Scott Coker talks interest in Brock Lesnar and if Gina Carano can make a comeback
Scott Coker talks interest in Brock Lesnar and if Gina Carano can make a comeback
Bellator MMA president Scott Coker discusses the first events for Bellator in 2015 and if Coker would be interested in g Gina Carano and Brock Lesnar, should they return to the sport.
“There hasn’t been any serious dialogue,” Coker said of Lesnar. “But when the time comes to have serious dialogue, we’ll be right there.”
As far as Carano, Coker says:
“If you look at our past, we have always believed in female fighting. Whether it was back in the kickboxing days on ESPN, I was the first person to do female fighting in the state of California in mixed martial arts, which was the Gina Carano vs. Elena Maxwell fight. And we did some big fights, Ronda fought for Strikeforce, and I believe in it. We were the pioneers for female mixed martial arts and it’s just a natural fit. We started getting ed by camps around the world and Marloes and Budd became available, and they wanted to come. Right now, we are talking to two other girls that we’ll hopefully have on board soon. We’re going to add another division in the next three or four months that will be in the lighter weight, but I can’t say which one.
“We’ve had one conversation with Brent and Scott and that was it. It was just one quick conversation and there was nothing really made of it. I think that Gina really wants to fight at 135. As far as Cyborg, we haven’t talked to her because she is under contract and fighting with Invicta. But if she ever becomes available, then we will have a conversation with her. We don’t have a 135 division, and I can’t say what (Carano) is going to do because she’s got film commitments and she is very busy and has a good acting career. It’s going to be up to her and her schedule.”
