“Does it have something to do with her looks? Absolutely….. Most importantly, Gina has intensity. People like to watch her fight. That’s something that isn’t taught. You just have it or you don’t. Gina has the looks, the skills, the intensity, and one more thing — the timing. She is resonating with people now, people who are finally ready to watch female fighters. I believe Gina when she tells me she chose Strikeforce over the UFC, because she thought it was a better decision for women’s MMA in general…. I guarantee you she will single-handedly garner more press and media attention than UFC 100. Just wait and see. The interest Gina generates will turn a whole new section of fans onto Strikeforce and MMA, and I wholeheartedly believe we will be watching Carano, Robbie Lawler, Jake Shields, and the rest of Strikeforce’s expanding stable on CBS by January 2010.”
– Loretta Hunt over at Sherdog.com guarantees that female mixed martial artist, Gina Carano, will ultimately snag more headlines and create bigger buzz than the 800-pound gorilla’s historic centennial pay-per-view show on July 11. Carano competes under the Strikeforce banner, which has a network television deal with CBS. In fact, her five-round title fight against Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos will actually headline the next show on Aug. 15. So what do you think — is being a talented female fighter who is cute and competes on CBS enough to eclipse the interest and coverage of UFC 100 generates within the next two weeks?
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FEMINIST!
She’ll do anything to crap in Daner’s frosted flakes
Riiiiiggghhht. A couple broads who ought to be fighting in Jell-O or baby oil is not going to get more attention than two title fights.
What he said.
PW you speak the truth i would rather watch chicks mud wrestle or hot oil wrestle or honey wrestle..loretta Cunt is so full of crap..i hope and pray ufc never ever has chick fights on their cards..womens mma will just never be as big as mens and that’s fine by me..
HAHAHA man the image of the jello-figthing nearly gave me a chubby thanks PW!
won’t get more attention than ufc 100 but she is still hot!!
BOOBIES!!
the most famous fighters is going to get more press… Gina is probably more of a celebrity than anyone on the UFC 100 card
Don’t know why mania didn’t post my earlier comment but rob said it all.
darn it all to heck..i got censored..my post was only a little bit over the top..should not have used loretta’s name with a C instead of an H!!..and i agreed that i’d rather see chicks wrestle in random things such as mud, honey or hot oil..geez..oh and i hoped that the ufc never had chick fights on their card..there is the PC version. then again..sometimes my posts take hours to be put on..and then i have double posted and i am sorry if this is so..
Can someone please define snag more press and media attention?
Does this mean people actually watching the show? Does this mean people paying and interested in the event?
Or does it mean more press?
I know if I storm an NBA finals game nude and dance on the court during the game I would get a lot of press and more than UFC 100.
Does that mean people want to see me nude or are fascinated with me? Or does it mean I’m a one trick pony that is a freak show and this is being done for the first time?
This is more novelty than it is interest.
Nicely put Bennie. It’s like Dale Gribble said, just because you have their attention doesn’t mean you have their respect.
pw you don’t need their respect…
Loretta Hunt’s frickin useless. How biased. We don’t wanna hear this feminist crap. That’s the problem with mainstream audiences, if she’s right and Gina garners more attention than the BETTER fights, this sport like so many other things is just another victim of being a gimmick more than a showcase of skill.
Loretta is reporting on the wrong sport. The Dana White affair revealed that she and Maggie Smith, rather than being normal reporters like everyone else, have to milk the fact that they’re not just reporters but FEMALE reporters in a “male-dominated sport.” They’re way too self-conscious about that fact. People like Loretta are bad for the sport. She’s jumping on the Carano Bandwagon waving a fuckin flag in the air and shouting women’s lib invective. She’s using her.
I hope Cyborg knocks Carano out just to shut her up.
Loretta is doing her job just like Dana is…
stop hatin’ on her, Dana is the one that went overboard and should f’in get beaten down in a dark alley so that he learns to show some respect!
It’s not her fault that most dudes in the UFC are so uninteresting, and that no mainstream media cares about the sport…
“most dudes in the UFC are so uninteresting”
There’s plenty interesting people. LOL
It’s obvious you sympathize, you’re a Dana hater as much as she is. Of course! It makes sense now!
“most dudes in the UFC are so uninteresting”
What do you expect them to do, dress up as clowns and ride unicycles?
“It’s not her fault that most dudes in the UFC are so uninteresting, and that no mainstream media cares about the sport…”
So because most dudes aren’t interesting (according to you) we should adhere to gimmicks which showcase flamboyance more than brilliance? Okay Rob. Stick with WWE then.
Is this the same Rob that said “Attencio is the f**king man!!!” in the Ultimate Chaos thread?
Now it all makes sense.
What does it take to be a writer for Sherdog? Maybe all you need is a keyboard, because Loretta Hunt is crazy. I love Gina, but lets be realistic, the average person has no clue who Gina is.
I am kinda shocked at how delusional everyone is about the popularity of MMA. Gina is a lot bigger of a star than any one in the sport including chucky. She will be doing a crazy tour of various daytime shows that the UFC has no access to and it will be a big hype amongst people outside of non-hardcore or even casual fans. Everyone here though is too blindsided by their hate of sherdog to see this as a reasonable statement. Get off Dana’s nuts and actually read what she’s saying. It was sites like sherdog, the underground and cagefighter that were keeping this thing on lifesupport long before Dana and the fertittas came around. (Don’t think i am a sherdogger either, i can’t stand their forums)
NameNotRequired = FAIL
NameNotRequired, hehe just kidding. I see your points but I disagree. Also disagree that she’s the biggest star in MMA. It’s a load of crap that someone like her, just cuz she’s pretty should be a massive star like that. It’s bullcrap. So I’m not disputing she’s a star but to be bigger than anyone else? Geeeez.
No she’s not, and it’s a sad sad day when she’s a bigger Star than Fedor, GSP, Wandi, Penn, Chuck, A. Silva, Randy Couture, Nog, Hendo, Franklin etc.. Those guys have done so much more for the sport its not even funny.
Well said, O damn. Indeed.
I think she would have done that when she had the actual media watching her after the youtube debacle. Who here will come out and say that we will see frank mur or GSP doing a tour of the night and morning shows on the major networks before Gina?
I suppose Loretta is REALLY proud of herself. Her editor or whoever probably praises her and says, “Caused quite a stir today Loretta . . .” when all she’s doing is saying any obvious, retarded thing regarding something which is more about her socio-political agenda than it is about the sport.
HAHA so she thinks. i mean she woulda been smarter to say something like that for a fight night card…but this card i just dont think so
Exactly. Loretta Cunt is just a bitter twat.
Anyone see the E 60 piece on ESPN a while back where they asked her about Dana’s comments? She looked like such a pitiful fat tub of goo.
Maybe she should run a few laps around the block and drop 50 or 60 pounds. Then she might feel good about herself and stop being such a miserable whore.
Have you seen Jeff Sherwood? Sherdog prides itself on being obese. haha
This is another reason why the UFC is so much better than any other promotion. They wouldn’t put a female non-title fight as the main event over two relatively huge title fights. (Whether you think it’s an unofficial title fight doesn’t matter, the female sport is relatively nascent and rudimentary compared to the male sport.)
Why the HELL would Carano/Cyborg take precedence over REAL title fights like Overeem/Rogers and Thompson/Melendez? Because it’s a gimmick. Just like Kimbo. Strikeforce doing this is akin to EliteXC putting the Kimbo hype above everything else.
I’ve lost respect for Strikeforce now.
Loretta Hunt has been shooting up too much Demerol with Michael Jackson if she even dimly suspects her above statement indicates reality.
Loretta, I’m beginning understand why Dana thinks your such a douche, you suck at life.
Loretta Hunt- Fail
someone send this to failbog.org
wow i love gina carona but what a retarded comment
I like watching Gina and her fights, but Loretta is not only wrong but she is obviously pushing an agenda.
/Fail Loretta
Loretta Hunt has a crush on Gina and is stupid f-cking dike cunt!
i’m sorry to tell you but……….NO! ofcourse not. that’s preposterous. unheard off. im drunk
hunt has such a lesbo crush on Gina, and she hates Dana’s evil penis.
i have a crush on gina as well, but i am shelling out the $50 for ufc100 not gina.
You know its not sherdog that irks me at all…its biased writers like her. No wonder Dana gives it to her all the time.
titties < UFC 100
being in gina’s guard < ufc 100
UFC 100 Media Attention VIA way better PR
Gina is awsome, but shes a face. She’s a nice peice of ass. Thats it!. I don’t respect her because shes hot. I respect her b/c she can compete in MMA primetime.
Loretta Hunt is a f’n moron. Dana explained it best.
Dumb Dumb Dumb. Gina will stir up media for sure but it will plateau quick and won’t last long because she doesn’t have a bunch of people to fight and if she gets her pretty face smashed in the vast majority of the audience will INSTANTLY lose interest. Ain’t no mainstream peeps interested in Cyborg. Any mainstream attention women’s MMA get is all about the tits and ass, it’s always the same in woman’s sports. They even try and make Serena Williams look hot. Lorretta Hunt breaks some good stories but writes some EPIC failures (usually once a month!!!)
Lol at “They even try and make Serena Williams look hot.” No advance in special effects will ever achieve this IMHO. She looks like Mike Tyson in a tutu.
That’s harsh! I would dress her up in football gear and fuck her up the ass, no problem at all.
JUST KIDDING.
sherdog is useless fanboy anti-UFC crap. always has been.
I dont even know what to say about this. I mean does she want everyone to think she is dumb???
no doubt! she’s damn HOT! have you seen her photoshoots? HOLY SHMOLY!!!
way to go out on a limb Loretta – Strikforce will be on CBS?? get rid of Nostrodumbass, this B can really predict the future
Anyone have a link any sites streaming the fight tonight?
Loretta has now lost all credibility…..
Wait, she’s guaranteeing that Gina will pull more media coverage than UFC 100? How do you even quantify something like that? Is she going to tally every little news feed, interview, and article from every MMA site across the planet? What a silly thing to say.
She quantifies it with the illogical outspoken nature of her vagina.
Its obvious that Hunt is bitter about Dana’s rant at her… This is a crazy comment and if she had any cred she just lost it
Wow Loretta Hunt is a Femenist and a WHORE! Who is she trying to kid, women’s mma will never gain more media attention over two title fights and simply put the greastest mma event of all time.
Totally agreed.
Theres really nothing more to say about that carpet muncher.
Gina has the looks, skills, but definitely no intensity. If she was THAT intense, she would make weight more often. I would love to see females fight in the UFC, but the ones that do it now for Strikeforce need to get their shit together.
What was is that Dana called Hunt again?
I’m pretty sure Gina chose Strikeforce over the UFC, because the UFC has no womens division and she would not have been fighting anywhere else.
“I guarantee you she will single-handedly garner more press and media attention than UFC 100.”
No.
I completely disagree. Loretta Hunt, you are everything Dana White says you are! haha
In a couple of years when Gina gets older and has more scars nobody is gonna give a rat about her. She is popular because of her looks right now. Her intensity? whatever…
I mean gina’s cool and all…but more coverage than UFC 100??? People said that the sport wouldn’t make it to/or see 100 events, so NO…
That’s not even factoring in Fight Nights and TUF Finales.
I don’t understand the number of MMA fans that talk of Gina as though she is some supermodel. She is pretty, but not gorgeous, and her weight fluctuates from toned to mildly chubby.
Clearly she is leaps and bounds above any other female MMAers in terms of looks, and my guess is she gets the benefit of the Danica Patrick effect, where the sport has no one even close to decent looking that suddenly she looks hot.
Sure, she has some nice pics, but you can fix up any slighty
better than average looking girl with makeup and airbrushing to look great on a magazine cover too. But you can walk down the street in Las Vegas and find 100 girls better looking than Gina, not to mention compared to someone like Jessica Alba its almost ridiculous.
Jessica alba AND Jessica biel >>>>>> Gina
Loretta Hunt is so fucking worthless. You know you are a sorry human being, when the only attention you get, is when someone who actually matters, calls you a cunt.
Fuck you whore.
LOL I take it Gina Carano is going to be posing in playboy and Loretta Cunt believes us MMA fans will turn or attention to some titties……….well maybe for 10 minutes? This really proves everything Dana said about Loretta Hunt is fairly accurate.
I don’t know if she will get more attention than UFC 100, but her fight with Cyborg will get some major press for sure. I’m paying to see the Strikeforce fight on Showtime vs UFC 100. I wonder if Gina is going to get help from Ali, bc that would def. help her improve her striking.
Clearly the words of someone who has an agenda. And this gal is a reporter? Really?
Dana gave Loretta Hunt press you can’t buy. She needs to take the stick out of her ass and be a reporter. Also, what PPV would you buy? UFC 100 with Arianny Celeste, Rachelle Leah, Edith Labelle, and Logan Stanton or Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos and Gina Carano.
To all of you bitching and complaining about Loretta Hunt and how she is using her femininity as a media tool for her political agenda, are you not falling right into the trap and enabling her agenda by posting your hatred and disgust?
Truth is she’s probably right. Gina does draw better than probably any other MMA fighter. She has mainstream appeal from the Gladiators show. With Strikeforce finally inducting 5 minute rounds to women fighters, the hardcore fans will finally start to embrace them as legitimate.
The 57 comments solidifies Loretta’s point. Gina is a hot subject and people pay attention to it. From my RSS feed, I chose to open this topic as one of two, while looking for Ultimate Chaos results. Point proven.
Do you have any actual information to back up the notion that Gina “does draw better than probably any other MMA fighter”.
I want to make sure I understand you correctly, and if what you say is true, then Strikeforce could have planned a competing event on July 11, with Gina vs Cyborg as the main event, and would draw more PPV’s than UFC 100. Yes, no, maybe, or are you just now realizing how dumb that sounds?
By the way, the last thread highlighting UFC 100 is over 182 posts, and even the thread about the stupid UFC 100 concert being canceled is at 49 posts. Nice barometer.
…ugh
…oh
I just noticed your username. That explains everything.
I don’t get it. What does his name mean?
Well, I’m making an educated guess but, I think it’s proabably a chick (sorry about the neanderthalish reference), and ru486 is the clinical name for the morning after pill.
So I’m guessing she’s probably a hardline pro choice (not debating abortion here either, relax), pro female everything, and looks for EVERY Gina Carano story on the internet.
Draw your own conclusion. Either way, I’m having fun with it.
Haha, cool cool.
“The 57 comments solidifies Loretta’s point.”
It solidifies when a hack makes a stupid comment about a sport and lowers its standards that fans of the sport are going to say their opinions. Gina is a topic in MMA because she is an MMA fighter, just like Kimbo is.
If I can recall, there were a number of comments about that loser failed MMA fighter who beat the crap out of a restaurant critic or something. So I guess he’s a main draw too? I don’t even remember his name!
Your point is redundant.
“I guarantee you she will single-handedly garner more press and media attention than UFC 100.”
Oh my god, Dana is gonna have a field day with this one.
I don’t give a shit about female mma. Why do I care about seeing these broads kickin the ish out of eachother?
The only reason I know about womans MMA, I got bord and started checking out martial arts sites on you-tube, 20 years ago Cathey Long got alot of press,more than one BB mag cover, was a great fighter going 12 2min rounds with Bonnie Canino in Vagas,Cathey was goodlooking when she started but ended up with a ruined nose and alot of scars.After that nobody wants you WMMA is all somke and mirriors,most of the good fighters are down at 135 or lighter, see Shrah Kaufuman
The only way this fight gets more press than UFC 100 is if it’s on CBS.