Rose "Thug Rose" Namajunas Defeats Michelle "The Karate Hottie" Waterson

On Saturday night, April 15 2017, Rose "Thug Rose" Namajunas pounded Michelle "The Karate Hottie" Waterson at UFC on FOX 24 live on FOX from inside Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri
Michelle got a sweep takedown in the first round but after that it was all Rose.
She gave the "Karate Hottie" a head kick that floored her and from there it was ground-and-pound and a rear-naked choke finish.
Rose now goes to on to face the winner of the Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Jessica Andrade fight later this year.

Also, as opposed to some MMA fights we have seen lately, these two ladies showed real class after the fight.

Michelle Waterson - Female MMA Fighters

With all the other stuff going on I totally forgot (okay missed) that Michelle Waterson had her first MMA fight in over a year on September 6th, 2014.
At Invicta FC 8 - Waterson vs. Tamada, she defeated Yasuko Tamada (who was 15-8-3 going in).
This brings Michelle up to 12-3-0.
She is also still the Invicta FC Atomweight Champion.

A lot of people get all excited because Miesha Tate has won two matches in a row and they say that she is on a roll.
Michelle has won six in a row and she is the #9 ranked pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com.
And yes, that's over Miesha.

Good Luck Gina Carano and Cristiane Santos

Well here we go.
Only five days till what is the most hyped female mma match ever.
I love it really, when I started this blog back in 2007, I started going down a list I made of female mma fighters and tried to do bios and at least one pic of each one.
Why?
Because I always root for the underdog.

Female MMA really didn't get much attention, a lot of people frowned on it.
Two women out there beating the crap out of each other didn't appeal to everyone.
But having spent 14 years in martial arts (not MMA mind you) I had some idea of what these women go through to get out there and do their best.
And I hate it when someone works that hard and gets overlooked.
So I tried in my own way to get these ladies out there and hopefully get some attention for them.

You'll note that you don't (and never will) see pictures of bikini clad women here just for the sake of having them.
Now if a fighter is good looking (Kyra Gracie, Gina Carano, Michelle Waterson, Erin Toughill, LaTasha Marzolla just to name a few) I have no problem with posting an attractive picture of them.
But no matter how good you look, if you get in the ring with another woman that's there to take you down and take you out, it wont matter.
This blog is for fighters both known and unknown.

And that brings me back to the upcoming match up.
(I know I went off on a mini rant there)
Here is a chance for female MMA to really shine and pick up some fans.
You'll have the MMA poster girl Gina Carano going up against a fighting machine Cris Santos.
As of right now, no one is injured and we can expect to see both women go in there and give everything they've got.
This could be the match that really puts women's MMA on the map.
There's already talk of the winner facing Erin Toughill at a future date.

So I wish both women luck and cross my fingers that the match will be as good as the hype leading into it.

Not only does the sport need a good show, but so do all those ladies out there in little known gyms pounding away at bags and wondering if they'll ever get the chance to climb into a ring and show everyone just how good they really are.

Reid vs Waterson and Santos vs Akano Results

Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (3-0) beat Michelle "The Karate Hottie" Waterson (7-3) at Saturday's Extreme Beatdown event.
Elena won with a TKO 1:50 into the second round.

And Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos (6-1) defeated Hitomi Akano (14-5) in the third round.

If you missed it, you can see the fight here:

Elena Reid versus Michelle Waterson

Michelle Waterson

Elena Reid

I had mentioned earlier that Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson will be facing MMA and boxing star Elena “Baby Doll” Reid at “Extreme Beatdown” at Apache Gold Casino on April 11th.
I haven't had an entry on Elena here, although I did do one on my female boxing blog back in 2007.

Elena Reid was born November 1, 1981 in Phoenix, Arizona.
And although Elena has found success in boxing, she started out in karate and kickboxing, winning an Arizona State Kickboxing Title at the age of 17.

Elena made her MMA debut on December 28, 2007 with a win over Tammie Schneider by TKO in the second round.
She has a 2-0-0 record in MMA, and a 19-5-6 in boxing.

Elena is more of a striker and Michelle is more of a ground fighter, so this match up should be interesting.