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MMA competition requires training in striking, wrestling and submission fighting. This is a list of notable female mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order. Contents:
Rose Gertrude Namajunas [7] (born June 29, 1992) is an American professional mixed martial artist.She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and is a former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion.
Valentina Anatolyevna Shevchenko [a] (born March 7, 1988) is a Kyrgyz professional mixed martial artist, former Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer.She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is a two-time and current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion and both the first Kyrgyz and Peruvian fighter to win a UFC championship.
In November 2012, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced that Rousey had become the first female fighter to sign with the UFC. [ 14 ] [ 81 ] UFC President Dana White officially announced at the UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz pre-fight press conference that Rousey was the first UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion .
According to Daily Mail, the MMA company hosted a similar event last year that featured two women fighting against one man. Unsurprisingly, it received backlash, as well, from many of its viewers.
In her highest-profile MMA fight to date, Holm was initially scheduled to face defending women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey at UFC 195 on January 2, 2016. [51] However, following a bout shuffle due to Robbie Lawler 's injury, they faced before a record-setting crowd in the main event of UFC 193 on November 14, 2015. [ 52 ]
Garcia appeared as a guest coach for Wanderlei Silva on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3. Garcia was at one point scheduled to face Megumi Yabushita for the Japanese promotion Real Fight Championship. This bout, however, fell through. [22] Garcia was then scheduled to make her MMA debut with Jungle Fight in March 2015. [23]
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu phenom, 38, went head-to-head with the 33-year-old male MMA fighter in the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.