MMA icon Gina Carano fumes after Instagram deletes her naked picture and insists post was about f
GINA CARANO has been left fuming after Instagram removed her naked picture from its site.
The MMA icon insisted that her post was about "freedom of expression".
Carano subsequently took to Twitter to vent her frustration.
She wrote: "So that’s what it’s like to be censored for no reason. Pic was taken down by Instagram. There’s much more important news today but that was some classic bulls***.
"The whole post was about freedom of expression. Violating zero rules. Ironic. Feels like I graduated. 👍 Thanks Karen".
And she followed it up by posting another image to Insta, with her pose from the deleted snap seemingly edited onto a tree.
The 38-year-old captioned it with a declaration of freedom.
The American wrote: "Before they control everything we eat, breath, say, think and do. 🌹#freedom".
She accompanied yesterday's snap with the similarly uplifting message: "I find freedom sexy. I find freedom so sexy I can't even explain it to you.
"You wake up every day and feel like you can do anything."
But despite the positive and empowering words, former UFC fighter and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu maestro Renzo Gracie appeared to criticise Carano.
He commented: “Put some clothes on… you don’t need it.. you are among the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen..
"That makes you unique.. there’s no need for sex pics… you are the most beautiful woman that walk around.
"Simple as that."
The pair appear to have made up, however, with Gracie commenting the 100 emoji on her follow-up, and Carano replying with a heart emoji.
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Carano never fought in the UFC and retired in 2009 after losing to champion Cris Cyborg.
The former Muay Thai fighter has since embarked on a career in Hollywood, featuring in Fast & Furious 6 and Deadpool while also working on TV.
She was previously approached by the UFC to make a million-dollar comeback to face then-unbeaten star Ronda Rousey, but after wanting six months to try find a training team, she felt too much pressure from Dana White and the mega-fight collapsed.
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