The ladies skill sets are not up to snuff, but so far it has led to a number of fun televised fights.

This is one of the reasons why I refuse to comment on MMA Junkie, Sherdog, etc. Despite Zach’s great posts, it looks like I may add F.O. to the list.

Ed. — Send me an e-mail and let’s talk.

Here are some personal observations:

Carano was MUCH more competitive then Kimbo,…she lasted almost the entire round, while Kombo was knocked out in 14 seconds and in one strike.

Santos is a much more well rounded fighter then Seth Petruzelli. That is NOT a knock on Seth, just putting over what a female fighting machine Santos is.

Enough of the Kimbo comparisons, on to the fight itself-

Santos DID walk through most of Carano’s punches, but she some seemed to feel some of them. Doesn’t mean that “she was hurt”, just that some shots Gina threw where better then others.

Gina did very well on defense on many takedown/throw attempts, usually landing right on top (2 or 3 times)….the problem was that Gina didn’t seem to know what to do when on top. Her trainers should be shot. Once Gina had a very nice full-mount and just got up off Santos. It seemed like this was because she just couldn’t get any POWER into her punches from that position,…again, her trainers should be shot. To not have her prepared to be able to use her strikes (her main strength) from a mount should the opportunity arise (which it did more then once) is just ridiculous.

Gina had a couple very nice escapes (ankle lock and the Americana attempt) and did it with more use of strength then skill, but still looked strong in doing so.

But for someone with a strong Muay Thai background, she only threw 3 or maybe 4 kicks, no knees that I can remember and one left elbow when they were locked up. She seemed more then overly reliant on boxing, she was very predictable.

Santos just looked like a machine. Her only mistakes were on the throw/take downs with Gina landing on top most of the time. But she was never really in danger since Gina seemed lost in the full mount. Its true that Santos is probably in better over all condition, but it didn’t seem like it would have made much of a difference if she wasn’t.

Even though Santos was clearly winning the round, it was more competitive then many have given the impression of.

Except for the final 20-30 seconds or so, as Gina was just getting pounded into the ground. She just covered up and didn’t even seem to try to rock back and forth on her back, no defense at all.

What a shame is that it was right at the VERY end of the round. I have no doubts personally that Santos would have won, but it would have been nice to at least see what changes in her gameplan Gina’s corner would have her advised to do.

Once again. Stop with the insults. All I did was post some info. You find that as an excuse to bash me.

His corner rubbed it down his neck, traps and shoulers right after he hit his face with it.

Watch the fight instead of TUF reruns 45.

Oh, never mind…

Source is Dave Meltzer.

Ooops, it was a verbal complaint….