Kaitlin Young vs. Gina Carano Tonight on National Television

source sherdog.com

CBS Broadcast page

May 29, 2008
by Jack Encarnacao

Kaitlin Young (Pictures) sat before the television cameras to answer questions about her fight with Gina Carano (Pictures) this Saturday for EliteXC “Primetime” on CBS. The ESPN crew was working on a piece surrounding Carano, the American Gladiator, and whether she was tenured enough after just five fights to earn a spot representing mixed martial arts before what could become the biggest audience ever to watch the sport.

“What they were asking me about was what women who had been in the sport longer thought (of Gina),” Young said. “I basically said to the guy, ‘I’ve only had five fights, too. You’re barking up the wrong tree.’”

ESPN’s “E:60″ segment on Carano ended up featuring comments from Tara LaRosa and Shayna Baszler (Pictures), veteran fighters, who were somewhat critical about the darling of female MMA. But Carano’s opponent was nowhere to be found.

“They were trying hard to get me to trash talk,” Young said. “They’d ask me a question and they’d be like, ‘So you’re saying Gina doesn’t deserve it?’ And I’m like, ‘No, I’m not saying that.’ I mean, they were trying hard.”