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Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts, are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ...
Super Fight League, an Indian MMA promotion, have been holding female strawweight fights at 105-115 pounds / 52.2 kilograms since SFL 17 in May 2013. [2] In Japan, Shooto regularly holds contests at that weight class and circulates a championship belt for the division. [3] UFC has added a women's strawweight division that is set at 115 lbs. [4]
The GFL is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Darren Owen in 2024 and will be launched in April 2025. [1] The league had a draft that kickstarted the promotion on January 24, 2025 and its first season is set to launch in April 2025 where teams will be city-based.
Carla Kristen Esparza [4] (born October 10, 1987) is an American former professional mixed martial artist and wrestler who most recently competed in the women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in which she is the former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion.
Won the Pancrase 26th Neo Blood Strawweight Tournament. Win 2–0 Tomoki Otsuka Decision (unanimous) Pancrase 319 October 25, 2020: 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan Pancrase 26th Neo Blood Strawweight Tournament Semifinal. Win 1–0 Masaya Oshiro Technical Submission (kimura) Pancrase 312 February 16, 2020: 1 4:51 Tokyo, Japan Strawweight debut.
[223] [224] The institute was opened in 2017, and is the world's first mixed martial arts center for innovation, research and training. [225] [226] [227] As many as 400 MMA athletes have visited the center, as well as NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB athletes. [228] In June 2019, a second facility was opened in Shanghai, China. [229]
The Academy's MMA team, Team Academy, has a winning percentage of 80% [3] Greg Nelson combined his background in NCAA Division 1 wrestling, from college, with the Thai-boxing training he began in 1983 to form the basis of his Mixed Martial arts system. Starting the gym in 1992 the focus was on combative martial arts & sport martial arts.
Valesca Machado (born May 6, 1996) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist (MMA) who currently in the strawweight division. She competes in the Invicta Fighting Championships , where she is a former Invicta FC Strawweight Champion .