After training in Muay Thai, Gina Carano’s career in Mixed Martial Arts took off in 2006: a time when women in the sport was scarce.
Not long after Carano’s retirement, she would find a new job that would also allow her to utilize her combative skills, but more on that later.
It was not even until 2012 when the UFC officially began accepting female fighters and Ronda Rousey made headlines as the organization’s first signed athlete.
However, her eighth and final fight would also be her first and only loss, after suffering a TKO from her opponent, Brazilian-American fighter Cristiane “Cris Cyborg” Justino.