Kelly Kobold Talks Fight With Gina Carano
Originally posted on FCfighter.com
Even in her hometown, Kelly Kobald is used to being cheered against. She doesn’t know why, but she’s a natural heel. So if fight fans shower her with boos during her fight with Gina Carano at Elite XC: “Heat” on October 4th, it won’t bother her in the slightest.
“This isn’t going to be anything new for me,” she said in a media teleconference Thursday. “I’m sure that I won’t notice. I’m much more focused on my fight game. I turn my attention internally for that. Whenever I’m in the cage it’s just a white-hot rush of noise. The only voice I hear is my own voice in my head and the referee and my corner’s voices. Everything else becomes white noise.”
Kobald got the phone call from Elite a few months ago. Upon the collapse of BodogFight, she was left in contract limbo, unable to get a fight. The gaming website and fight promotion was her first taste of a bigger platform, and it was suddenly gone. After slugging her way through every type of fight, including underground warehouse scraps, a call from Elite was a breath of fresh air. One she felt she deserved.
“It’s about goddamn time,” said of her first thoughts on facing Carano. “I’ve been held up and haven’t been able to fight professionally other than exhibitions or grappling tournaments. I’m excited to get back in there and do what I love to do.”
Kobald racked up sixteen victories in five years of competition before dropping two straight losses in late 2007. To her credit, they were against two of the toughest female fighters out there, one being Tara LaRosa, widely considered to be the best American female fighter out there. Kobald says the personal problems that led to the stall are now behind her.
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Even in her hometown, Kelly Kobald is used to being cheered against. She doesn’t know why, but she’s a natural heel. So if fight fans shower her with boos during her fight with Gina Carano at Elite XC: “Heat” on October 4th, it won’t bother her in the slightest.
“This isn’t going to be anything new for me,” she said in a media teleconference Thursday. “I’m sure that I won’t notice. I’m much more focused on my fight game. I turn my attention internally for that. Whenever I’m in the cage it’s just a white-hot rush of noise. The only voice I hear is my own voice in my head and the referee and my corner’s voices. Everything else becomes white noise.”
Kobald got the phone call from Elite a few months ago. Upon the collapse of BodogFight, she was left in contract limbo, unable to get a fight. The gaming website and fight promotion was her first taste of a bigger platform, and it was suddenly gone. After slugging her way through every type of fight, including underground warehouse scraps, a call from Elite was a breath of fresh air. One she felt she deserved.
“It’s about goddamn time,” said of her first thoughts on facing Carano. “I’ve been held up and haven’t been able to fight professionally other than exhibitions or grappling tournaments. I’m excited to get back in there and do what I love to do.”
Kobald racked up sixteen victories in five years of competition before dropping two straight losses in late 2007. To her credit, they were against two of the toughest female fighters out there, one being Tara LaRosa, widely considered to be the best American female fighter out there. Kobald says the personal problems that led to the stall are now behind her.
Click here to read the entire article at FCfighter.com
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