Strikeforce fighter, Ronda Rousey, is blazing trails and ruffling feathers. I'm excited to see her video showing her grappling with UFC fighter, and contender for the welterweight crown on February 4th at UFC 143, Nick Diaz, on the front page of UFC.com[...]
Posts Tagged ‘female mma fighters’
Women’s Self-Defense: The only prerogative for fighting?
L. C. Pugilista joins us again with a question about why women practice self-defense. She has strong feelings about delineating between training in martial arts as a fighter vs. training in martial arts for self-defense.[...]
BBC Four MMA Documentary on Women Cage Fighters Parts 1-7 (video)
Two British female fighters have their own reasons for stepping into the cage. This MMA documentary analyses their motivations and explores the complex relationships with their male trainers - who, in both cases, are also their partners.[...]
In Your Corner: It’s Complicated to be Coach and Husband (or Wife) For the Same Person
Whether you are an MMA fighter or not, you still need to have good people in your corner helping you through life's ups and downs. Trust is imperative because the opportunity that the corner man sees -- and starts shouting about -- won't exist forever. The fighter has to move when he or she hears th[...]
CNN Presents “Fighter Girls” (video) – Amber Lyon with Michele Gutierrez, MMA Fighter
CNN News Reporter, Amber Lyon, explores the world of women's Mixed Martial Arts, by following around a young, single mother, Michele Gutierrez, to find out why she fights. Michele is a professional MMA fighter.[...]
Cage Fighting in the USA: ‘Vanguard’ Trailer (video)
Cage Fighting in the USA: 'Vanguard' airs December 19th, 2011, on Current TV. Here's a video preview for this one hour documentary.[...]
Courtney DrewJitsu Cardoza Wins First Place at BJJ Tournament
"I have been doing BJJ since Feb. 2010, 5 days a week an hour 1/2 a day and privates every other Friday and still get the best grades in school."[...]
Women’s MMA…Are You Ready? (video)
Women fighting. Either you love it or you hate it. Here's a five minute sample featuring some of the world's best known female mixed martial artists.[...]
Women Only MMA Training: Separating the boys from the girls
Many MMA and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) gyms offer separate classes for women. I personally teach a women's striking class at my gym. I am still undecided about whether or not I agree with separating the sexes for training, although from a business perspective, it definitely makes sense.[...]
My Yahoo! Posts Focusing on Women Boxing in the Olympics
Here is the list of most current posts that I've written as a Featured Contributor for Yahoo! Sports on the subject of women fighting. In this case, women boxing in the Olympics and the controversy surrounding the idea of women being asked to box in skirts.[...]
MMA Fighter Danielle West and her visit to Florian Martial Arts
Danielle's most recent MMA fight was with Rin Nakai, a Japanese fighter who is ranked fourth on the Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings list of Featherweights (136-145 pounds) after Cris Cyborg Santos. That fight ended in a draw. A rematch is being scheduled. [...]
Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings October 2011
These rankings are acknowledged by most promotions as the only official women’s mixed martial arts rankings assembled by division and weight class.[...]
Blackeye 5 Breast Cancer Beatdown MMA Fights Live Streaming 10/01/11
Blackeye 5 will be live streamed on internet pay per view beginning at 7:00pm Eastern Standard Time (USA). Roxanne Modafferi vs. Barb Honchak headline the event. Roxanne is ranked seventh in the world behind Strikeforce Women's Bantanweight Champion Meisha Tat[...]
What if Cover Girl Cosmetics Sponsored A Show Like the (Female) Contender or The Ultimate Fighter for Women?
CNN and Soledad O'Brien are not the only high profile entities noticing the power of a female fighter following her Olympic dream. In one of the articles, "Reporter's Notebook: The changing face of women's boxing", Soledad mentions that Marlen's success has "...drawn sponsors like Coke, Nike and Cov[...]
August 17th, 2011 - 9:17 am § in busy bloggers, fighters, guests, popular, recent posts, stay young from the inside out
3 Ingredients For Feeling Happy – Honor Love Respect: thatgirlisfunny celebrates second blogoversary
What I Learned About Feeling Happy From Being Featured on the Yahoo Home Page - I stopped questioning whether I deserved to be there or not and just had fun with it.[...]
