Add as a preferred source on Google Booker T did not hold back while discussing the quick fight between Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano, which took place this past Saturday during Netflix’s first live MMA event.
Rousey defeated Carano in just 17 seconds by submission, locking in her signature armbar early in the first round. The fight took place at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.
On a recent edition of Hall of Fame, Booker T said the fight did not look real. The WWE Hall of Famer called it a “worked shoot.”
“I’ve seen a lot of fights in my life, and I’ve been in the wrestling business for 35 years now. It’s three things I look for when it comes to combat, especially when I’m watching something like this — it’s a work, it’s a worked shoot, and it’s a shoot. This was a worked shoot. That was not real,” he said. “It was real as far as the takedown goes, but everything after that was, ‘I’m ready, let’s go home.’ It was one of those types of deals. If you go back and watch it and study it, you’re going to come to the same conclusion that I’m saying right now.”
“That fight was not fair for the people. For Ronda Rousey to come back and literally win like that was the biggest heist I’ve ever seen,” he said. “I’m talking about since one of those Brinks jobs with Bonnie and Clyde — not since something Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd would’ve done. This is the biggest heist that I’ve seen, perhaps in the history of fighting here in the United States of America.”
Carano’s coach, John Wood, pushed back on any suspicion surrounding the result. Speaking with MMA Fighting, Wood said Carano took the six-month camp seriously, was prepared, and was deeply shaken by the loss.
Rousey had not competed in MMA in nearly 10 years, while Carano had been away since 2009. After the win, Rousey indicated the fight served as the definitive end of her mixed martial arts career.