Ronda Rousey vs Holly Holm at UFC 195

On Saturday, January 2, UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will take on Holly Holm.
Of course Ronda's unbeaten record is 12-0-0 with her last four victories coming in a combined 130 seconds.
Holly is 9-0-0 in MMA, but was 33-2-3 in boxing, which will make her the best striker that Ronda has ever faced.
And add to that, Holly is used to going 12 rounds in a fight, something Ronda's opponents never get the chance to do.

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.

The Biggest Female MMA Weekend In History

Tonight starts the biggest female MMA weekend in history.

First up is Invicta FC 11 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles when Cris "Cyborg" Justino defends her Invicta Featherweight Championship against Charmaine Tweet.
Cris is 12-1-0 and Charmaine is 6-4-0.

Then tomorrow night at UFC 184 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, Ronda Rousey 10-0-0 will take on Cat Zingano 9-0-0.
Good news though...
At the UFC 184 Ultimate Media Day, Rousey actually took the time to shake her opponent’s hand!
Maybe Ronda is actually starting to show some sportsmanship!

Angelica Chavez - Women MMA Fighters

One of the most popular women on this blog in 2014 wasn't one of the big names in Women's MMA like Rosey or Tate or Justino.
It was Angelica Chavez.
Yes the five foot one, 105 pound fighter out of Albuquerque, New Mexico was very popular here.
Angelica is currently 4-3-0.
She got off to a good start, but sadly her last three fights have all been losses.

Here she is up against Nicdali Rivera-Calonoc at Invicta FC 2 - Baszler vs. McMann back in 2012.

Lena Ovchynnikova - Women MMA Fighters

10-3-0 Ukrainian kickboxer and mixed martial artist Lena "Hunter" Ovchynnikova.
She is the current WBC Muaythai Women's World Flyweight Champion.
Lena's last MMA fight was a win over Svetlana Gotsyk at WMMAF - World MMA Championship, Day 3 via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) on October 18th, 2014.
Her last Kickboxing fight was a win over Ruth Ashdown at WCK Muay Thai: Hot Summer Fights 2014 in Lviv, Ukraine via Decision (unanimous)

You can check out her Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lena-HUNTER-OVCHYNNIKOVA/173111164037

Lena Ovchynnikova Promo Video -

UFC 181 - No Holly Holm

Well I am sure you have already heard that Holly Holm will not be making her UFC debut tonight at UFC 181.
She had to pull out because of a herniated disc.
That's the bad news.

The good news is that she has been cleared to resume training and is looking at making her debut sometime in February of 2015.
That's a shame because I was really looking forward to her UFC debut.
The Women's Bantamweight fight tonight will instead be Raquel Pennington (4-4-0) against Ashlee Evans-Smith (3-0-0).

Marloes Coenen - The Best Female MMA Fighter?

Marloes “Rumina” Coenen was recently ranked number one by MMARising in it's Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings.
Female MMA Fighter Cristiane Justino, who was number one was removed due to inactivity and for vacating the division.
So 22-6-0 Marloes moves up to number one.
Oddly though, despite being number one there, Marloes is not even in their list of the "Top 15 Women’s Pound-For-Pound MMA Rankings".

Marloes last fight was a win over Annalisa Bucci at Bellator MMA - Bellator 130 on October 24th, 2014 at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas.
She won via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) in 57 seconds in the third round.

Here she is dancing with Miesha Tate back in 2011.....

Holly Holm to debut at UFC 181

Female boxer turned UFC MMA fighter Holly Holm will debut at UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II on December 6, 2014 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Her opponent will be Raquel Pennington (4-4-0).
I have liked Holly ever since her boxing days.
She is 33-2-3 in boxing and 7-0-0 in MMA so far.
And yes...a lot of people are talking about Holly vs Ronda.
Which is a much better idea than Rousey vs Carano.

Felice Herrig - MMA Women

According to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings, Felice "Lil Bulldog" Herrig is the #10 ranked female strawweight fighter in the world.
Her current MMA record is 9-5-0 and before she was stopped by Tecia Torres at Invicta FC 7 - Honchak vs. Smith on December 7th, 2013, she was on a 4 win roll.
Yeah, it's been almost a year since she fought last, but you may have seen her on The Ultimate Fighter 20.

Rachael Cummins - Female MMA Fighters

This beautiful young lady is female MMA fighter AND model, Rachael Cummins.
Rachael is of German, Swedish and Russian heritage and is five foot nine, 125 pounds.
Right now her MMA record stands at 2-2-0 because she just lost to Taila Santos at XFCI - XFC International 6 in Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil on September 27th, 2014.

You can keep up with Rachael at her Twitter account here:
https://twitter.com/RachaelCummins
Or her Facebook Page here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rachael-Cummins/411013685624075

Bethe Correia - Female MMA

Like the gunslingers of the "Old West", Bethe "Pitbull" Correia (9-0-0) has called out Ronda Rousey and her "Four Horsewomen".
I'm sorry, as a pro wrestling fan from way back I still have trouble typing that term associated with Rousey.
Anyway...like a gunfighter, Bethe said she was coming for Rousey and her title and she was gonna go through the Four Hor...the others to do that.
The thing is...she has already been through two of them.

Bethe has already taken out Shayna Baszler at UFC 177 and Jessamyn Duke at UFC 172.
That just leaves Marina Shafir....and Ronda Rousey.
So Bethe is moving up through the ranks.

Can she do it?
I dont know.
But it will be fun to watch.

Bethe Correia vs Shayna Baszler Highlights

Miesha Tate vs Rin Nakai at UFC Fight Night

On September 20th, 2014, Miesha "Cupcake" Tate is gonna take on Rin "I dont have a cute ring name because I dont need one" Nakai.
I swear this match up looks like a fitness model going up against a bodybuilder.
They will face each other at UFC Fight Night at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Miesha is 14-5-0 and Rin is 16-0-1.
Miesha's wins have been 3 KO/TKOs, 6 Submissions and 5 Decisions.
Rin on the other hand has 4 KO/TKOs, 6 Submissions and 6 Decisions.
Pretty darn close huh?

Who's gonna win?
I have been wrong in every female MMA fight I can remember.
So there is no way I am calling this.
But just from their body types I wonder what kind of match up this will be.

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.

Kylie Minogue - Martial Arts

I can only find verification from one source, but Kylie Minogue, the Australian actor/singer is training in taekwondo.
http://www.your-martial-arts-resources.com/martial-arts-celebrities.html

Although she did play Cammy in Street Fighter (1994).

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Carina "Barbie" Damm - MMA Women

May 21, 2007 Nicknames are not uncommon among mixed martial arts athletes. A look at the current roster of Bodog Fighters reveals colorful monikers such as "Red Nosed Pitt Bull", "Buffalohead", "The Eraser", and "The Juggernaut".

The importance of a good handle has not been lost on female fighters either, with flamboyant Brazilian Carina "Beauty But The Beast" Damm providing a first-rate example.

While most nicknames are designed to intimidate, like Bill "The Butcher" Mahood or Brad "One Punch" Pickett, a nickname like "Cuddles" undoubtedly falls short of such goals. Nevertheless, Ohio's Jan Finney insists she's no teddy bear.

Full article at:
http://www.mmaringreport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1240&Itemid=79

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Hitomi Akano - MMA Women

Height 5'4 (163cm)
Weight 135lbs (61kg)
City Tokyo
Country Japan

Hitomi Akano is a Japanese mixed martial artist. Her most recent fight was against Debi Purcell on 15 February 2006 at Smack Girl, which she won by unanimous decision.

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MMA - Amanda Buckner

Height 5ft 3in (160cm)
Weight 135lb (61kg)
Fighting out of Academy of MMA
Town of birth Orlando, Florida
Fighting style Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Amanda Buckner is an American mixed martial artist. Her last fight was a Technical KO win against Shayna Baszler in Mix Fighting Championship 7: Russia vs. USA 3, on 3 June 2006. Buckner was a contestant on MMA reality show bodogfight, but lost in her first bout to Tara LaRosa.

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MMA Women - Marloes Coenen

Marloes Coenen (born March 31, 1981 in Olst, Netherlands) is a Dutch mixed martial artist. Her brothers and grandfather were both into martial arts, the latter having taken jujitsu twenty years earlier, which aided her own transition into the sport. She started training with Martijn de Jong at Shooto Holland while only 14, who recalls "I really had respect for that, because it didn't matter if it rained or snowed. She still kept on coming." She has said in an interview with Martial Arts News Magazine that she is keen to fight Erin Toughill, whom she calls the "personification of arrogance."

Her last fight was a win by submission against Yoko Takahashi at Shooto-G on March 11, 2006. Along with her competitive career, she is planning to study communications sciences in Amsterdam with a view to employment in that sector.

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MMA Women - Mayra Conde

Mayra Conde (born January 28, 1969 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a mixed martial artist, who has also competed in kickboxing, brazilian jiu-jitsu and bodybuilding.
Nickname The Strong Warrior
Height 5ft 4in (163cm)
Weight 158lb (72kg)
Born January 28, 1969
Fighting out of The Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu Club
Town of birth Guatemala City, Guatemala
Fighting style Brazilian jiu-jitsu, MMA, Kickboxing
Conde hails from Guatemala City, where she grew up on her grandparents' farm. She has spoken fondly of her time there in interviews, as well as citing her grandfather as "my source of strength". However, at the age of nine when her younger brother was born, Conde moved with her parents to Toronto, Canada, hoping for a better education.

Her early years as an immigrant were tough; "I was constantly picked on because I couldn't speak English and was very small". Conde proved up to the challenge, never failing a grade, and is now bilingual, speaking both her native Spanish and adopted English. While still at school, Conde got into sports drinks and nutrition through her father, which led to her becoming a bodybuilder at the age of 16. Her muscular physique proved useful when she moved into construction work after high school. Earning a living as a welder, she would later become a foreman.

In August 1998, despite having no previous grappling experience, Conde still won first place in the women's heavyweight division of Canadian Grapplers Challenge. She says the guillotine choke she bested her first opponent with "was a natural movement when she shot in on me...People asked me how long I had been grappling and I said that I needed to get started." Conde also retained her interest in bodybuilding; the pull of Venice Beach proved irresistible. She left Canada for California along with a friend, Olga Bakalopoulos, who would also become both a weightlifter and mixed martial artist.

California brought Conde her first taste of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, training at the Beverly Hills Jiu Jitsu Club with such luminaries as Mark Kerr and Bas Rutten. Learning from them and another trainer, Marcus Vinicius, she would later fight in the US, Brazil and Greece, and was a part of the groundbreaking all-female Hook N Shoot Revolution promotion.

1st Place at the 3rd American International Championships, Grappling (148-160lbs) Light Weight Division, Carson, CA, 9 December 2001
1st Place at the 3rd American International Championships, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Women's Open Division, Carson, CA, 8 December 2001
1st Place in the US Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu CHAMPIONSHIPS, October 2001
2001 Bronze Medalist in the World Wide Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (July 26-29 )
Double GOLD Medalist in 1st World Wide Pankration Championships on 11 November 2000, Lamia, Greece
1st place winner in the Heavy weight & Open Division in the U.S. Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships in Santa Cruz, 5 November 2000
Winner in NHB Bout at the Mark "The Cobra" Hall's Cobra Challenge Federation, in Anza CA on 3 June 2000
1st Place winner in the California State Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships, 26 March 2000
U.S. Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Heavy Weight and Overall Winner, Santa Cruz (White Belt), 5 November 2000 Won Cobra Challenge NHB fight, 6 March 2000
Women's Kick-Boxing Division Winner, September 1999
Women's Heavy Weight Grappler's Challenge Champion, August 1999
Winner by technical K.O. in Kick-Boxing Bout at the Bas Rutten Invitational in Littleton CO, 26 June 1999
Winner in NHB/Vale Tudo Bout at the 1st Bas Rutten Invitational, 6 February 1999
1st Place Women's Heavyweight Winner at the Grapplers Challenge in Toronto, Canada on 8 August 1998
Nite Magic Flexmania Ladies Overall (Bodybuilding), July 1996

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MMA Women - Laura D'Auguste

Laura D'Auguste is a female mixed martial artist. She initially started practising martial arts to protect herself and her daughter from her husband. She also works as a cardiac nurse.

D'Auguste's first experience with martial arts came in April 1996; previously, she had taken ballet and modern dance. Her mother signed her up for a Woman's Safe Seminar at Tiger Schulmann's Karate Center, where she learnt basic grab escapes and strikes.This came at a difficult time for the unemployed D'Auguste, who had recently left an abusive marriage, taking a 3 year old daughter along with her. Her escape to New York from Arizona had to be planned carefully; her husband had threatened to kill her if she ever left.

D'Auguste had already spent all her money on child care and nursing school, but knew she needed further self-defence training. Sensei Peter Guzman, an instructor at the school, made an agreement with D'Auguste that she could work off her tuition fees through various chores at the gym; for example, taking calls, mopping the floors and cleaning the locker room. Soon, she was training regularly, eventually earning her 2nd degree black belt and level 2 Joshu.

D'Auguste began competing in MMA in 2000 for the TSK Fight Team, later becoming the top ranked female fighter in the world. Her last fight was a win against Megumi Yabushita at Smack Girl: Dynamic on 17 August 2005.

1st Place Men's Advanced Grappling Division, Challenge of Champions XVII
3rd Place Men's Free Fighting, Challenge of Champions XVII
Ring of Combat Welterweight Champion
Reality Fighting Welterweight Champion
1st Place in NAGA Women's Advanced Lightweight, Women's Advances Middleweight and 2nd in Men's Advanced Flyweight.

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