Coach John Wood thinks losing to Ronda Rousey quickly left a void in Gina Carano.
Carano (7-2) was submitted in just 17 seconds by Rousey (13-2) in their MVP MMA 1 headliner this past Saturday at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Carano returned to competition for the first time since 2009. Wood, who helped Carano prepare for Rousey, is confident she still has plenty of fight left in her.
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“I do not believe that that itch has been scratched yet for Gina, but we’ll see,” Wood told Home of Fight. “There’s a lot of things already coming at her. I could tell you, behind the scenes, there’s a lot of activity already, so ultimately the decision is hers. It was never a need for money. This was a personal thing for her to come back and do this.
“Truthfully for me, she found the love of fighting again. And as a coach, I see somebody in the room who, she can still fight. And there’s a lot of people that she can still beat, I guarantee you. You know, I think with the right matchups and the right, fair matchups, that we can have some fun out there. So we’ll see what she decides to do.”
Losing 100 pounds and making it to the cage was a victory in and of itself for Carano, but the 44-year-old admitted she is uncertain whether or not she fights again. Wood thinks with the right matchup, Carano can be lured back in.
“I personally would like to see her do it again,” Wood said. “I personally would like to see her take the work that we did and actually have another camp that would be focused on just fighting because all the hard work, the bullsh*t, the weight cut has been done. I would love to see her have another camp and do a fun fight.
“Do I think she’s going to do it? I would lean more to yes than no.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Gina Carano’s coach doesn’t believe MMA ‘itch has been scratched’
