SIU grad one of nation's top female fighters
Jill Fickes set to headline Carbondale mixed martial arts event
Jeff Engelhardt
Issue date: 1/31/08
The single stroke of a bell is all Jill Fickes remembers about her first fight.
Fickes was so nervous before the fight she doesn't remember how she beat an opponent with a 50-pound weight advantage, but she does remember the adrenaline rush.
Fickes has chased that rush ever since on her way to becoming a nationally ranked mixed martial artist. The 31-year-old is a Golden Gloves champion, has studied martial arts for the better part of 23 years and has trained with some of the best fighters in the world.
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