UFC MMA Fighter Lina Lansberg

Female UFC MMA Fighter Lina ‘Elbow Queen’ Lansberg (7-3-0) was born on March 13, 1982 in Karlstad, Sweden.
This five foot seven, 140 pound fighter is not only trained in mixed martial arts but Muay Thai as well.
Her record there is 37-11-0.

Bellator 190 Results - Lara defeated Ovchynnikova

Last night, Alejandra Lara defeated Lena Ovchynnikova via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:09 of Round 3
That makes Alejandra Lara 7-1-0 now and drops Lena to 12-5-0.

Lena Ovchynnikova vs Alejandra Lara - MMA

Tonight at Bellator 190, one of my favorite MMA fighters Lena "Hunter" Ovchynnikova (12-4-0) will be taking on Alejandra "Azul" Lara (6-1-0).
As you know I stopped predicting fights a LONG time ago but this should be a good one.
The fight takes place at the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence, Italy.

Jenae Noonan MMA

This is five foot seven, 116 pound MMA fighter Jenae "Turbo" Noonan.
Although Jenae hasn't turned pro, she has been training in Martial Arts for over 9 years.
She's studied Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Boxing and Pankration.
Jenae has had over 14 combined amateur fights with a record of 12-2.
She is also an Animal rights advocate, vegan, model, author and motivational speaker.

You can check out her Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/TurboNoonan/
And on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/jenaenoonan/

UFC 214 - Cyborg Justino vs. Tonya Evinger

Last night at UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 "Cyborg" Justino (18-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) defeated Tonya Evinger (19-6 MMA, 0-1 UFC).
Cyborg won via TKO (knees) in the 3rd round.
This makes Cyborg the new UFC Women's Featherweight Champion.

Also on the card, Aleksandra Albu defeated Kailin Curran via Decision (unanimous).

Sara McMann and Ketlen Vieira were supposed to face each other at the event, but back on July 7th it was announced that the bout was to be moved to UFC 215 in September

Alexandra Albu vs Kailin Curran - UFC 214

At UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 on July 29, 2017 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, not only do we get Cristiane Justino vs Tonya Evinger, but we also get the return of Alexandra Albu as she takes on Kailin Curran.
While Kailin is 4-4-0, Alexandra is 2-0-0.
BUT, Alexandra hasn't fought since her win over Izabela Badurek back in April of 2015.
So we will see what happens.

 Alexandra Albu

Kailin Curran

Gina Carano - Blast from the Past - MMA Women

Still one of the most popular female MMA fighters in the world is Gina Carano.
Although she hasn't fought since 2009, this five foot eight, 143 pound beauty from Dallas, Texas still has a lot of fans.
I have to admit, she was the person that got me to pay attention to female MMA, and MMA in general.

MMA Women - Julia Budd

The number two ranked Featherweight MMA fighter in the world, Julia "The Jewel" Budd (10-2-0).
Julia was born on July 4th, 1983 in Roberts Creek, British Columbia, Canada.

She is five foot eight and weighs 145 pounds and was/is the first Bellator Women's Featherweight champion.
Julia started out in Muay Thai and is the only woman to defeat Gina Carano in Muay Thai competition.
In MMA, the only two women she has lost to are Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes, which is pretty impressive.

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.

Ana Julaton - Women Fighters

Like a lot of other female MMA fighters, Filipino-American Ana Julaton started out as a female boxer.
As a boxer, Ana has a 14-4-2 record.
But in 2014, she signed a contract with ONE FC to fight in MMA for them.
Not without reason though, Ana has a black belt in Bok Fu and also a black belt in Taekwondo.
Her current MMA record is 2-2-0 and her last MMA fight was in 2015.
Ana was born on July 5th, 1980 in San Francisco, California.

Yana Kunitskaya vs Tonya Evinger at Invicta FC 20

Tonight at Invicta FC 20 at the Kansas City Scottish Rite Temple, in Kansas City, Missouri, Yana Kunitskaya will be taking on Tonya Evinger.
Yana is 9-2-0 and Tonya is 18-5-0.

Also on the card is....

Angela Hill vs Kaline Medeiros
Herica Tiburcio vs Simona Soukupova
Ashley Yoder vs Amber Brown
Jessy Jess vs Pam Sorenson
Lynn Alvarez vs J.J. Aldrich
Stephanie Egger vs Alexa Conners
Miranda Maverick vs Samantha Diaz

Marloes Coenen vs Julia Budd Cancelled

On May 20th, 2016, at Bellator 155: Carvalho vs Manhoef at the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho they were supposed to have the inaugural Bellator MMA women's featherweight title between Marloes Coenen and Julia Budd.

However, Julia had to pull out due to injury and now former UFC fighter Alexis Dufresne will have a 3 round non-title bout against Coenen.

Marloes is 23-6 and is the former Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion.
She has constantly ranked number two on the Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings, right behind Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino.

Aleksandra Albu - MMA Fighter

Alexandra "Stitch" Albu is a Strawweight UFC fighter from Vulcănești, Gagauzia, Moldova.
She is five foot two, 115 pounds and is represented by Red Fury Fight Team.
Alexandra has only had two Pro fights, but she won them both.
She is currently 2-0-0 and so far she is not ranked in the Unified Women’s Pro MMA Rankings.
But I did a write up on Ronda Rousey long before she was ranked too...and you see what happened with her.

Angela Lee - MMA Fighter

This is Singaporean MMA fighter, Angela Lee.
Angela is fair new to the MMA scene but so far she is 5-0-0 and those fights were pretty impressive.
Ronda Rousey impressive actually.

Her longest pro fight has been 2 minutes.
And all 5 were won with submissions.

And before that, her 3 amateur fights all were under 1 minute. 

Expect big things out of Angela "Unstoppable" Lee.

Miesha Tate defeats Holly Holm at UFC 196

I gave up a long time ago and I really have no idea why I even try now.
Ronda Rousey crushed Miesha Tate every time they fought.
Then Holly Holm beat Ronda Rousey.
So Holly should have whipped Miesha easily.
Right?
Wrong.
Miesha got a fifth round submission victory with a rear naked choke.
Of course she had to because Holly was leading in scoring with the judges.
So now Ronda says that she is all ready to get back to training because she knows she can beat Miesha and get the belt back.

WMMA Featherweights Ranking - February 2016

Say what you will...
Love her or hate her....
Cris "Cyborg" Justino is still at the top of the WMMA Featherweights.
People keep harping on that failed drug test in 2012, but that was 4 years ago and she still has a 14-1-1 record and that one loss was in 2005. \
She also has a 2-1-0 Kickboxing record and a 7-1-0 Submission grappling record.

Featherweights (136-145 pounds)

1. Cris "Cyborg" Justino (14-1, 1NC) – Invicta FC Champion
2. Marloes Coenen (23-6)
3. Julia Budd (8-2)
4. Latoya Walker (5-0)
5. Arlene Blencowe (7-5)
6. Faith Van Duin (5-2)
7. Charmaine Tweet (7-5)
8. Peggy Morgan (4-3)
9. Amanda Bell (4-3)
10. Gabrielle Holloway (5-4)

11. Cindy Dandois – 12. Megan Anderson – 13. Daria Ibragimova – 14. AJ Jenkins – 15. Jessy Miele

You can see the whole list here:
https://wmmatoday.wordpress.com/unified-wmma-rankings/

Paige VanZant - MMA Women

Five foot four, 115 pound, twenty one year old beauty Paige "12 Gauge" VanZant is one of the up and coming female MMA fighters in the world today. She's not only a cage fighter but a model as well.
And she's also a dancer, former cheerleader, ring girl and she plans to become a gourmet chef.
Sounds like she has a plan doesn’t it?

Paige started out in martial arts taking classes with her dad because he wanted her to learn and she had been on the receiving end of some bullying in school, so Paige gave it a shot. She became a ring girl but wanted closer to the action and finally got her wish, training first at the House of Ryu Gym in Las Vegas, and then with Team Alpha Male.

Paige had her first fight on June 30th, 2012 against Jordan Nicole Gaza at UWF - Tournament of Warriors Finale. She won that fight via Split Decision.

Her next fight was a Unanimous Decision win over Amber Stautzenberger at PFS - Premier Fight Series 2 on September 22nd, 2012.

Paige's first loss came at the hands of Tecia Torres on January 5th, 2013 at Invicta FC 4 - Esparza vs. Hyatt via a Unanimous Decision.

Her last fight was a win over Alex Chambers at UFC 191 - Johnson vs. Dodson 2 on September 5th, 2015 via Submission (Armbar)

Given time, I think Paige may be right up there with the big names in just a little while. The difference in her between her third and fourth fight was pretty incredible.

Megan Anderson - MMA Women

Female MMA fighter Megan Anderson is from the Gold Coast, Queensland, Austrailia.
Tapology.com has her listed as five foot eleven, but Sherdog has her listed as five foot seven.
So...
Anyway, she is ranked number 7 in Featherweights (136-145 pounds) in the May 2015 Unified Women’s MMA Rankings.
Her MMA record stands at 4-1-0 and she is currently on a four win streak.