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Gina Carano is in New York today for a press conference to promote her big fight against Cyborg Santos. Carano, not known for her dedication to year-round training, was in the gym last week prepping for the Aug. 15 fight in San Jose. She's working out of Xtreme Couture with Shawn Tompkins and Randy Couture. She's left the world of muay thai and according to Kit Cope, who appeared on MMAJunkie Radio, she's in big trouble in four weeks:

"If she keeps training the way she's training now, she's gonna get her [expletive] kicked. And that's a lot of [expletive]. If she keeps training where she is, she's over at Xtreme Fashion, She's not gonna get what she needs."

Cope says Carano is being fooled by the names over at Xtreme Couture:

"She needs to get her head right. She needs to come down from the clouds a little bit, and get her training on with the people she knows she needs to train with and not the most fashionable people."

Listen below to Cope, Mo Lawal and Versus' Ariel Helwani (NSFW):

There are stars at Xtreme Couture but no one is improving:

"It's the cool kids club. They don't create good. The gym itself is overhyped. I don't think that Randy makes them at all. Shawn Tompkins will work you out and he will make sure you are in shape, but he's not going to teach you any kind of technical nothing."

Foot in mouth disease didn't end there for Cope. Carano's ex-boyfriend also suggests he's got some blackmail material, a sex tape, on female MMA's biggest star:

"There is media that's in a very safe place. She's so worried about that too," Cope then mentioned that Carano really wasn't all that special intimately. "I just need to add, I've smashed a lot finer than that."

Lawal, who was also guesting on the show, came up a name for the Paris Hilton-like video, "Kit Crushes Crush."

Carano recently starred on American Gladiators as a character named Crush.

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  1. rwl060
    1. Posted by rwl060 Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:36 pm EDT

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    This guy seems like a douche, although I see his point. If she's just starting to train now (is that what is implied here?), she's going to get hurt. The BJ Penn approach to training is not going to work well here.
  2. liquid_celica2k1
    2. Posted by liquid_celica2k1 Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:02 pm EDT

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    definitely a douche bag. Gina is so cool... doesn't need an amateur nobody telling her how to fight.
  3. Matthew T
    3. Posted by Matthew T Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:05 pm EDT

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    They're both a bunch of nobodies!! C'mon Cofield, get this Days of Our Lives crap off of these blogs!!! Have some integrity for Christ's Sake!!!!
  4. Steve "The Hack" Cofield
    4. Posted by Steve "The Hack" Cofield Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:06 pm EDT

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    People are more concerned about whether or not her tits are real than what she's doing for the upcoming fight.
    Ya, that's how important womens MMA is.
  5. Matthew T
    5. Posted by Matthew T Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:08 pm EDT

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    Is this TMZ or Cagewriter?
  6. yerface
    6. Posted by yerface Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:15 pm EDT

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    Kit can't Cope with her success, the last time that d-bag did anything was on an MTV special........get a grip dude, "The Natural" would work you over and spank you like TITO! And just a small addage, those "cool kids" would work your ass too! Keep up the great interviews Kit, hope your foot tastes good.
  7. R C
    7. Posted by R C Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:19 pm EDT

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    @5, well are they?
  8. Rob
    8. Posted by Rob Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:19 pm EDT

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    Yeah...That Brock Lesnar is a real jerk. MMA is all about respect and camaraderie and class.
    Just ask Kit Cope and Mo Lawal.
  9. mystaryte
    9. Posted by mystaryte Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:21 pm EDT

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    Way to keep it classy, Kit. Nobody talked about ur 1st foray into mma, where your strictly muay-thai training had ur ass tapping out faster than Brock in his 1st UFC fight! Stick to appearing on MTV 2 times out of the yr. for True Life doc.
  10. Bill Brasky
    10. Posted by Bill Brasky Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:03 pm EDT

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    Larry Flint should be making kit Cope an offer for that tape like yesterday
  11. Robert C
    11. Posted by Robert C Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:18 pm EDT

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    Kit does sound like a douchebag. However, I think he may be right about her training. Cyborg is no joke and will kick Gina's ass if Gina goes into this thinking she is the star and to win is a given.
  12. RODOLFO RAUL
    12. Posted by RODOLFO RAUL Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:32 pm EDT

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    That Kit Cope is a j**k!!! he probably got dumped by gina and that is why he is upset... by the way I agree with the dude that says that this should be only for fighting news...not dirty laundry...frank Mir sucks by the way, he got what he deserved for talking too much...
  13. J
    13. Posted by J Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:58 pm EDT

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    Why does Frank Mir being brought up in a comment forum about Gina Carano and Kit Cope?
  14. Jonnie "The Gun"
    14. Posted by Jonnie "The Gun" Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:18 pm EDT

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    kit cope should not be trying ot tell people how to be a success in MMA, he clearly did not know himself. Gina has good MT. her stand up is better than most any other 145+ LB female MMA fighter. She needed wrestling and dirty boxing against the cage to advance her game and she went to a good school for that. if she was mostly BJJ and wanted to learn stand-up at extream Couture that would be a dumb move, but she does not need that she needs the hybred wrestling styles.
    On a side note If she taught stand up at extream Couture that would probably be better than tompkins
  15. Louie
    15. Posted by Louie Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:07 pm EDT

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    sex tape of carano!!!!!!!!!!
    where?????
  16. Diego
    16. Posted by Diego Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:44 pm EDT

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    He sounds like a jilted ex more than someone who's really concerned about her fighting career.
    I'm only disappointed by the fact I don't have Showtime and won't be able to see this fight.
  17. chadd
    17. Posted by chadd Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:24 pm EDT

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    has Kit Cope ever even fought anyone, I've never heard of this douch bag until now....sounds like hes riding Ginas name...hes probably just a bitter ex and pissed she got over him and now he's looking for some spotlight since his fighting obviously hasn't done it for him...haha... [profane]
  18. knuckle sandwich
    18. Posted by knuckle sandwich Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:14 pm EDT

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    I can guarantee you Gina is NOT taking this fight likely. She is essintially fighting a man... why in the he!l would she take the biggest fight of her career like a walk in the park...
    just ask Bisping how that worked out for him.
  19. Nutcracker
    19. Posted by Nutcracker Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:56 pm EDT

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    Carano is a heffa.. cyborg will eat her up and fart her out.. not because she is more talented, but because she is willing to diminish her feminine qualities permanently (roid usage in women, unlike me, is irreversable).. to the casual fan they may just say of cyborg,' wow, that girl is really muscular'.. what they dont know is that she has sacrificed her womanhood for a short term rush.. her clitoris will grow longer due to roid use.. that is not reversible.. the adams apple and manly face unfortunately are also permanent. when a man does roids, he returns to his hatural self (sort of) because he just increased what he already is made of.. when women use roids, they use something that is not in their molecular profile. thus the stunning side effects.. mags, are you not going to address the peculiarly manish appearance of cbyborg? are you that naive?? or just turning a blind eye..???? she is a roided out freak.. call it like it is, or be a hack journalist afraid to bring up the ' real' in sport..
  20. ArielP
    20. Posted by ArielP Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:28 am EDT

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    This in
  21. Caligulus
    21. Posted by Caligulus Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:53 am EDT

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    Kit is a douche. I don't think Gina will win this fight, Cyborg is a beast and will womanhandle her.
  22. Sandman
    22. Posted by Sandman Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:09 am EDT

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    I'm not interested in the soap opera stuff, but Cope's points about Randy's gym are correct. I'm skeptical of the "talent" that is produced by that center.
  23. Caligulus
    23. Posted by Caligulus Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:59 am EDT

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    Yeah --- I remember some other blog where Tompkins called out Greg jackson for the Evans loss.......I don't think anyone at XC could have produced a winner against Machida. They should be sick at Greco though -
  24. j c
    24. Posted by j c Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:43 am EDT

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    ok first of all what right does kit kope have to be judging anyone in mma has anybody seen his record im sure he would be top of the food chain @ extreme couture he needs to go back to his goofy little show on spike and shout he mouth about the fight biz ,, plus what the hell was she doing with him he should be thankful that he EVER got a chance to see her in any way but from the stands

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