Gina Carano: Announces To Return to Strikeforce In 2011

Gina Carano: Announces To Return to Strikeforce In 2011

Gina Carano is coming back to Strikeforce to compete in their women’s division after more than a year away from the sport.



The Las Vegas based fighter was in attendance for the Strikeforce show on Saturday night in New Jersey, where she announced her intentions to return to MMA in 2011.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has long talked about Carano returning to the sport, and believed that despite her new found acting career she would come back to fighting.

The women’s division has expanded in the time since Carano’s exit, but Cris “Cyborg” Santos, the fighter who handed Carano her only career loss, still reigns atop the 145lb division as champion.

Carano has widely been considered one of the most popular fighter on the Strikeforce roster, and her return will only bolster the promotion’s ratings on future Showtime broadcasts.