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."

Meagan Armstrong - Female MMA

Nickname: Meagan Armstrong
Preferred Fighting Weight: 145 - 145 lbs
Fighting out of: Karate-do Kickboxing, Medicine Hat, AB Canada
Trainer: Shane Morgan
Record: Style Win Loss Draw
Kickboxing/Muay Thai (Amateur) 3 - 0 - 0


Meagan Fighting a girl from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jgiYqiILQd4

Sarah Ponce - Female MMA

Fighter Name: Sarah Ponce
Born: November 21st, 1976
Record: 12-1-0
Trainer: Mike Altman.
preferred fighting styles: San Shou ; Kickboxing (leg kicks, knees, and throws), but will also fight in Muay Thai and International Rules (Low leg kicks).
2003 Ujena Swimsuit Model of the Year

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.

Female MMA - Hitomi Akano

Female MMA, Hitomi Akano
Height 5ft 4in (163cm)
Weight 125lb (57kg)
Fighting out of Japan
Hitomi Akano is a Japanese female MMA fighter. Her most recent fight was against Debi Purcell on 15 February 2006 at Smack Girl, which she won by unanimous decision.

UPDATE: Hitomi has had several fights since this entry was made. Her record now stands at 14-5, her latest match being a victory over Hari Hari at Jewels 1 on November 16, 2008. She won in the first round with an armbar submission.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Hitomi has had two more fights since the last update.
A loss to Cristiane Santos on April 11, 2009 and a win over Miki Morifuji on July 11, 2009.
This brings her female MMA record to 15-6.