Trivia

After achieving a Muay Thai record of 12-1-1, Carano received an offer from Jamie Levine to participate in the first-ever sanctioned female MMA bout in Nevada with World Extreme Fighting to fight Leiticia Pestova. She won the fight with a knockout in the first round.

She appeared on the television show "Sport Science" where she choked out host John Brenkus. This has led to many fans requesting photos with Gina clenching them in the Rear Naked Choke Hold. With the help of electronic monitoring it was determined that Gina's punches landed with 650 lbs. of force, her knees with 550 lbs. and her kicks at 800 lbs. for a combined force of 4,800 lbs. She landed all 8 blows in 3 seconds.

In April of 2012 received the first Chuck Norris Award for best female action star for her performance in the film "Haywire". The award was presented at the ActionFest Film Festival in Asheville, N.C. and recognizes a female star who exhibits "the attitude, spirit, athleticism and grit of Hollywood legend Chuck Norris." Carano called the award, "an incredible honor.".

She is formerly the third best 145 lb (66 kg) female fighter in the world, according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.

She named her 5 favorite films as True Romance (1993), Braveheart (1995), Let Me In (2010), Cry-Baby (1990) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

Carano started her career in the sport of Muay Thai. She credits ex-boyfriend Kevin Ross, a pro Muay Thai fighter, for getting her involved.

Her number one movie star crush is on the late Paul Newman.

She has a birthmark on her left eye, which gives the impression of a black eye. Make-up is usually used to mask this.

Muay Thai Record is 12-1-1 Wins/Lost/Draw. MMA Record is 7-1-0.

Defeated by Cris Cyborg on August 15, 2009 in the inaugural bout for the Strikeforce Women's Championship. Her current record is 7-1-0.

She is one of the cover athletes along with Serena Williams for the October 19, 2009 edition of ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue. Carano and Williams are two of the athletes featured in a book by Dana Rasmussen.

Gina Carano's family manage and are a major shareholder in Caesar's Entertainment, the US' largest casino operator. Until recently, her grandparents, Don and Rhona Carano, owned the Ferrari-Carano Winery.

She has been referred to as "The Face of Women's MMA" (Mixed Martial Arts).

Carano served as a mentor to aspiring female fighters in the Oxygen reality series "Fight Girls".

Daughter of professional football player Glenn Carano and Dana Joy Cason.

In the movie "Haywire", Gina sports a green hoodie embroidered with the same name as her high school alma mater - Trinity.

Ranked #39 on Maxim's Hot 100 for 2014.

In May 2009, Carano was ranked #16 in Maxim's Hot 100 list.

Defeated Kelly Kobold October 4, 2008 to achieve a 7-0-0 record.

She was ranked as #5 on the "Top Ten Influential Women of 2008" list on Yahoo!.

Her paternal grandfather Don Carano founded Eldorado Resorts in the 1970 which merged with Caesars Entertainment in 2020. The family stake is now worth $725 million.

She was profiled in a feature story for the ESPN series E:60 and was voted "Hottest Woman In America" by Big Biz Magazine in the Spring 2008 issue. On May 13, 2008, "Gina Carano" was the fastest-rising search on Google and third most searched person on Yahoo!.

Defeated Kaitlin Young on May 31st, 2008 to achieve a 6-0-0 MMA record.

In 2014 Rant Lifestyle ranked her at #29 on their "30 Hottest Women in the World" list.

Her paternal grandfather was of three quarters Italian descent. Gina's other ancestry is English, Scottish, and smaller amounts of Dutch and German.

She is literally a living doll. "Round 5 World of MMA" came out with a Gina Carano action figure in its "Champions of the UFC - Series 4".

Maternal granddaughter of Jack Edward Cason, Member of the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame (son of Vernon Dewey Cason and wife Dallas Smock, paternal grandson of Edward M. Cason and wife Maude E. Harrison and maternal grandson of James Smock and wife Melissa ...) and wife Maxine Yvonne Cobb (daughter of Theo Franklin Cobb and wife Julia Elizabeth Johnson, paternal granddaughter of Franklin David Cobb and wife Hattie Gertrude Garrison and maternal granddaughter of Alfred Thomas Johnson and wife Nettie Maybur Reasoner).

Paternal granddaughter of Donald Louis Carano (son of Louis "Louie" Joseph Carano and wife Mildred F. Bisagno, paternal grandson of Benedetto "Ben" Carano (b. probably in Liguria, Italy) and wife Emilia Ferrari (b. probably in Liguria, Italty), and maternal grandson of Joseph Anthony "Joe" Bisagno (b. Genoa, Liguria, Italy) and wife Sarah Faye "Sadie" Tefft (b. Wisconsin), daughter of Henry B. Tefft and wife Alice Maud McIntyre of Clan MacIntyre, of English and more distant Scottish descent) and wife Paddy Creek (daughter of Thomas H. Creek and wife Patsy Velaris Jones, paternal granddaughter of George Washington Creek and wife Ollie or Alle Clay and of English and some German and Dutch, through which line she was eight times great-granddaughter of Ack-toch Caniachkoo, a Mohawk Native American).