Before Ronda Rousey , there was Gina Carano . And before Carano, there were other talented female mixed martial artists. But until Carano hit the scene – when she took part in the first sanctioned women’s MMA fight in Nevada in June 2006 – there wasn’t a female fighter quite like her. Carano was the first breakthrough star of women’s MMA.
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