Sorry, Ronda Rousey, but it seems like you have to wait more to finally get the fight of your dreams against Gina Carano.
Despite having been in negotiations with UFC, the possibility of Henry Cavill's girl returning to the ring soon is finally out of the picture after she signed to do two movies by the end of 2014. The former Elite XC and Strikeforce fighter was supposedly close in signing a contract to fight current bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.
It seems like Henry Cavill's girlfriend is more intent in following the footsteps of his beau, however, and UFC President Dana White expressed his distaste about it. Foxsports.com quoted White saying, "The hardest human being we've ever dealt with and I didn't see it coming.... We've dealt with (Brock) Lesnar, Tito (Ortiz), Chuck (Liddell) was f-king king of the world, and Ronda Rousey, we've pretty much done deals with everyone on Earth and she is the hardest f-king athlete we have ever dealt with."
White's words, however, seemed more aimed towards Carano's handlers. In an article by MMAFrenzy.com, White expressed that the problem with Carano was that she was letting herself be handled by "Hollywood f-king idiots." He further expounded, "You're talking about a girl who hasn't fought in a while... In dealing with her people, I don't know if it can be done."
Ouch.
Carano's last fight was against Cris "Cyborg" who stopped her under the Strikeforce banner back in 2009. The negotiations, which started early this year, was planned to offer Carano a title fight against Rousey late this year or early next year. White even shared that he let co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta to handle the talks but even he gave up at one point.
"I'm going to tell you what Lorenzo said to me-he said whatever you do, if you want this fight to happen, do not talk to her manager. He said 'you will f-king go crazy, you will lose your mother---ing mind. If you want this to happen, please don't call this guy."
Carano's manager Scott Karp, has exclusively spilled to MMAFighting.com that the 32-year old will be filming a movie called "Bus 657" which includes Robert DeNiro and Dave Batista. After her October filming, the ex-athlete is set to film a second movie in December.
As for Rousey, the current Bantamweight champion have always been open about her desire to fight Carano because of the latter's huge contribution in establishing the woman's side of the sport. The "Expendables III" actress even said that it was Carano who pushed her to join MMA.
With Carano out of the picture, White said Cat Zingano is next in line for being the No.1 contender of Rousey in her January 3 fight if she defeats Amanda Nunes at UFC 178.
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