Cindy Dandois has revealed on his Facebook fan page that she will be unable to fight Gina Carano this summer, because she is pregnant.
“I am so sad I cant take the fight against Gina,†Dandois wrote. “It was and still is one of my biggest goals. But on the other hand, it is a blessing from God to get a child an become a mother again. A child is forever and you must care about a life that is given by the hand of God. I hope I can do the fight after my pregnancy.â€
In an interview with MMAFighting, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said that Dandois was “three and a half months pregnant.†If this is true, it would mean that “Battlecat†was actually pregnant when she defeated Jorina Baars March 19.
Most athletic commissions in the U.S. require women to take a pregnancy test as part of their pre-fight medical check up. However, this fight took place in Antwerp, Belgium.
The Belgian judoka burst onto the women’s scene in 2009. She scored a surprising victory over current Strikeforce 135-pound champion Marloes Coenen in her MMA debut. She won her next three fights under the M-1 Global banner, before suffering her first loss at the hands of Yana Kunitskaya at M-1 Challenge 22.
Carano is set to return to MMA for the first time since 2009. She spend the last 21 months filming “Haywire,†which is a new spy thriller from director Steven Soderbergh.
Cindy Dandois vs. Jorina Baars
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