Michelle Yeoh

Dato' Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng ( born August 6, 1962) is a Malaysian actress and dancer, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990's.

Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, she is based in Hong Kong and was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1997.

She is credited as Michelle Khan in some of her earlier films.

Michelle Yeoh was born to an ethnic Chinese family in Ipoh, Malaysia on August 6, 1962. She was very sporty when she was young and had a passion in dance. She started to study ballet at the age of four years old. At the age 15, her parents accompanied her to England and enrolled her at a boarding school there. Later Yeoh entered London Royal Academy of Dance, majoring in Ballet. But a spinal injury ended her dream of being a prima ballerina, and she consequently had to switch her focus away from dance to choreography and other arts. She later received a B.A. degree in Creative Arts with a minor in Drama.

It was at the age of 21 when Yeoh became the winner of the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant in 1983. She was also Malaysia's representative at the 1983 Miss World pageant in London. From there, she appeared in a television commercial with Jackie Chan which caught the attention of a fledgling film production company called D&B Films.

Yeoh's career in Hong Kong started with a few commercials for Charles Jourdan, opposite action movie heroes Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-Fat before being offered a film contract. The Charles Jourdan brand was handled by D&B Group in Hong Kong, run by Yeoh's future husband, Dickson Poon. In 1988, she retired after marrying Poon. Three years later, the couple divorced, and Yeoh returned to acting in 1992. Her first movie after the comeback was Police Story 3, which was partly shot in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Yeoh started her film career acting in action and martial arts movies such as The Heroic Trio in 1993, and the Yuen Woo-ping films Tai Chi Master and Wing Chun in 1994. Yeoh has had no formal martial arts training and she relies on her dance training and instructors, and does many of her own stunts.

Yeoh learned English and Malay before Cantonese, and cannot read Chinese characters. As she does not speak Mandarin, she learned the lines for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon phonetically.

Like many other Hong Kong stars, Yeoh has attempted to break into Hollywood. She starred in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies as Wai Lin (1997) and the popular Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). Thereafter she was offered the role of Seraph in the two Matrix sequels, and she could not accept due to a scheduling conflict (the Matrix writers then changed Seraph into a male character and cast Collin Chou in the role). In 2002, she produced her first English movie, The Touch through her own production company, Mythical Films.

In 2005, Yeoh starred as the graceful Mameha in the film adapation of Memoirs of a Geisha, and she continued her English-language work in 2007 with Sunshine.




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Kelli Cofer joins mixed martial arts

Kelli Cofer joins mixed martial arts

Female boxer Kelli Cofer will make her mixed martial arts debut Oct. 13 at House of Blues.
Cofer, the second-ranked lightweight female boxer in the world, according to The Ring magazine, will take part in an event that also features former New York Giant Bobby Jones.



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Megumi Yabushita

Japanese female shoot fighter and Pro Wrestler,Megumi Yabushita.
Since wrestling isnt considered the "show" in Japan that it is here, the stretch from it to MMA isn't that far.
Megumi shoot fights and also tag teams in wrestling with Sumie Sakai.
Megumi has faced Amanda Buckner, Erin Toughill and Kyra Gracie among others.

Watch Megumi in action here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6871291851578211473



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Gina Carano defeats Tonya Evinger

Gina Carano defeated Tonya Evinger by choke submission in a 140-pound female bout.

Carano, who is considered the most popular female competitor in mixed martial arts, got on Evinger's back and then put on a rear-naked choke hold. Evinger submitted 2:53 into the first round.

"I pulled off a submission — my first one — so I was happy about that," Carano said. "But I didn't get to use any punches or kicks so I feel unfulfilled."

Carano improved to 5-0, while Evinger dropped to 5-2.

EliteXC officials announced after the bout that Carano would likely fight for an inaugural women's world championship in her next bout.

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EliteXC, Sept. 15, Gina Carano versus Tonya Evinger

EliteXC, Sept. 15, Gina Carano versus Tonya Evinger

EliteXC's next Showtime event will be coming from from Hawaii.
MMA's biggest female star, Gina Carano, will battle standout Tonya Evinger.


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Another interview with MMA artist, Rosi Sexton

Another interview with MMA artist, Rosi Sexton

The fight of her life
An extremely violent sport, cage fighting has been described as 'barbaric' and a 'human cockfight'. So why is Rosi Sexton - a Cambridge-educated mathematician, mother and the UK's top female contender - hooked on it? Andy Darling finds out...
Full story at:
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2162660,00.html



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