Carano also talked about the first thing that Couture had told her.

"He sat down, and I'd never met him before. He sat down and my head was wound up a little bit too tight. He looked at me and said, 'You know why we do this.' And I looked at him like, 'No, why am I doing this.' And he said, 'because we love it, right?' His presence and his coolness completely took any anxiety that I was feeling and turned it into passion. I was ready to go from then. After that fight, I said if somebody can affect me that strongly I want to go train with them."

Carano also talked about the attention she gets for her beauty.

"I don't understand why everyone focuses on my looks," she asked. "There are a lot of beautiful women out there. It's just kind of thrown me off my feet with the attention that I've gotten. Now, I'm getting more organized and I'm taking a break from all the hype and everything so I can be more true to myself. I'm trying to do my best with the opportunities I've been given and I think I'm really maturing. It will be nothing but better from here on out."

The fight will also be the first time a women's fight has headlined a major MMA card.

"A fight is a fight when it comes down to it and I know that it's going to be a very difficult fight," Carano noted. "The fact that STRIKEFORCE put this on is a complete honor to once again have another first in history. I know that women's MMA is going to do nothing but get bigger from here on out. To have the first main event in MMA history, against Cyborg of all people, is just going to be amazing for me. It's such an honor, and since it's such an honor I just don't feel the added pressure. I think it's a win-win situation.

"I'm just so excited. I've never been so excited for a fight."

In addition, the winner of this catfight will be anointed the first-ever women’s MMA champion. Not only will fans finally get to see these two go at it, but it will be in a five, 5-minute round affair.

"I'm honored to fight such a great opponent and to fight for the first-ever female MMA title," Carano said. "I think this is going to be a tough fight. It's going to be tough even if it was three rounds or 3-minute rounds. Cyborg is such an amazing athlete and amazing fighter. This is all getting compounded by three: there's a title, I'm fighting Cyborg and its 5-minute rounds. So, for me, mentally, this has done nothing but focus me and bring back the passion that I need to train. When I have an awesome opponent to train for I'm in the gym and I'm really excited for it. All I want is for it to be a good fight and for us to do our best out there. I think that's what will happen. The 5-minute rounds are definitely going to intensify it, but we're going to go for it. I know we can do it."