Andrea Lee - MMA Fighter

Female MMA fighter Andrea Lee was born on February 11, 1989 in Atlanta, Texas.
She currently fights for Invicta FC in the Flyweight division.
But at the moment, she is on a nine month suspension.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission gave her the nine month suspension after she tested positive for diuretics after a submission loss to Sarah D’Alelio at Invicta FC 16 on Mrach 11th, 2016.
Nine months is not bad since the standard suspension for drug violations is two years.
But the suspension is retroactive to the date of FC 16 which means she'll be eligible to fight again on December 11th, 2016.

Her current MMA record is 4-2-0.

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.

WMMA Bantamweights Ranking - February 2016

Last time I listed the WMMA Featherweights.
Now we take a look at the Unified Women’s Pro MMA Rankings for Bantamweights.

Of course number 1 is Holly “Preacher’s Daughter” Holm, the woman that rocked the MMA world when she defeated Ronda Rousey.
Everyone is pretty anxious to see how this boxer turned MMA fighter does in the future.

Bantamweights (126-135 pounds)
1. Holly “Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (10-0) – UFC Champion
2. “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (12-1)
3. Miesha “Cupcake” Tate (17-5)
4. “Alpha” Cat Zingano (9-1)
5. Amanda “Lioness” Nunes (11-4)
6. Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña (7-2-0)
7. Sara McMann (8-3)
8. Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger (17-5)
9. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (10-5-0)
10. Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko (12-1)

11. Jessica Eye – 12. Lauren Murphy – 13. Bethe Correia – 14. Marion Reneau – 15. Sarah Kaufman

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

Valentina Shevchenko - Women of MMA

Valentina Anatolievna Shevchenko aka Valentina "Bullet" Shevchenko is a female kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter.
She was born on March 7, 1988 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Valentina has a 12-1-0 MMA record and is currently ranked 10th in the Bantamweight division by MMARising.
At the moment she is on a five fight winning streak since a loss to Liz Carmouche in 2010.

Andy Nguyen - Women MMA Fighters

This gorgeous young lady is Andy "The CrAsian" Nguyen (1-0-0).
She is a MMA fighter out of Bossier City, Louisiana
Although she lost all four of her amateur fights, she won her first pro fight, defeating Corrie Ward at Vengeance Fighting Alliance - Round 5, on August 15th, 2015 via TKO.

You can follow Andy on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/AndyTheAsianPersuasionNguyen

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.

UFC 190 - Rousey vs. Correia

Well we all know that UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia, will be August 01, 2015 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
We know that Ronda Rousey is 11-0-0 and Bethe Correia is 9-0-0.
We know there is a lot of bad blood there and Ronda has threatened to draw the fight out and punish Bethe, which I guess that means Ronda will run it up to the 2:30 mark of the first round.
Does Bethe stand a chance?
Well if you have read this blog, you know that so far I have NEVER gotten a prediction right, starting with me saying that Gina Carano would beat Cyborg Santos way back when.
So I ain't sayin' nothing.

There is another women's bout that night as well, with Jessica Aguilar (19-4-0) taking on Claudia 'Claudinha' Gadelha (12-1-0)
I ain't calling that one either.

Claudia Gadelha - MMA Women

Claudia Gadelha is a 26 year old Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt from the Nova Uniao Academy.
She is five foot three and weighs in at 115 pounds.
Claudia has a 12-1-0 MMA record and before her loss to Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC on Fox 13 - Dos Santos vs. Miocic via split decision, she had a winning streak of 11 in a row.
"Claudinha" will be taking on Jessica Aguilar (19-4-0) at UFC 190 on August 01, 2015 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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.

Carla Esparza - Women MMA Fighters

Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza (9-2-0) – Invicta FC and UFC.
The number two ranked Strawweight female MMA fighter in the world.
Carla is currnetly on a four win streak having beaten Bec Rawlings, Lynn Alvarez, Sarah Schneider and Felice Herrig.

LaTasha Marzolla - Female MMA

LaTasha Marzolla may look more like a model than a MMA fighter, but she's both.
After training with Master Toddy in Las Vegas and her friend Gina Carano, LaTasha made her MMA debut May 30th at the Orleans Arena.
And she got a first-round victory over Christy Tada at the Tuff-N-Uff extravaganza.
Although LaTasha is new to MMA, she isn't new to fighting.
She has a 9-3 record in Muay Thai, but she hasn’t fought in three years.
LaTasha did well in her debut, although her opponent's record was 1-3-0.
Did you know that in 2003, LaTasha and fellow model turned fighter Bobbi Billard both trained for the WWE at their developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling?
In 2004, they were both released for "not taking wrestling seriously."

Jessica Penne - Female MMA

Jessica Penne is an undefeated female MMA fighter.
She stands 5'5 and weighs in at 115 pounds.
Jessica began her training at Apex Jujitsu in Aliso Viejo, and now trains at Subfighter in Laguna Hills and Legends in Hollywood.
Her MMA record is 6-0-0.
She has defeated Tammie Schneider, Alicia Gumm, Heather Basquil, female MMA fighter and pro wrestler Sumi Sakai, Brandy Nerney and Sally Krumdiak.
Three of her wins were via submission.

Hisae Watanabe - Women MMA Fighters

Hisae Watanabe
Born: October 21st,1980, Tochigi prefecture Japan
Height : 5' 3"
Weight: 106-110 lbs

Hisae Watanabe (born October 21, 1980) is a female Japanese mixed martial arts fighter and a former kickboxer. She is the current DEEP Ladies' Lightweight champion with an MMA record of 18-5-0.

She specializes in kickboxing and is known for her KOs, including her recent knockout of the previously undefeated Satoko Shinashi for the DEEP 48kg Ladies' title.

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Kyra Gracie - Female Martial Arts

Kyra Gracie (born May 29th, 1985) (also spelled Kira), is the daughter of Flavia Gracie, and is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt.
Her uncles are Ralph Gracie, Renzo Gracie, and Ryan Gracie.
She is one of the few Gracie women to hold that rank and is the first Gracie female to actively compete in the sport.
Her competition titles include: 5 Time Brazilian Champion (98,99,00,01,04); 5 Time State Champion (98,99,00,01,02); World Champion (2004); ADCC Champion (2005); 4 Time Pan American Champion (01,02,03,05).
She is currently living in New York City training at the Renzo Gracie Academy there where she instructs the women's classes.

Sr. Mitsuo "Count Koma" Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. → Robson Gracie → Kyra Gracie

5x Brazilian Champion
5x NY state Champion
2004 World BJJ Champion
2005 Abu Dhabi Combat Champion
4x Pan American Games Champion

http://graciekyra.com/

Here's a video of Kyra Gracie taking on one of the best in the world, Megumi Fujii.
This video was posted by koiketto

Kyra Gracie - Female Martial Arts, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on March 16th, 2007

Shannon Logan - Female Fighter

This is female MMA fighter Shannon Logan.
This five foot six, 130 pound female grappler is trained not only in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, but in Tae Kwon Do, Kickboxing, Karate, Muay Thai and grappling.
She was trained by Renzo Gracie, Nestor Marte, Phil Nurse and Fujiwara.
Along with Debi Purcell, she was one of the fourteen women that competed in one of the first (if not the first) all-woman’s Mixed Martial Arts event on April 13th, 2002.
Shannon was also the first female to fight inside an octagonal ring at RF 2 - Reality Fighting 2 at the Wildwood Convention Center in New Jersey where she lost to Laura D'Auguste.
She lost due to corner stoppage after eight minutes when she receieved a cut to the face.

Shannon is a NAGA champion, won 1st place at Grappler's Quest and took 1st place at Kimono Kombat in the Absolute Division.

The on-line magazine Jiu-Jitsu Net made Shannon it's "Girl of the Month" back in 2002.

And from that website, here is an interview Shannon did with a then 16 year old unknown, Kira Gracie...
http://www.jiu-jitsu.net/interviews/kira_gracie/

Greta Hicks - Female MMA Fighter

Fighter Name: Greta Hicks
MMA Record: 5-3
Trainer: Adrian Serrano and Richard Kostuck
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 155-165
Home Town: Milwaukee, WI
Fighting Style: MMA
Fighting Out Of: Adrian Serrano's BJJ and Freestyle Grappling and Triton Kickboxing
Additional Styles: Amateur boxing 0-1, Toughman 3-1, nhb pancrase rules 1-0, Lei Thai kickboxing 1-1
Titles and Accomplishments: Won Quest for the Best 2-NHB 2002 United States Kuoshu Championship silver medalist 2002 Milwaukee Rumble women's champ (Toughman)
Adrian Serrano's BJJ and Freestyle Grappling and Triton Kickboxing Style- Muay Thai and freestyle

Greta's last fight was a loss to Jen Case via submission at ISCF - Heavyweight Gladiators Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 3rd, 2005.

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Female MMA - Olga Bakalopoulos

Olga Bakalopoulos
Nickname The Greek Sensation
Height 5ft 6in (168cm)
Weight 175lb (79kg)
Chest: 43"
Biceps: 15"
Legs: 26"
Calves: 16"
Born 20 January 1978
Fighting out of Beverly Hills Jiu Jitsu
Town of birth Toronto, Canada
Fighting style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Olga Bakalopoulos is a female mixed martial artist.
She was born in Toronto, Canada, where she lived for 15 years, also living in Greece for 3 years (she is fluent in Greek). She now lives in Los Angeles, California, of which she says "it was always a dream of mine to come".

She states on a female bodybuilding site that "as a teenager I was always interested in sports and strength events", taking part in basketball, field hockey and soccer, among others. At the age of 17, she found inspiration in the female bodybuilder Nikki Fuller - "I thought and still think that that's the way a female is meant to look". She has worked with weights extensively since then, lifting 4 times a week.

She began her martial arts training after a friend introduced her to wrestling. Having competed in that sport, she later took up Brazilian jiu-jitsu; she has been trained by 4th degree black belt Marcus Vinicius at the Beverly Hills Jiu Jitsu Club since February 1999. Bakalopoulos then moved into MMA during the year 2000 (she states in an ADCC interview that she started in 1998, but this may refer to her wrestling). When asked by Thomas Gerbasi about women in combat sport, Bakalopoulos replied:

"In every other sport you see women having a place. Women have as much right to be in this as the guys do. In the beginning, it wasn't all that great but now you have women like Lucia Rijker and Laila Ali, they're just phenomenal fighters. Every year the sport gets bigger, more women get into it, and they're saying 'hey, I can do this.' It's going to be awesome."
According to her entry on Fightergirls.net, she counts Bas Rutten and Marco Ruas amongst her former trainers.

Due to her beautiful appearance and her cozy nature, Olga had lots of fans all around the world. Olga was one of the best wrestling and MMA instructors in the world and transmitted her knowledge on several tours around the world. In 2005 Olga retired as a professional MMA fighter and no longer gave private MMA and wrestling lectures.

Lorri Aguilera - Female MMA

Lorri Aguilera
Nationality: US American
Hometown: Riverside, CA, USA
Birthplace: Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA
Division: Super Flyweight
Date of Birth: September 24th, 1966
Height: 5' 3
Weight: 105-125
Trainer: Joey Pagliuso
Additional Styles: Grappling and Boxing
Martial Arts / Kickboxing experience- 4 years

Although Lorri has retired from both boxing and MMA, she is still a fitness trainer and nutrition educator.
She teaches aerobic fitness and kickboxing to youth, adults and seniors.



Female MMA - Lorri Aguilera posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on 2-1-2007

Nicole Albrecht - Female MMA

Fighters Name: Nicole Albrecht
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 160 lbs
Trained by: John Delao
MMA Record 2-2-0

Her last MMA fight was a loss to Debi Purcell via Decision (Unanimous Decision) at King of the Cage 17: Nuclear Explosion in San Jacinto, California on October 19th, 2002.