Mixed martial arts - Vallejo Times Herald

Mixed martial arts - Vallejo Times Herald:

Despite its reputation as a man's sport, women are beginning to make waves in MMA By DAN NIED/Times-Herald sports writer

"The knee was blink-of-an-eye quick, and would have been nearly invisible if not for a staccato, upward jerk of Leigh Schlosser's head upon impact.

For a split second, everyone in the training room at Combat Fitness in Vallejo paused to let out a slight gasp at one of those small things that's not exactly planned.

But Schlosser ignored it, staying in the moment of the drill, keeping her weight on top of Erin Beal without vengeance for Beal's errant knee.

The setting was almost begging for a knee to the chin. At Combat Fitness, a martial arts academy tucked into a corner of the Lakeridge Fitness health club on Sereno Drive, the two women drilled in a"


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