Megan Anderson vs Charmaine Tweet at Invicta FC 21

Megan Anderson (7-2) will take on Charmaine Tweet (9-5) at Invicta FC 21 in a 145-pound main event on Saturday, January 14th in Kansas City.
One....I don't guess who will win anymore in MMA fights.
Have I even been right yet?
Two...I like both of these ladies.
So I don't want to say that either will win.
So good luck to them both.

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.

Invicta FC 5: Penne vs. Waterson

On April 5th, 2013 at the Ameristar Casino Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri they held Invicta FC 5: Penne vs. Waterson.
This was notable for several reasons....

One, we had the return of Michelle Waterson "The Karate Hottie" (11-3) after a six month layoff and she defeated Jessica Penne (10-2).
Both ladies are very popular on this blog with good reason.
They are both lovely AND skilled.
Michelle won via Submission (Armbar) in 2:31 of the 4th round.

Also we had the return of  Cristiane Justino (11-1), who you may know better as Cris "Cyborg" Santos.
Cris defeated Fiona Muxlow (6-3) in 3:46 of the first round via TKO.

There were a ton of other events on the card as well....

Barb Honchak defeated Vanessa Porto
Sarah Kaufman defeated Leslie Smith
Jennifer Maia  defeated Zoila Frausto Gurgel
Lauren Taylor defeated Kaitlin Young
Julia Budd defeated Mollie Estes
Bec Hyatt defeated Jasminka Cive
Simona Soukupova defeated Cassie Rodish
Miriam Nakamoto defeated Jessamyn Duke
Katja Kankaanpää defeated Juliana Carneiro Lima
Rose Namajunas defeated Kathina Catron
Alex Chambers defeated Jodie Esquibel

Coming up at Invicta FC 6...Marlos Coenen will be taking on "Cyborg" to crown the first Invicta FC Featherweight Champion.
That will take place in July of this year.

Michele Gutierrez - Female MMA

Flyweight female mma fighter Michele "Diablita" Gutierrez is five foot six and weighs in at 125 pounds.
Her first pro MMA fight was a loss against Felice Herrig at Unconquered 1 - November Reign on November 20th, 2009 via Submission (Armbar).
Since then she has gone on to a 3-3-0 record with her last fight being a loss to Sarah Maloy at Invicta FC 1 - Coenen vs. Ruyssen on April 28th, 2012 via Decision (Unanimous).

 

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Before MMA, Michelle was a boxer with a 7-3 as amateur record and she went 2-0 as a pro.
She and the first lady she ever fought, Felice Herrig, appear in the video game Supremacy MMA, which was the first MMA title to have female fighters.

Milana Dudieva - MMA Female Fighters

Female MMA Fighter Milana Dudieva was born in Vladikavkaz which is the capital city of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania in southern Russia.
She is five foot five, 140 pounds and has a current MMA record of 8-1-0.
Her only loss so far was in her debut fight against Julia Berezikova at fightFORCE - Day of Anger back in February of 2009.
Milana's latest win was over Danielle West via TKO (Punches) on April 1st, 2012 at ProFC - ProFC 40 at the Russia Sports Station in Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.
She is currently ranked 4th on WMMA Rising's Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings for Featherweights.

Hiroko Yamanaka - The Best Female MMA Fighter In The World?

MMA Rising has it's April rankings out, and even though “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (5-0-0) defeated Miesha Tate (12-3-0) at Strikeforce - Tate vs. Rousey on March 3rd, 2012 for the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship, Ronda still comes in second on the Featherweight list.
For Ronda to take the top position there, she needs to defeat Hiroko “Cat’s Eye” Yamanaka .
Her current record is 12-3-1

This five foot eleven, 143 pound female mma fighter was born on October 24th, 1978 in Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan.
She not only does MMA, but Submission grappling and Shoot boxing as well.
Of course you may know her as the fighter that Cristiane Santos beat down in the first 16 seconds of her last fight.
But due to the drug test afterwards, that decision was over turned.
I have to wonder though just how Ronda would do against Hiroko.

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Marianna Kheyfets - Female MMA

Marianna Kheyfets
http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/


This is Marianna "The Crushen Russian" Kheyfets.
Marianna was born on June 22nd, 1985, she is five foot five, 125 pounds and is trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai.
She made her pro debut in a match against Kim Couture at XFC 11 - The Next Generation on July 9th, 2010 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida.
Marianna won that match in the 3:06 of the first round via a Triangle Choke submission.
Since then she has gone on to a 4-0-0 record defeating Marissa Caldwell (2-5-0), Kaline Medeiros (0-1-0) and Molly Helsel (8-13-1).



You can check out her Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/marianna.is.marsha

Here is Marianna Kheyfets vs. Molly Helsel at XFC 14 on October 21st, 2011.

Barb Honchak - Female MMA

Barb Honchak - MMA Women
http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/

 This is female MMA fighter, Barb "Little Warrior" Honchak.
Barb is making quite a name for herself in female MMA at the moment with a 5-1-0 record.
Her last fight was a win over Roxanne Modafferi (15-9-0) via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at BEP 5 - Breast Cancer Beatdown on October 1, 2011 at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletcher, North Carolina.
(My old home state!)

Barb was born on August 30th, 1979 in Edwardsville, Illinois (she's currently in St. Louis, Missouri).
She stands five foot four and fights at 126 pounds.
Barb trains at Steve Berger's MMA (run by MMA fighter Steve "The Red Nose Pitbull" Berger) and is skilled in kickboxing and jiu-jitsu.
Her first fight was a win over Monica Lovato (5-2-0) at KOTC - Horsepower on November 28, 2009 in Mescalero, New Mexico.
Barb is currently ranked number nine in the MMARising top ten Super Flyweights category.

Here is Barb Honchak taking on Jessica Eye (currently ranked 10th at MMARising) at the 2008 NAAFS Night of Champions



You can keep up with Barb at her Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Barb-Honchak/632282638

Or at her Twitter account here:
http://twitter.com/L_Warrior

Hiroko Yamanaka vs Cyborg Santos?

While female MMA in the US is not really flourishing, it's doing quite well in Japan.
And one of the reasons it's doing well is fighters like five foot eleven, 143 pound Hiroko Yamanaka.
Hiroko is currently 12-1-0 with her last fight being a win over Bolormaa "Esui" Erdenebileg (2-2-0) at Jewels - 15th Ring on July 9th, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan.

Why am I mentioning Hiroko now?
Since Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos has re-signed with Strikeforce, they are probably gonna want someone good for her to fight.
As in not get killed instantly.
I think Hiroko fills that bill.

Like I said she is 12-1-0.
8 of her wins were by decision, 2 by submission and 2 by TKOs.
MMARising has Hiroko ranked number two in the featherweight division, right behind Santos.
The "Incomplete Queen" (I have no idea what that nickname means) is not only trained in MMA, but also in submission grappling (1-2-0) and shoot boxing (2-0-0).
She was the final Smackgirl Open Weight Champion and she won the Super Gals Mix Cup Open Weight Tournament.

One problem here is logistics.
Hiroko is in Japan and Cris is in the US.
There are actually rumors that Strikeforce offered Hiroko a bout with Cris earlier this year, but travel issues killed it.
If the travel issues could be resolved, maybe Strikeforce could make this happen.

Another problem is...well...to put it nicely...who cares?
Hiroko is a Japanese star and Cris is popular here.
Like I said earlier, female MMA in the US seems to be treading water.
How would they generate buzz for a fight between Cris and Hiroko?
Well that's a game for the publicists and I wish them well.

Meanwhile, female MMA fans can speculate and hope that somehow this match turns into reality.

Gina Carano's Next Fight

Well It's been a long time since I have even mentioned Gina Carano here other than in passing.
But now it looks like she really will be returning to the steel cage.
And it looks as though it will be on June 18th, 2011 at Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum.
Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem will be taking on Fabricio Werdum and Josh Barnett will be facing Brett Rogers.
And sure enough on the card it has "Gina Carano vs TBA".
Who is "TBA" gonna be?
So far Amanda Nunes' manager has denied that it will be her and Meisha Tate has already said that she wants the fight.

Gina started training at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, Nevada back in February so she's getting in shape.
She did a promotional appearance for the UFC Personal Trainer for Xbox 360 Kinect, PlayStation Move and Nintendo Wii on March 23rd in New York city.
Oh yeah...Dana doesn't want the women to fight for him, but he has no problem using them to promote UFC stuff.
What a guy.

Gina is finishing up re-shoots on her film Haywire with Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas and Bill Paxton.
Haywire is set to be released in August of 2011.
Is it just me, or does Gina look like she has packed on a few pounds?

UFC Buys Strikeforce - What Will Happen to Female MMA?

 Saturday afternoon, Dana White announced that Zuffa, the parent company of UFC, has purchased Strikeforce.
What does that mean to female MMA?
Well we all know that Dana has said that women will never fight on a UFC card.
But he did at least say that Zuffa will honor Strikeforce's current contracts.

Does that mean that after the current contracts are finished, we will see a mass exodus of female fighters to Bellator?

Face it, White thinks MMA is a man's game pure and simple.
Rather than trying to promote and cultivate the female mixed martial artists out there, he would rather say that there is not enough depth of talent in the female ranks.
I think it's basically because he doesn't want women in the sport.
Which is fair really.
It's his promotion, he doesn't have to do what he doesn't want to.
You can take your ball and go home if you don't like it.

Then you can watch and attend other MMA promotions that do back female fighters.

So will Bellator now become the home of fighters like Miesha Tate, Cristiane Santos, Sarah Kaufman and Marloes Coenen?
Personally I'm thinking yes.

But White has said that Strikeforce will be a totally separate entity, so I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Marloes Coenen Vs Liz Carmouche - Female MMA

Marloes "Rumina" Coenen (19-4-0) successfully defended her Strikeforce Women's 135 title against Liz "Girl-Rilla" Carmouche (5-1-0) at Strikeforce - Feijao vs. Henderson on Saturday night (March 5, 2011) at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
You may recall that the match was supposed to be Miesha Tate, but Miesha had to pull out due to a knee injury incurred during training.
So with just two weeks notice, Liz stepped up to take on Marloes.
Liz was the underdog going in, and wasn't really supposed to be much of a threat.
But Liz took it to Marloes with takedowns and spent a lot of time in control.
Marloes managed to lock on a triangle choke and secure a submission at 1:29 in the fourth round.

I think Liz really proved herself despite the loss.
This was Liz's first loss after a string of five wins and to lose to Marloes is no disgrace.
And Marloes showed us that she has the ability to come back and win.
By the way, Marloes was very gracious after the fight, say that "Liz is very, very talented, and she will be a champion someday,".
Of course the champ's bruised and battered face was also a testament to Liz's ability.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhe21m_marloes-vs-liz-pt-1_sport

Strikeforce pretty much says that Miesha Tate will be next up for Marloes.
And since there was some question of the legitimacy of Miesha's injury, the match up could be very interesting.
After the injury, Miesha said that in four to six weeks, with everything going right, she should be able to return to the cage.
Strikeforce has three events ShoMMA 15: Wilcox vs. Damm (April 1, 2011), Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley (April 9, 2011) and Overeem vs. Werdum (June 18, 2011) scheduled in that time frame, so hopefully the match-up will happen soon.

Miesha Tate, Marloes Coenen and Zoila Frausto

The Bellator 115-pound women’s champ Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto will be fighting at the Bellator Fighting Championships 35 on March 5th in Lemoore, California, but it wont be for the belt.
Zolia will be taking on Karina Hallinan in a non title bout there.
Zolia is 10-1-0 and her opponent Karina is 3-4-0.
Interestingly enough, the two faced each other once before, when they both made their MMA debuts.
It was at Wargods/Ken Shamrock Productions - The Valentine's Eve Massacre on February 13th, 2009 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California.
Zolia won by a controversial split decision.
What is it with Zolia and "controversial" decisions?
I have read that her fight with Karina had a questionable outcome and so did her fights with Jessica Aguilar and Megumi Fujii.
So really what is going on with her?
Three of her ten wins are questionable?
Are officials handing out victories to her?
Do MMA fans have something against her?

In other news, Amanda “Lioness of the Ring” Nunes made her Strikeforce debut at Strikeforce - Challengers 13 on January 7th, 2011 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee and KOed Julia Budd in fourteen seconds of the first round.
Pretty impressive debut huh?
This moves Amanda to 6-1-0 and drops Julia to 1-1-0.
This also gives Amanda an undefeated streak since her loss to Ana Maria (3-4-0) in her debut back on March 8th, 2008 at Prime - MMA Championship 2 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Does Amanda have Strikeforce champ Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos in her sights?
I would imagine so.

And finally, a match a lot of MMA fans are looking forward to will happen on March 5th at Strikeforce: Columbus (the same night as Bellator Fighting Championships 35...hmmmm).
Marloes “Rumina” Coenen will be talking on Miesha “Takedown” Tate.
Marloes is 18-4-0 and her last fight was a win over Sarah Kaufman via submission at Strikeforce - Diaz vs. Noons 2 on October 9th, 2010 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
Miesha's last fight was a win over Hitomi Akano by decision at Strikeforce - Challengers 10 on August 13th, 2010 at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
The match will be for the Strikeforce 135-pound title.

Female MMA Updates - Nov. 22nd, 2010

First up, an update on the last entry...

Taylor Stratford

Taylor Stratford defeated Shauna Dugger at Tuff-N-Uff: The Future Stars of Mixed Martial Arts on November 12th, at the Orleans Hotel and Casino’s Mardi Gras Ballroom in Las Vegas.
Taylor won in the first round at the 1:45 mark via submission (Rear Naked Choke).
That takes Taylor up to 6-0-0.

Ronda Rousey

Also on that card, Ronda Rousey (1-0-0) defeated Autumn Richardson (3-2-0) in 57 seconds in the first round via submission (arm bar).

Both women now advance in the Tuff-N-Uff 145-pound amateur women’s tournament.
Ronda and Taylor wont be facing each other (at least not yet anyway), they will be facing the winners of two future bouts that will take place at future events.

Mia Hayes

And also on that card (Tuff-N-Uff seems to be really pushing female MMA), Mia Hayes defeated Brittany Griffin by submission (Guillotine Choke) at 1:03 in the first round.
Mia goes to 1-0-0 and Brittany drops to 0-1-0.

As Monty Python used to say, "And now for something completely different..."

Eileen Olszewski

On December 17th, 2010 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami Florida, Hawaiian female pro boxer and current WIBA Flyweight World Champion Eileen Olszewski (6-2-2) will be taking on female MMA fighter Jessica "Jag"Aguilar.
Interestingly enough, all the outlets seem to be calling her Jennifer 'JAG' Aguilar (?).

Jessica "Jennifer"Aguilar

Did she change her name?
Jessica is 9-4-0 in MMA, and her last fight was that controversial loss to Zoila Frausto at Bellator Fighting Championships 31 on September 30th, 2010.



Female MMA Updates - Nov. 22nd, 2010, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on November 22nd, 2010

Taylor Stratford - Female MMA

Since Megumi Fujii lost her undefeated record, let's look at another female mixed martial artist that's so far undefeated, Taylor Stratford.
Taylor was born on July 31, 1991, in San Diego, California and resides in Reno, Nevada.
Right now, her amateur record stands at 5-0-0.
She has wins over Elsa Magona, Maria Maumoynier (in a non-sanctioned fight), Shiely Chavez, Brittany Christian and Raquel Pennington.

Taylor does her MMA training at the Reno Academy of Combat under former Super Fight Champ Rick Collup.
According to Sherdog, she stands five foot six, weighs in at 135 pounds and favors boxing and jiu jitsu.

At Tuff-N-Uff: The Future Stars of Mixed Martial Arts on November 12th, at the Orleans Hotel and Casino’s Mardi Gras Ballroom in Las Vegas, Taylor will be taking on Shauna Dugger.

Here is a video of Tay taking on Raquel Pennington at Ultimate Reno Combat 13 on June 11th, 2010



You can check out Taylor's Twitter here, and her Facebook page here.



Taylor Stratford - Female MMA, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on November 11th, 2010

Zoila Frausto versus Megumi Fujii Results

Zoila Frausto by Casper Munoz Photography

Well I'm stunned.
Zoila Frausto (10-1) defeated the (really) heavy favorited Megumi Fujii (now 22-1) last night at Bellator 34 to win the inaugural Bellator women's world title.
So what was going on with Megumi?
The "Queen of Submissions" (18 wins by submission) hardly even tried to get "The Warrior Princess" down on the mat.
And when she did, she took a beating from punches.

You have to hand it to Zoila, so far this year she has beaten the undefeated Megumi, Jessica Aguilar, Jessica Pene and Rosi Sexton.
And now she is the the first ever Bellator 115-pound champion.

The fight was scored 48-47, 49-46, 47-48.

And I am never going to predict a fight again.



Zoila Frausto versus Megumi Fujii Results, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on October 29th, 2010

Megumi Fujii Vs. Lisa Ward and Zoila Frausto Vs. Jessica Aguilar

Two female MMA events have been announced for Bellator 31 on September 30th at the L'Auberge du Lac Casino and Resort in Lake Charles, La.

Megumi Fujii

Megumi Fujii will be taking on Lisa Ward.
Megumi has a 21-0-0 unbeaten MMA record and Lisa has is at 14-5-0.

Lisa Ward

This will not be the first time the two women have faced off.
The last time, Megumi defeated Lisa at Bodog Fight - Vancouver on August 24th, 2007 via an arm bar submission.

The same night at Bellator 31, Zoila Frausto will be taking on Jessica Aguilar.
Zoila is 8-1-0 and Jessica is 9-3-0.

Zoila Frausto

Zoila is coming off three wins in a row, having defeated Jessica Pene, Rosi Sexton and Michelle Ould.

Jessica Aguilar

While Jessica is on a five in a row winning streak over Lynn Alvarez, Catia Vitoria, Valerie Coolbaugh, Amanda Duvall.

The winners of the two fights will face each other to decide the organization's first-ever female champion.

I have to say, I think Bellator is doing this right.
We aren't waiting months between matches and I think that helps to keep everyone's interest up.

My guess.....
I think we will see Megumi defeat Lisa, Zoila take Jessica and Megumi walk away from all of this with the title.

Of course look at my win/loss record in the past here and see how good my guesses are...LOL

UPDATE:
Well I finally got one right!
Megumi Fujii (who is now 22-0-0) defeated Lisa Ward in 99 seconds via an armbar submission.
That was her eighteenth career submission victory and the eleventh victory by armbar.

And Zoila Frausto defeated Jessica Aguilar, although it was a bit of a questionable decision.
So questionable that the crowd booed when Zolia was announced as the winner.

Now Fujii and Frausto will face off at the finals in the women's 115 lb. tournament at Bellator 34 on October 28.

I'm still saying Megumi will take it all.



Megumi Fujii Vs. Lisa Ward and Zoila Frausto Vs. Jessica Aguilar, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on September 28th, 2010

Ultimate Women Challenge

Remember back last year when I did a write up on an upcoming female MMA show called "Ultimate Women Combat" ?
Don't feel bad, neither do I.
I mean it was back in January last year for cryin out loud!

Anyway, it looks like the show is finally making it to the air.
But now it's called "Ultimate Women Challenge".
Joanna Krupa (Dancing With The Stars) is still the host.
Or rather one of the hosts.
The other is Amber Nichole Wood.
Amber is a UFC ring girl and Xyience spokes model.

Well at least Amber has been in a MMA ring...
But to be fair, I did hear last year that Joanna was taking BJJ lessons at Gracie Miami.

Now the ladies actually competing are....

Brighton Hutton
Height: 5’5 Weight: 135lbs
Affiliation: Action MMA – Andrew Chappelle
Hometown: London England
MMA Record: 0-1

Angela Hayes
Height: 5'7 Weight: 130 lbs
Hometown: Colorado Spring, Colorado
MMA Record 2 - 5 - 0

Angela Magana
Height: 5′4 Weight: 120lbs\
Hometown: Farmington, New Mexico
MMA Record: 8-4-0

Brandi Hainey
Height: 5′5 Weight: 128lbs (59kg)
Hometown: Lubbock, Texas
MMA Record: 2-3-0

Colleen Schneider
Height:5’9 Weight:135 lbs
Hometown: Oakland, CA. (by way of Syracuse, NY)
Amateur MMA Record: 4-1

Heather Jo Clark
Height: 5′ 6 Weight: 125 lbs.
Hometown: Los Angeles CA
MMA Record: 0-1-0-0

Barb Honchak
Hometown: High Ridge, MO
MMA Record: 1-1

Julie Kedzie
We all should remember Julie right?
Height: 5′5 Weight: 135lbs
Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana
MMA Record: 13-8-0

Karina Hallinan
Height:?? Weight: 125 lbs
City: Temecula, California
MMA Record: 2-2-0

Kristin Molina
Height: ?? Weight: 125 lbs.
MMA Record: 1-0-1

Casey Noland
Height:5′5 Weight: 139 Lbs
Hometown: Atascadero, CA
MMA Record: 1-0-0

Michelle Ould
Height: 5′ 2 Weight: 125 lbs.
Hometown: Anaheim, California
MMA Record: 4-2-0

Kaitlin Young
Hometown: St. Louis Park, MN
MMA Record: 4-4-0

Patricia Vidonic
Hometown: Medford, OR
MMA Record: 4-1-0

Karina Taylor

Martha Benavides

If you wanna check out more, you can visit their website here:
http://www.ultimatewomenchallenge.com/



Ultimate Women Challenge, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on September 14th, 2010

Female MMA: Sarah Kaufman Defeats Roxanne Modafferi

In case you missed it, reigning Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Champ Sarah Kaufman beat challenger Roxanne Modafferi at Strikeforce Challengers 9 fight card at the Comcast Arena in Everett, Washington on July 23rd.

Round one was good and both women looked evenly matched but in round two, Roxanne looked like she was starting to slow down.

In round three, Sarah looked like she had been studying Cristiane Santos' playbook, with a KO worthy of the Cyborg.

In case you missed it, FatherOfJoe has all three rounds posted on YouTube and you can see them at his channel here
http://www.youtube.com/user/FatherOfJoe

This win brings Sarah up to an impressive 12-0-0 and sets her up to defend her title against the winner of the August 13th four-women 135-pound tournament at Strikeforce Challengers at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona.

As far as the tournament goes, right now it's looking like Hitomi Akano, Maiju Kujala, Miesha Tate and Brazilian veteran Carina Damm in the single night bracket to determine who will face Sarah Kaufman.





Female MMA: Sarah Kaufman Defeats Roxanne Modafferi posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on August 2nd, 2010

Miesha Tate and Hitomi Akano at Strikeforce Challengers

Miesha Tate

On August 13th at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona, female MMA fighters Miesha Tate (9-2-0) and Hitomi Akano (15-7-0) will meet in the first bracket of a four-women 135-pound tournament at Strikeforce Challengers.
Maiju Kujala (4-1-0) is the third woman in the four-women tournament, but as of this entry, the fourth woman has not been decided on.

Miesha was born on August 18, 1986, in Tacoma, Washington, and her last fight was a win over Zoila Frausto (7-1-0) by submission (armbar) at Strikeforce - Challengers 7 on March 26th, 2010.

Hitomi Akano was born on July 27, 1974 in Osaka, Japan, and her last bout was a loss to Hiroko Yamanaka by split decision at Jewels - Seventh Ring on March 19th, 2010.

Maiju Kujala is from Finland, and her last fight was a win over Titiana van Polanen by unanimous decision at UG - Upcoming Glory 7 on March 27th, 2010.

The winner of the tournament will face the winner of the Sarah Kaufman (Champion) versus Roxanne Modafferi fight at Strikeforce Challengers 9 on July 23 in Kent, Washington for the promotion’s 135-pound championship.

Miesha Tate and Hitomi Akano at Strikeforce Challengers, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on July 19th, 2010.