expect her to remain standing?
I expect her to remain standing for a little bit and she’ll probably want to take me down, but I don’t know. I really don’t want to expect anything, I want to stick to my game plan.

Gina, do you feel pressure being called the face of women’s MMA and fighting again on Showtime?
Well, there’s been a little bit of pressure. But I started fighting when nobody was watching and I’ll continue fighting whether people are watching or not. I just love the positive energy. People want to (can) put me wherever they want to put me, that’s fine.

Did you have any idea you’d be getting this kind of exposure going into the fight with Kedzie? Did you have any idea that so many doors would open up for you?
No, actually I didn’t, but I knew that there was something special about the performance and so I just take one day at a time. I didn’t know it was going be like this and I’m thankful to God for it.

How has it been since you started training at Randy Couture’s gym?
Before, I didn’t have anybody to put it together for me. I would just do my boxing all different places. So when I went over to Randy’s, that all got put together for me. I haven’t had a chance to work with Randy that much because he’d been training for his fight But I did work with everybody there. Team Couture is amazing.

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