Gina Carano To Star in "KnockOut" The Movie

  It seems that MMA is crossing over again into the Hollywood scene. Movie director Steven Soderbergh is going to direct a spy thriller called "KnockOut", which will be starring MMA fighter Gina Carano. She is definitely a knockout when it comes to her beauty and her skills inside and outside of the cage. In her recent fight though, she suffered a loss to Chris Cyborg, who is now the woman's StrikeForce champion. Cyborg dominated Carano in this fight by finishing her off with a ground and pound TKO victory at the ending of the first round.

  This will not be Carano's first acting job. She has previously appeared in the documentary "Ring Girls" and on the television shows "Fight Girls" and "American Gladiators" (playing "Crush"). In the movie "KnockOut", Gina will be playing a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who is given a second chance to use her skills for constructive purposes. It is said that the movie should start shooting sometime in February 2010.


  Gina's name has been synonymous with womens MMA. Everyone has labeled her the "face of womens MMA" because her accomplishments have helped to further the progress and awareness of women in MMA. When she suffered the loss to Cyborg, some felt that womens MMA might suffer, but it showed that women fighters are capable of headlining a main event. I would have figured that Gina would have wanted to get back in the cage as soon as possible to make up for that loss on her record. I guess being as popular as she is, she is taking advantage of all the opportunities being thrown her way. Being a movie star is not a bad thing. I hope she does step back in the ring to show the haters that she is more than just something pretty to look at.