Posts Tagged ‘fighting’

I took about a year and a half’s worth of muay thai classes at Knockout Fitness in San Diego. For me it was mostly about fitness and working out stress on the heavy bag. There were some typical gym goers there (not too fit, not too dedicated), but there were also some serious boxers and kickboxers training for competition. One boxer had the most amazing hand speed I’ve ever seen in person, and although he was maybe a welterweight, the sound he made hitting the bags was like a shotgun going off.

Several women at the club also had chops. Even though I had maybe 90 pounds on them, I am certain that several of them could have sent me home in a body bag if we ever sparred seriously.

Gina Carano, I am certain, could knock my head off. I will readily admit I’ve had a crush on Gina Carano since stumbling upon (and subsequently watching the last 4 episodes of) Fight Girls on the Oxygen channel. What can I say? She’s beautiful, athletic, and seems to have some serious fighting skills. You gotta respect that. And as long as my wife is cool with my innocent media-personality infatuation, then we’re good to go. Hey, she used to think MacGyver was cute, and he’s got a mullet.

Whoever decided to bring Ms. Carano into the American Gladiator fold made a brilliant marketing decision. With mixed martial arts (UFC-style fighting) growing enormously in popularity and ratings, the addition of MMA heartthrob Carano will undoubtedly draw at least a few more thousand eyes to the show, if only out of curiosity. American Gladiators is sneaking back onto the air in large part to the screen writer’s strike, and smart decisions like this just might keep it alive for longer than 3 episodes.

Follow this link to MMAjunkie.com to see Ms. Carano whomp her opponent into a Steve Young-style concussion. Her Gladiator name is, appropriately, “Crush”: “American Gladiators,” Gina Carano Make Strong Television Debut