While doing some work on my female MMA lenses over at Squidoo (RIP) I came up with a list of the most searched for female mixed martial artists on the net.
Now you have to keep in mind, these are actual fighters, not people that are inactive like Gina Carano.
Actually Gina would STILL be number one by a wide margin, but she hasn't competed since the Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg fight when Cris beat her by TKO at 4:59 in the first round.
Gina has made no indication that she is coming back into the ring so far.
So here are the top ten most searched for female MMA fighters on the net right now.....
1. Miesha Tate (11-2-0)
2. Cristiane Santos (10-1-0)
3. Marloes Coenen (18-4-0)
4. Sarah Kaufman (12-1-0)
5. Amy Davis (1-2-0, 1 NC)
6. Megumi Fujii (23-1-0)
7. Zoila Frausto (10-1-0)
8. Carina Damm (15-5-0)
9. Lisa Ward (14-6-0)
10. Roxanne Modafferi (15-6-0)
You may notice that in this list, all of these women are really fighters.
With the exception of Amy Davis, they are all in the ten plus fight range and seven of them are ranked in MMARising.com's "Top 15 Women’s Pound-For-Pound MMA Rankings".
This leads me to believe that female MMA fight fans are actually going for talent and not looks.
I mean c'mon, would Gina have been as popular as she was were she not as hot as she was?
And speaking about that, Miesha Tate needs to watch out for that trap.
She's 11-2-0 and ranked number 11 on the top 15 pound for pound, but a lot of people are looking to her as the new "Face of Female MMA".
She hasnt fought since Strikeforce - Challengers 10 back on August 13th, 2010 when she beat Hitomi Akano by unanimous decision.
Of course all that will change when she takes on Strikeforce women’s 135-pound champion Marloes Coenen for the title, probably some time in March.
Then we'll see if she's the new "Face".
The Top Ten Female MMA Fighters of 2010, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on January 9th, 2010
Female MMA - News and Info about female mma fighters like Cristiane Justino, Amanda Nunes, Rose Namajunas, Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Valentina Shevchenko, Jéssica Andrade and more MMA fighters.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
Cannon Jacques over at The Bloody Elbow has posted an article about why the ProElite situation has hurt MMA. And the third reason he listed...
-
I haven't done anything on Ukrainian kickboxer and mixed martial artist Lena “Hunter” Ovchynnikova in a while. So here she is. Since t...
-
Ask Men has a question and answer article with female MMA star Gina Carano. I know, it seems like every other entry here is about Gina Caran...
-
Here's another picture of female mma fighter Rin Nakai. This is the lady that Miesha "Cupcake" Tate will be taking on Saturday...
-
Alexa Grasso is cute. Yeah I know she is a grown woman and a MMA fighter with an 8-0-0 record. And 4 of those 8 wins were knockouts. But...
-
Last night at UFC 200, Amanda Nunes submitted Miesha Tate to win the UFC bantamweight title. You know since Ronda lost the belt, that thing ...
-
Satoko Shinashi (born January 29, 1977) is a female Japanese mixed martial arts fighter. She specializes in sambo and jiu-jitsu and is kn...
-
10-3-0 Ukrainian kickboxer and mixed martial artist Lena "Hunter" Ovchynnikova. She is the current WBC Muaythai Women's World...
-
Looking for some stuff on the web, I ran into two different stories about two different women that I think really shows the drive and determ...
-
Strawweight female MMA fighter Tecia Torres was born on August 16, 1989 in Fall River, Massachusetts. She's five foot one, 115 pounds a...
4 comments:
why isn't Cristiane no1 in the list?
Because this is a list of the most searched for female mixed martial artists on the net.
If it was pure fighting, she would be.
That explains why cris cyborg isn't on here. Not searched much?
Dunno Timi, I count over 30 entries on here about Cris. Plus I have a Squidoo Lens devoted entirely to her.
Post a Comment