Henry Cavill girlfriend Gina Carano's possible return to the fighting arena fills the news for the past few months. Aside from UFC's invitation that expresses a slightly positive note on her return, with President Dana White saying, "I think we're close", the former Strikeforce CEO also invites her to join Bellator.
According to MMA Mania, after the former Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has been busy boosting up the Viacom-owned company's MMA game after he has taken over Bellator few months back. After recently booking of Marloes Coenen vs. Julia Budd, Scott reportedly talked about his latest move and his plans to add another women's division on a recent interview with The MMA Hour.
"If you look at our past, we have always believed in female fighting. Whether it was back in the kickboxing days on ESPN, I was the first person to do female fighting in the state of California in mixed martial arts; which was the Gina Carano vs. Elena Maxwell fight. And we did some big fights, Ronda fought for Strikeforce and I believe in it. We were the pioneers for female mixed martial arts and it's just a natural fit. We started getting contacted by camps around the world and Marloes and Budd became available and they wanted to come. Right now, we are talking to two other girls that we'll hopefully have on board soon. We're going to add another division in the next three or four months that will be in the lighter weight, but I can't say which one," he said in the interview.
Coker also revealed that the company is communicating with Gina Carano's management but haven't announced any response from Carano's side.
"We've had one conversation with Brent and Scott and that was it. It was just one quick conversation and there was nothing really made of it. I think that Gina really wants to fight at 135. As far as Cyborg, we haven't talked to her because she is under contract and fighting with Invicta. But if she ever becomes available, then we will have a conversation with her. We don't have a 135 division and I can't say what (Carano) is going to do because she's got film commitments and she is very busy and has a good acting career. It's going to be up to her and her schedule," he added.
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