{"id":38369,"date":"2026-05-20T17:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Coach-expects-Gina-Carano-to-fight-again-I-would-lean-more-to-yes-than-no-201271"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:10:01","slug":"coach-expects-gina-carano-to-fight-again-i-would-lean-more-to-yes-than-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/coach-expects-gina-carano-to-fight-again-i-would-lean-more-to-yes-than-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach expects Gina Carano to fight again: &#8216;I would lean more to yes than no&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/coach-expects-gina-carano-to-fight-again-i-would-lean-more-to-yes-than-no.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>John<br \/>\nWood thinks it&#8217;s possible he works with Gina Carano for another<br \/>\nfight. | Sarah Stier\/Getty Images for Netflix<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>After nearly 17 years away, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gina-Carano-16535\">Gina Carano<\/a><br \/>\nonly got to spend 17 seconds in the cage in her mixed martial arts<br \/>\nreturn.<\/p>\n<p>Carano succumbed to a <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ronda-Rousey-73073\">Ronda<br \/>\nRousey<\/a> armbar in the main event of Most Valuable Promotions\u2019<br \/>\nfirst MMA card this past Saturday at the Intuit Dome in Los<br \/>\nAngeles. In her post-fight interview, Carano <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Gina-Carano-reflects-on-first-MMA-bout-in-17-years-201239\"><br \/>\nadmitted<\/a> that she would have liked a chance to show more in her<br \/>\nfirst fight since Aug. 15, 2009. Coach <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/John-Wood-372083\">John Wood<\/a>,<br \/>\nwho led Carano\u2019s camp, also believes that she might have more to<br \/>\nprove before she walks away from the sport for good.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8220;I do not believe that that itch has been scratched yet for Gina,<br \/>\nbut we&#8217;ll see,&#8221; Wood told <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iyIGhoeiY4s\">Home<br \/>\nof Fight<\/a>. &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of things already coming at her. I<br \/>\ncould tell you, behind the scenes, there&#8217;s a lot of activity<br \/>\nalready, so ultimately the decision is hers. It was never a need<br \/>\nfor money. This was a personal thing for her to come back and do<br \/>\nthis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Truthfully for me, she found the love of fighting again. As a<br \/>\ncoach, I see somebody in the room who, she can still fight. And<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s a lot of people that she can still beat, I guarantee you.<br \/>\nYou know, I think with the right matchups and the right, fair<br \/>\nmatchups, that we can have some fun out there. So we&#8217;ll see what<br \/>\nshe decides to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Carano was an early pioneer for women\u2019s MMA, facing <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Julie-Kedzie-10093\">Julie<br \/>\nKedzie<\/a> in the first women\u2019s fight to be broadcast on national<br \/>\ntelevision. She was victorious in her first seven professional<br \/>\noutings before falling to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Cristiane-Justino-14477\">Cristiane<br \/>\nJustino<\/a> via first-round technical knockout under the<br \/>\nStrikeforce banner. Ahead of her comeback fight against Rousey,<br \/>\nCarano revealed she lost more than 100 pounds as a result of her<br \/>\ntraining.<\/p>\n<h2>Filling the Void?<\/h2>\n<p>With that work out of the way, Wood has hopes that Carano will take<br \/>\nanother fight in the not too distant future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I personally would like to see her do it again,&#8221; Wood said. &#8220;I<br \/>\npersonally would like to see her take the work that we did and<br \/>\nactually have another camp that would be focused on just fighting<br \/>\nbecause all the hard work, the bulls\u2014t, the weight cut has been<br \/>\ndone. I would love to see her have another camp and do a fun<br \/>\nfight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do I think she&#8217;s going to do it? I would lean more to yes than no.<br \/>\nI feel like there\u2019s going to be kind of the same thing that Ronda<br \/>\nhad \u2014 that empty hole that was left in her. Gina\u2019s gonna have that<br \/>\nnow after going through this process and being fired up. I think<br \/>\nthat maybe we see another one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"4.2032967032967\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.928571428571\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udc40 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gina-Carano-16535\">Gina<br \/>\nCarano<\/a>\u2019s coach <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/John-Wood-372083\">John Wood<\/a><br \/>\nsays she can still beat a lot of fighters and believes she\u2019ll fight<br \/>\nagain soon:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see somebody in the room who, she can still fight, dude. And<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s a lot of people that she can still beat, I guarantee you.<br \/>\nYou know, I think with the right\u2026 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K0nfeF4s0O\">pic.twitter.com\/K0nfeF4s0O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Home_of_Fight\/status\/2057020385770533119?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nMay 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Wood thinks it&#8217;s possible he works with Gina Carano for another fight. | Sarah Stier\/Getty Images for Netflix After nearly 17 years away, Gina Carano only got to spend 17 seconds in the cage in her mixed martial arts return. 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