Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC MACAU – UFC President Dana White believes a long-rumored deal with Gina Carano (7-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is eminent, but he won’t have a final answer until the first week of September. “It’s complicated, but I think it’s close,” White told MMAjunkie. White, who talked briefly with a handful of reporters following Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 48 event in Macau seemed hopeful he will soon come to terms with the onetime Strikeforce star in hopes of bringing her in for a fight with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC). Earlier this week, Rousey said she believes Carano, despite a five-year-layoff, could very well provide “ the worst style matchup for me possible .” “There are very few women that have had one-punch knockout power,” Rousey explained. “There are other girls that they overwhelm the other person. They get TKOs and stuff like that
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White says Gina Carano deal ‘close,’ expects to know more in September – MMA Junkie