Gina
Carano was instrumental in clearing the path down which
Cristiane
“Cyborg” Justino,
Ronda
Rousey,
Amanda
Nunes and others like them ultimately walked. She will
celebrate her 40th birthday on April 16.
The former
EliteXC and
Strikeforce
headliner walked away from the sport following a 2009 defeat to the
aforementioned Justino, exiting the stage with a stellar 7-1 record
that saw her secure victories over
Rosi Sexton,
Julie
Kedzie,
Kaitlin
Young and
Tonya
Evinger. Carano later shifted her attention and talents to film
and television, as she starred in “Haywire,” “Fast & Furious 6,”
“Deadpool” and “The Mandalorian.” Though her mixed martial arts
career lasted a little more than three years, she made an
undeniable and lasting impact on the sport.
Others in MMA celebrating a birthday during the month of April:
APRIL 1
Vitor
Belfort, 45
Jeremy
Spoon, 37
Jerod
Spoon, 37
Aaron
Johnson, 36
Hiromasa
Ougikubo, 35
Derek
Campos, 34
Ramsey
Nijem, 34
Mohammed
Usman, 33
Denis
Smoldarev, 32
Jin Soo
Son, 29
APRIL 2
Sylvain
Potard, 42
Luiz
Cane, 41
Adrian
Cruz, 40
Claudio
Ledesma, 39
Cole
Konrad, 38
Yi Sak
Kim, 36
Ilima-Lei
Macfarlane, 32
Tetsuya
Yamada, 32
Kevin
Natividad, 29
Benedict
Ang, 26
APRIL 3
Rhadi
Ferguson, 49
Chael
Sonnen, 45
Kazunori
Yokota, 44
Estevan
Payan, 40
Travis
Reddinger, 40
Sunoto
Peringkat, 37
Gabriel
Checco, 36
Perry
Filkins, 34
William
Knight, 34
Michael
Lombardo, 32
APRIL 4
Ray
Mercer, 61
Stephan
Bonnar, 45
Carlos
Alexandre Pereira, 43
Rafael
Cavalcante, 42
Nate
Andrews, 38
Brian
Foster, 38
Isaac
Villanueva, 38
Riku
Shibuya, 37
Ruben
Esparza, 34
Dustin
Jacoby, 34
APRIL 5
James
Wilks, 44
Benji
Radach, 43
Bobbi Jo
Dalziel, 36
Nicholas
Musoke, 36
Claudia
Zamora, 36
Darren Smith
Jr., 35
Cole
Smith, 33
Said
Nurmagomedov, 30
Jianbing
Yang, 28
Gilbert
Urbina, 26
APRIL 6
Charlie
Rader, 40
Nate
Moore, 39
Marcus
Brimage, 37
Alen
Amedovski, 34
Geje
Eustaquio, 33
Doo Ho
Choi, 31
Radu
Maxim, 31
Alexander
Poppeck, 30
Benito
Lopez, 28
Darragh
Kelly, 24
APRIL 7
Paul
Creighton, 52
David
Baggett, 42
Russ
Miura, 41
Michael
Page, 35
Azamat
Gashimov, 32
Andre
Fialho, 28
Yaozong
Hu, 27
A.J.
McKee, 27
Raz
Bring, 26
Mariya
Agapova, 25
APRIL 8
Bobby
Ologun, 49
Kestutis
Smirnovas, 46
Isaac
Vallie-Flagg, 44
Ovince St.
Preux, 39
Daniel
Downes, 36
Andrew
Sanchez, 34
Milana
Dudieva, 33
Manny
Lozoya, 33
Taylor
Lapilus, 30
Julija
Stoliarenko 29
APRIL 9
Bernard
Ackah, 50
Roman
Mitichyan, 44
Kevin
Engel, 42
Phil
Harris, 39
Kelly
Faszholz, 38
Andrew
McInnes, 37
Katharina
Lehner, 32
Frantz
Slioa, 31
Nate
Smith, 27
Mitchell
Sipe, 26
APRIL 10
Magnus
Cedenblad, 40
Luis
Alberto Nogueira, 40
Sakae
Kasuya, 39
Michal
Materla, 38
Shinji
Maeguchi, 37
Javier
Torres, 37
James
Moontasri, 34
Lewis
Long, 33
Royce
White, 31
Daiqwon
Buckley, 26
APRIL 11
Gary
Quan, 51
Shungo
Oyama, 48
Jan
Nortje, 47
Eddie
Sanchez, 40
Czar
Sklavos, 40
Arlene
Blencowe, 39
Krasimir
Mladenov, 36
Kailin
Curran, 31
Sidney
Outlaw, 30
Tom
Aspinall, 29
APRIL 12
Nobuhiko
Takada, 60
Mikey
Burnett, 48
Alida
Gray, 45
Roman
Savochka, 44
Gilbert
Melendez, 40
Joe
Wilk, 40
Robert
Whiteford, 39
Brent
Primus, 37
Tiago
dos Santos e Silva, 35
Ricky
Glenn, 33
APRIL 13
Emi
Tomimatsu, 40
Ben
Saunders, 39
Bilal
Williams, 39
Mehdi
Baghdad, 37
Yuko
Oya, 35
Luke
Barnatt, 34
Justine
Kish, 34
Miranda
Granger, 30
Kamuela
Kirk, 28
Rafael
Costa, 25
APRIL 14
Ebenezer
Fontes Braga, 53
Anderson
Silva, 47
Jessica
Rakoczy, 45
Anthony
Hamilton, 42
Jack
May, 41
Bobby
Brents, 40
Jussier
Formiga, 37
Sarah
Frota, 35
Nad
Narimani, 35
Marina
Shafir, 34
APRIL 15
Keith
Hackney, 64
Enson
Inoue, 55
Mike
Dolce, 46
Kenichi
Hattori, 44
Ricardo
Romero, 44
Leonardo
Guimaraes, 40
Tae
Hyun Bang, 39
Magomed
Saadulaev, 38
Gabrielle
Holloway, 32
Bibert
Tumenov, 25
APRIL 16
Phil
Baroni, 46
Ralph
Acosta, 41
Gina
Carano, 40
Adam
Khaliev, 38
Jason
Norwood, 38
Nate
Diaz, 37
Pat
Audinwood, 36
Alexandre
Pantoja, 32
April
Osenio, 28
Islam
Konchiev, 22
APRIL 17
Cheri
Muraski, 43
Ron
Keslar, 42
Benjamin
Smith, 42
Kana
Hyatt, 41
Martin
Kampmann, 40
Tyron
Woodley, 40
Siyar
Bahadurzada, 38
Jumabieke
Tuerxun, 36
Nick
Pace, 35
Usman
Nurmagomedov, 24
APRIL 18
Jan
Finney, 42
Ion
Pascu, 40
Garrett
Scott, 39
Grigory
Popov, 38
Rameau
Thierry Sokoudjou, 38
Corey
Jackson, 34
Alexandr
Shabliy, 29
Chibwikem
Onyenegecha, 28
Yanan
Wu, 26
Ivan
Podrugin, 21
APRIL 19
Thomas
Denny, 51
Dokonjonosuke
Mishima, 50
Antonio
Mendes, 41
Zach
Makovsky, 39
Farkhad
Sharipov, 38
Bryson
Hansen, 36
Kelli
Gottardo, 35
Pascal
Krauss, 35
Dan
Ring, 34
Michal
Martinek, 32
APRIL 20
Dean
Storey, 54
Allan
Goes, 51
Sheila
Bird, 46
Moise
Rimbon, 45
Daiju
Takase, 45
Nate
Marquardt, 43
Tyson
Griffin, 38
Errol
Zimmerman, 36
Cory
Sandhagen, 30
Jonathan
Martinez, 28
APRIL 21
Kajan
Johnson, 38
Ronny
Markes, 34
Alex
Oliveira, 34
Adriano
Moraes, 33
Paulo
Costa, 31
Saimon
Oliveira, 31
Brett
Martin, 28
Meng
Bo, 26
Justin
Montalvo, 26
Claudio
Puelles, 26
APRIL 22
Frank
Tate, 46
Eric
Schambari, 44
Travis
Clark, 43
Ben
Moa, 41
Andy
Nguyen, 40
Alonzo
Martinez, 38
Parker
Porter, 37
Lena
Ovchynnikova, 35
Chris
Gutierrez, 31
Jerome
Rivera, 27
APRIL 23
Josh
Bryant, 42
Brandon
Sayles, 41
Diego
Saraiva, 40
Shanon
Slack, 39
Chris
Herrera, 38
Sam
Stout, 38
Cass
Bell, 35
Juan Manuel
Puig, 33
Lisa
Mauldin, 32
Khonry
Gracie, 25
APRIL 24
Marcio
Cruz, 44
Achmed
Labasanov, 44
Cosmo
Alexandre, 40
Shoji
Maruyama, 39
Alan
Belcher, 38
Daniel
Madrid, 38
Germaine
de Randamie, 38
Nick
Hein, 38
Michael
Chandler, 36
Montel
Jackson, 30
APRIL 25
Kazuo
Misaki, 46
Alexandre
Ferreira, 43
Clifford
Starks, 41
LaRue
Burley, 38
Paul
Felder, 37
T.J.
Waldburger, 34
Enrique
Barzola, 33
Leonardo
Mafra Texeira, 33
Uros
Medic, 29
Julio
Cesar Neves Jr. 28
APRIL 26
David
Abbott, 57
Megumi
Fujii, 48
Bobby
Voelker, 43
Carlos
Condit, 38
Cole
Miller, 38
Bartosz
Fabinski, 36
Brian
Houston, 35
Marlon
Moraes, 34
Carlton
Minus, 29
Mason
Jones, 27
APRIL 27
Paul
Cressaty, 51
Luke
Cummo, 42
Derek
Downey, 42
Steve
Swanson, 42
Ricardo
Abreu, 38
Sijara
Eubanks, 37
Justin
Wren, 35
Cameron
Else, 31
Jesse
Stirn, 30
Joaquin
Buckley, 28
APRIL 28
Joe
Johnson, 57
Billy
Miles, 44
Brandon
Foxworth, 43
Leopoldo
Serao, 43
Takasuke
Kume, 37
Davy
Gallon, 33
Jonavin
Webb, 33
Darrick
Minner, 32
Justin
Gonzales, 31
Kathryn
Paprocki, 29
APRIL 29
Raymond
Daniels, 42
Tim
Gorman, 39
Valerie
Letourneau, 39
John
Cofer, 38
Kyle
Dietz, 36
Dustin
Hazelett, 36
Marina
Rodriguez, 35
Gaetano
Pirrello, 30
Andrew
Lazo, 28
Aiden
Lee, 27
APRIL 30
Todd
Medina, 52
Jeff
Joslin, 47
Yoel
Romero, 45
Charmaine
Tweet, 45
Jimmy
Yabo, 41
Al
Iaquinta, 35
Sarah
Moras, 34
Kinberly
Tanaka Novaes, 31
Smealinho
Rama, 30
J.P.
Buys, 26