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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 ...
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.
The strawweight division in mixed martial arts is for competitors weighing between 106 and 115 lb (48 to 52 kg). It sits between the lighter atomweight division and the heavier flyweight division. The UFC 's strawweight division, which groups competitors within 106 to 115 lb (48 to 52 kg)
UFC Strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk sat down with AOL Sports to talk about her record-breaking win at UFC 193 in Australia a couple weeks ago.
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.
Weight limits in women's MMA mostly follow the Unified Rules' limits, but organizations that recognize women's championships usually only have titles at the lower end of the table. UFC, for example, recognizes women's titles in the strawweight , flyweight , and bantamweight classes.
Lemos faced former strawweight champion Jéssica Andrade on April 23, 2022, at UFC Fight Night 205. [20] She lost the fight via a standing arm-triangle choke in round one. [21] Lemos faced Michelle Waterson on July 16, 2022, at UFC on ABC 3. [22] She won the fight via guillotine choke submission in the second round. [23]
Lupita Nyong’o and Chloë Grace Moretz are set to team up as UFC fighters in their new movie Strawweight. In February 2024, Variety announced that the two actresses would be starring in the ...