Gina Carano ought to tackle Holly Holm, says Chel Sonnen.
Final weekend, Carano returned to the cage after a 17-year layoff, shedding to Ronda Rousey in simply 17 seconds in the primary occasion of MVP MMA 1. The short loss and Carano’s seeming indifference to it led to unfavorable reactions from the MMA neighborhood, together with Sonnen.
However on Thursday, Carano’s coach John Wooden revealed that Carano was truly “dissatisfied” with the loss and was even contemplating a rematch. And Sonnen thinks that is precisely the correct method to play.
“This was very useful. It is nice that Coach Wooden got here out and did this as a result of that was the piece that was lacking,” Sonnen mentioned on the podcast. “I do not know if Gina goes to get one other stroll. I do not know if she’s going to get one other contract. It may be troublesome and it should take plenty of actually excellent issues to occur to get Gina, particularly in a headliner position. However that is what occurred towards Ronda.”
“Nobody thought {that a} 240-pound former fighter, 17 years aside, would set data and win a headlining position that pays hundreds of thousands of {dollars}. Nobody thought (that it could), however every thing fell into place. So so long as this consists of the weather that she cares about, it is attainable. That is why it helped a lot that Coach Wooden got here out and mentioned she had a damaged bone.”
Questions stay as as to whether Carano is keen sufficient to strive one other battle. But when he needed to strive once more, Sonnen believes this was the correct step to make it occur.
“That is nice, as a result of when Gina stands up and smiles and talks about how nice this was, how proud she is of this second, how grateful she is, it is a deal breaker with the viewers,” Sonnen mentioned.
“…The truth that she stood up and smiled and hugged her might actually finish her profession, as a result of now she’s letting everybody know, ‘I do not care.'” And in the event you do not care, we won’t care. That is not attainable. …
“Effectively, what does she want? She must get again within the gymnasium. Once more, that is simply discuss, guys. Simply because she did not appear to care does not imply she was boned. I do not know if she went again to the gymnasium. That is the story. However this story must be advised like this. If she actually cares and that is her ardour, she’s going to come again.”
“And in the event you set the desk like this, she cares, she comes again, she’s in form, she’s embarrassed, she comes again. After which the fourth and last ingredient is available in a few week from now. Then inform me who you are proposing to.”
However who’s that individual? Whereas a rematch with Rousey is unlikely, Sonnen believes there may be one choice that can’t be dominated out. That is Holly Holm, the primary lady to beat Rousey.
“Gina is shifting ahead, however who would be the final one? And you need to be calm and react. You do not know what the neighborhood goes to do with the thought of Gina vs. Holly Holm. You simply know it is the one attainable course. So you need to construct it, you need to put it on the market, and the neighborhood will both prefer it or they will not. However that is nonetheless the best way the sport is.
