Your Feelings about Gina Carano

[Naruto]

I like to hear all of your feelings about our girl Gina.

[Jen]

I think after the sting of the loss passes, she'll bounce right back. She's a tough cookie. She's a warrior, lol.

[NutMan]

I think she's an amazing fighter. I also agree that she'll get back to training asap and start kicking ass again.

[krav dood]

If you believe in "good losses" then this one is a great one for Gina.  She will be back and better than ever before.  I may feel sorry for Cyborg when they fight again.   

[BigJ]

She respects the sport, shes got a lot heart and determination...Shes hot as hell! Hope she kicks Cyborg's ass next time.

[N.K]

She has inspired me in so many ways that i didnt know it was possible! she is without a doubt an amazing fighter and extremely beautiful (im sure we can all agree on that!!), but what strikes me most about her is her personality. With all the pressure from media... how she has managed to stay to so humble, respectful, cute and funny is really amazing.

Her loss to Cyborg only shows that shes human! As disappointing as it was, it might be a great lesson for her and i hope that it brings out the best Gina Carano we've ever seen. i would love to see her come back and eff Cyborg up... lol but for now.. win or lose... ill be pulling for her...

[Ironwill]

My feelings ...hmmm...

Well all I know of her is what I've seen on you tube and the American gladiators, and from all that I'd say that she is quite a woman.  Moreso than possibly 90% of the women I've ever met in my life so far.  She's beautiful (both inside and out), she's such a humble person, she's really open to strangers (as testament to all her photos), she has such a corny, funny personality that is addictive to almost any person who meet her, but most of all... she's REAL.  To be honest I could care less about her fighting. That is not what inspires me to want to know her.  Its how she treats common people as equals even when she has attained such "celebrity" status.  I think that's what divides this country of ours most of the time with  rich and the poor... famous and common person. It's so beautiful to see a woman with her humility. 

If I didn't know better, I would say that Gina hasn't done any post fight interviews for one of twos reasons only.  I think she feels as if she let all of her fans down, and I think many of us know how fragile her heart is.  She's an emotional person and if she's feeling that way, then its gonna take a few days with her family supporting her so that she can get up the heart to interview without tears.  I seriously believe that her fans are like family to her. Another reason could very well be the emotional impact of her first real defeat.  Her other defeat early on I think she scrapped that one up to "learning" but since then she's been undefeated.  Alot of you already know this but you might know something else... In her 2 seasons on the American Gladiators where she went by the adorable nickname "Crush", she was ALSO undefeated.  No contender ever defeated her in all the numerous events she did.  Perhaps she's trying to cope with this uncharted water that she's in now?

Either way, I'm there to support her as a friend and a fan, because in the end she's still that same warm and beautiful woman that we all care about.

[Phoenix]

As in all the other threads, everyone knows how I feel about Gina Carano, so I'm not going to repeat it again. I am, however, going to add that Gina has done a lot for women in this sport, and even with this loss, she's still "the face of women's MMA", that title will never be erased just because she lost this battle... The war has just begun, and I believe that Gina has only begun to scratch the surface of her potential. Here's to a great future for the champion. 

[powerbomb91]

like ang said im jnot going to say like i already said only this .......................i  love gin and everything she is  ;

[aiki_chick]

Gina inspires me. I think she is strong and tough yet compassionate and gentle. It's her self-possession that caught my attention, more than her looks (and that's saying something, lol). She's a fighter at heart. I would be happy if I had half her inner strength.

Since the fight, she's included in my morning prayers, usually reserved for family and friends. I feel as though she's a friend, even if we've never met -- maybe because she remains humble and real.

Hopefully, she'll soon get her "groove" back.

[Naruto]

On one article, it says that from the look on Gina's face, she let her fans down. In my opinion -- she didn't. What do you think? And do you think is wise for her to do far less media and far more training?

[OdysseusGOsborne]

I am hardly qualified to advise such a fine fighter who is perhaps also smarter than me in many ways. However, Miyamoto Musashi and his "Book of 5 Rings" should be studied. I have 5 years experience as a sword & buckler fighter in a little known European tradition known as I.33, and even across time and continents, Musashi's work is thought provoking and relevant. Not only to sword fighting. But to the wrestling and unarmed fighting that happens in close quarter. So I have watched that last fight with Cyborg and have, I believed, come to personal conclusions from a few statements by sword masters many many years ago. The first feeling I have is when I read the opening words of Musashi from his book of Earth. " No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible. Even with complete and thorough study there is always the possibility of being defeated and although one may be expert in a particular form, mastery is something a man never stops seeking to attain."  To me this speaks volumes, that great technique even has its limitations. The other feeling I have is from words uttered by the German swordsmaster Liechtenaur to his students. A powerful Duke had gone to the old fightmaster to hire some of his best fighters for a special job in his army and the old master had bypassed the best students in the school and picked some lesser fighters for the job. They complained loudly that his selection was wrong. He explained that he must never ever send men who were not brightly happy to battle. Any man he sent MUST be happy in his whole heart, or they would not come back. He had noticed that students who were not bouncing with personal joy would be held in the balance, and when he sent sad men to battle, they never ever came back. This makes me ask, for my second feeling, what Gina was feeling. Did she have that exuberance that all warriors need and feed on at the moment of the fight? There is a third feeling that I have, but this can wait. If anyone is interested we can chat more. Hugs to all. :-)

[powerbomb91]

On one article, it says that from the look on Gina's face, she let her fans down. In my opinion -- she didn't. What do you think? And do you think is wise for her to do far less media and far more training?

she maybe thought she let her fans down ...............and she failed herself in a way....idk i love watch gina IN EVERYTHING SHE JUST HAD A BIT OF RING RUST ................SHE'S BEEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND FOUGHT GREAT BEFORE ....SHE'S JUST BEEN AWAY FOR FIGHTING THAT SHE WAS A BIT RUSTY ...SHE'LL COME BACK

[Phoenix]

Gina didn't let her fans down... She certainly didn't let me down. It was HER fight, so she might have felt she let herself down mostly.

Awesome first post Odysseus, and good facts.

[powerbomb91]

well said Ang