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Julianna Nicole Peña [1] (born August 19, 1989) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the women's Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the two-time and current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. Peña is the first woman to win The Ultimate Fighter.
Influenced by female professional wrestling and kickboxing, the Smackgirl competition was formed in 2001 and became the only major all-female promotion in mixed martial arts. [16] Other early successful Japanese female organizations included Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling , ReMix (a predecessor to Smackgirl), U-Top Tournament, K-Grace, and AX.
Julia Alexandrovna Berezikova (Russian: Юлия Березикова, romanized: Julija Berezikova; born () November 17, 1983) is a Russian female mixed martial artist and boxer. [1] In February, 2014 she was the #7-ranked 125-pound female fighter in the world according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings. [ 2 ]
Gabrielle Lemos " Gabi " Garcia (born November 17, 1985) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and grappler. She is one of the most successful competitors of all time in the female black belt divisions, and a member of the IBJJF Hall of Fame .
This is a list of notable female mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order. A. Mariya ...
Amanda Serrano (born October 9, 1988) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and mixed martial artist. [2] As a boxer, she is the unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBO title since 2019, IBO title since 2021 and the WBA title since 2023. She held the IBF title between 2022 and 2024.
She began training in MMA as a part-time job to kill time and save money after studying overseas but went on to become one of the most successful female mixed martial artists in the world. [2] On February 28, 2010 at DEEP: 46th Impact, Matsumoto confirmed weeks of speculation by announcing that she would be retiring from mixed martial arts. [3]
She first started training at a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym aged 18, after giving birth to her daughter Isabella . [ 3 ] McCourt signed an exclusive multi-year fight sports equipment and sports apparel agreement with Everlast is the first female athlete to be placed on an apparel deal from the UK.