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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.
After achieving a Muay Thai record of 12–1–1, [14] Carano received an offer from Jamie Levine to participate in the first-ever sanctioned female MMA bout in Nevada with World Extreme Fighting to fight Leiticia Pestovа (a bout Carano won in 38 seconds). She was invited to the World Pro Fighting show in Las Vegas to fight Rosi Sexton. [15]
Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film starring Hilary Swank.It is directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Paul Haggis, based on stories from the 2000 collection Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole, the pen name of fight manager and cutman Jerry Boyd.
Lady Bloodfight is a 2016 martial arts film directed by Chris Nahon and starring stuntwoman Amy Johnston as an American fighter who travels to Hong Kong to participate in an all-woman Kumite. [1] It is the fifth installment in the Bloodsport film series, and is a standalone sequel to the previous movies.
The following is a list of female action heroes and villains who appear in action films, television shows, comic books, and video games and who are "thrust into a series of challenges requiring physical feats, extended fights, extensive stunts and frenetic chases."
Master With Cracked Fingers (a.k.a. Snake Fist Fighter) Mad Monkey Kung Fu: Kung Fu: G.I. Samurai: Kid with the Golden Arm: Knockabout: Last Hurrah for Chivalry: Magnificent Butcher: A Force of One: Mystery of Chessboxing: Sleeping Fist: Duel of the Dragon (a.k.a. Of Cooks and Kung Fu) Ten Tigers from Kwangtung: Bolo: Kung fu Writing Kung Fu ...
Now defunct promotions that featured female fighters were Strikeforce and EliteXC. [5] There has been a growing awareness of women in mixed martial arts due to popular female fighters and personalities such as Amanda Nunes, Megumi Fujii, Gina Carano, Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate, Holly Holm, Alexa Grasso, and Joanna Jędrzejczyk and among others. [6]
Ronda Jean Rousey (/ ˈ r aʊ z i / ROW-zee; [12] born February 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, actress, and former judoka and mixed martial artist. [13] She is best known for her tenure in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and WWE.