The Current UFC Women MMA Fighters - 2015

Last year I did a post about the then Current UFC Female roster.
So I thought I would update that one now.
Oddly enough (as I have mentioned before) Dana White once swore women would never fight in UFC.
Then evidently he met Ronda Rousey.
He signed her up and now the UFC roster has 25 fighters on it, down from 27 last time I did this...

Ronda Rousey
Miesha Tate
Alexis Davis
Amanda Nunes
Sarah Kaufman
Liz Carmouche
Germaine de Randamie
Raquel Pennington
Sara McMann
Jessica Eye
Bethe Correia
Jessamyn Duke
Julianna Peña
Marion Reneau
Cat Zingano
Elizabeth Phillips
Leslie Smith
Holly Holm
Milana Dudieva
Sarah Moras
Lauren Murphy
Larissa Pacheco
Cristiane Justino
Ashlee Evans-Smith
Rin Nakai    

Right now only Ronda, Julianna Peña and Holly Holm are undefeated.

Julianna Pena - Women MMA Fighters

The first woman to win The Ultimate Fighter, Julianna "The Venezuelan Vixen" Pena. was born on August 19th, 1989 in Spokane Washington.
This five foot six, 135 pound fighter is trained in Kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Right now Julianna has a 7-2-0 MMA record.
Her last fight was a win over Jessica Eye at UFC 192 - Cormier vs. Gustafsson on October 3rd, 2015 via Decision (Unanimous)
You can follow Julianna on Instagram here:
https://instagram.com/venezuelanvixen/
And on Twitter here:
https://twitter.com/VenezuelanVixen

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).

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.

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.

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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Ramona Gatto - Female Kickboxing

Ramona Gatto, a nine time world champion kickboxer, known as "Kickboxing's Bad Girl" is one of the most accomplished female fighters of all time.
Growing up in a time when women were not accepted in the male dominated sport of professional pugilism, Ramona was told that her dream of becoming a professional fighter was not realistic and women could not become fighters.
Not accepting the status quo and society's take on what women could do, Ramona changed history by becoming one of the world's mostly highly accomplished professional fighters, and one of the best female fighters in history.

Besides kickboxing, Ramona also did some boxing, taking on Theresa Arnold back on March 27th, 1996 at the Lucky Eagle Casino, Rochester, Washington, United States.
Ramona lost, but you gotta remember, Theresa's record was 15-1-1.

In 2008, Ramona was teaching boxing, and got involved in a scandal about unsanctioned fights at Northern California boxing gyms.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteam&id=6544822

And you can read more about Ramona's battles outside the ring here:
http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-07-02/news/san-mateo-confidential/



Ramona Gatto, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on 3-11-2007

Melanie Kohler-Edwards - MMA Women

Melanie Kohler-Edwards
Dec. 10, 1981
Height: 5'6''
Wt: 120-lbs
Record: 8 wins 4 losses 0 draws
Preferred fighting style: Muay Thai
Trainer: Kwame Stephens
K-1 USA Superfight winner 2003

Keri "The Crusher" Crothers - MMA Women

Canadian women's MMA fighter, Keri "The Crusher" Crothers.
Keri is 5 foot 10 and weighs in at 130 to 145 pounds.
She was born on December 24th, 1975 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Keri was trained by Master Toddy and Stan Peterec.
At one time she held the Canadian Amateur Lightweight Champion.

Liz Modaff - Women MMA Fighters

Name: Liz Modaff
Nick Name: Lil' Mo
MMA Record: 1-0 (Amateur Kickboxing)
Trainer: Duke Roufus
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 105-125
Home Town: Milwaukee, WI
Fighting Style: Kickboxing
Fighting Out Of: Milwaukee, WI
Web Site: http://www.dukeroufus.com

 

Cricket Harris - Women MMA Fighters

Fighters Name: Cricket Harris
MMA Record: 0-0 Kickboxing (Amateur)
Trainer: Duke Roufus
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 125-135
Home Town: Milwaukee, WI
Fighting Style: Kickboxing
Fighting Out Of: Milwaukee, WI
Web Site: http://www.dukeroufus.com

Jill Coleby - Female MMA

Jill Coleby
Fighting Style: Kickboxing
Additional Styles: Karate
Date: 4/25/04
Trainer: Shawn Tompkins
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 105-125
Home Town: Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada
Fighting Out Of: Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada

Marie Colangelo - Female MMA

Marie Colangelo
Fighting Style: MMA
Additional Styles: Unorthodox
Date: 3/17/04
Nick Name: Lil Katai
Trainer: Frank Amalfitano, Brian & Erica Hanna
Height: 5'2.5"
Weight: 125-135
Home Town: Detroit, Michigan
Fighting Out Of: Detroit, Michigan