LastRound. ruprovides a ranking of the top women in mixed martial arts.
10. Gabi Garcia
Gabi Garcia is a nine-time world champion in Brazilian Ji-Jitsu who was a little unlucky with her size. Almost 190 centimeters with a mass of about 95 kg. Unfortunately for Gabi, there are simply no such women’s weight categories in the largest promotions, which initially limits the athlete’s career. The only way out for the girl was to participate in the Japanese promotion Rizin FF, where they really love bright and slightly freaky characters. The local public loves the rather strange fights of such fighters even more.
In her last match, Garcia faced a 50-year-old wrestling woman. It’s quite difficult to describe what’s happening, so it’s better to do it once see. In three fights before this, the Brazilian defeated not very well-known rivals, among whom you can find the Russian Anna Malyukova, who lasted until the second round.
However, Gabi is quite a media person - 265 thousand people follow her photos on Instagram. This is 100 thousand more than Valentina Shevchenko and 10 times more than Germaine De Randamie Good recognition and simple interesting story big girls with amazing achievements in jiu-jitsu allow Garcia to close out the top ten most important and brightest women in the history of MMA.
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9. Germaine De Randamie
De Randamie is a ten-time world champion in kickboxing, who has never lost to anyone in this sport - 37 fights ended in 37 consecutive victories.
In MMA, a girl cannot boast of such a record. Over a nearly 9-year career (excluding two two-year breaks), De Randamie had only 10 fights, earning a modest record of 7-3. The Dutch athlete lost to Vanessa Porto, Julia Budd and the more famous Amanda Nunes. The last one is ahead of schedule.
Jermaine owes her place in the top ten strongest women to her victory over Holly Holm. In February of this year, De Randamie defeated “The Priest’s Daughter” by unanimous decision to become the inaugural UFC featherweight champion.
Initially, the division was created for Cris Cyborg, but Germaine was able to find herself in the right place and in right time, jumping into history. You can talk about the controversial decision of the judges, calling the girl a “dirty” athlete because of the blows after the gong, but no one can deprive her of the main achievement in her professional career.
8. Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina’s achievements can be listed for a very long time, the most important thing is that she is an 11-time world champion in Muay Thai, a 3-time world champion in kickboxing, a master of sports in judo and dozens of other regalia. An unspoken achievement can be considered three victories over Joanna Jedrzejczyk, to whom we will have time to return.
In MMA, Shevchenko is doing quite well - right now the girl is the main contender for the UFC title after a convincing victory over Julianna Pena. The victory was especially valuable because Valentina showed good skills on the ground, defeating her opponent with Ronda Rousey’s favorite technique – the armbar. Shevchenko’s striking skills did not raise any questions, but were once again demonstrated in the fight with Holly Holm. Valentina, noticeably inferior in size, interrupted the former world boxing champion in her arms and for some reason this did not seem surprising.
On July 8 in Las Vegas, the Russian-speaking “Bullet” will try to take revenge on Amanda Nunes in the fight for the UFC champion belt. If the result of the fight is successful, Valentina will firmly enter the top five strongest women in MMA history.
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7. Holly Holm
The "Priest's Daughter" came from boxing and was presented to the public as an obvious threat to the crushing Ronda Rousey. The prophecies came true too unexpectedly - a 6-minute stand-up lesson ended with a terrible high kick, which forever changed the history of not only women's MMA, but the entire sport. A new star appeared before the fans - the first girl to become a champion in both boxing and MMA. But then everything didn’t go according to plan.
Since her fight with Ronda (November 2015), Holm has not won a single victory, earning a record of 0-3. Holly lost the belt in her first defense against Miesha Tate. The champion courageously refused to give up, preferring a short sleep. The meeting with Valentina Shevchenko brought double disappointment to the American - the former boxing champion was interrupted in the standing position. The fight with De Randamie can be called a certain amount of bad luck, but Holly herself admits that she could and should have done more.
A fourth defeat in a row will turn Holm into MMA's Buster Douglas, a one-night stand.
6. Miesha Tate
Miesha Tate's career is a story about not giving up. The American lost twice to her main rival, but still managed to achieve her goal. After her first defeat from Rousey, Misha lost to Cat Zingano, but still received the coveted revenge. For the second time, Ronda defeated the challenger in 58 seconds and forever closed the question of who was the strongest in this confrontation.
Tate gritted her teeth and went on a four-fight winning streak to claim the championship belt with Holly Holm. “Cupcake” was quite obviously losing the fight, but in the fifth she managed to catch the champion in a choke hold. The neck of the “Priest’s Daughter” was squeezed by all the years of patience and failure that Misha overcame. Holly could not and should not escape from that grip of despair. Tate achieved her goal and became the UFC champion, giving another beautiful story about overcoming.
As it happens, having achieved the main goal of her life, Tate simply did not understand where to move next and completely lost to Amanda Nunes. I lost hard, getting hit by a skating rink. The fight with Raquel Pennington only convinced that Misha’s story in MMA should be completed. The main goal was accomplished and the girl simply did not find new motivation.
Tate retired and it seems she made the right decision. Travel, work on television and no more beatings.
5. Amanda Nunes
“The Lioness’s” track record speaks for itself – Nunes has defeated four girls on our list. Amanda knocked out De Randamie, smashed Miesha Tate's face and ended Ronda Rousey's career. Nunes’ victory over Valentina Shevchenko stands out, where the Brazilian athlete was not so convincing. All questions should disappear on July 8, although the “Lioness” is as confident as possible in herself and is already dreaming of repeating Conor McGregor’s achievement - Nunes wants to become the first woman to reign simultaneously in two weight categories. Only Joanna Jedrzejczyk can identify her, and Valentina will try to help her old friend.
4. Cris Cyborg
Chris Justino began her journey in MMA with a defeat to a certain Erica Paes in May 2005. Over the twelve years of her career, Cyborg did not suffer a single defeat, becoming the strongest girl on the planet. Zustina was like this even during peak Rousey, she was just unlucky. Chris failed doping tests, had an argument in absentia with UFC President Dana White, but, more importantly, she was larger than the required weight category.
Justino was able to knock out opponent after opponent, but was losing to the UFC's PR machine, which was building a new MMA superstar. Now we can say with confidence that the main women's fight in history will never take place and the potential winner will remain a topic of debate.
For a higher position in the site’s ranking, the Brazilian athlete needs to beat De Randamie/Holly Holm, or better yet both, and have a unification fight with Amanda Nunes or Valentina Shevchenko. After this, Chris may receive due attention and will definitely become the strongest woman in the history of MMA, but she is unlikely to be able to become the face of this sport. Even she cannot shake Rhonda’s place in the hearts and imaginations of the public.
3. Gina Carano
Gina is actually the first famous woman in MMA, captivating not so much with her fighting skills as with her appearance and charm. Carano perfectly coped with the role of a guide to women's fights for a random person, attracting a mass audience. The formidable beauty and the sweetest smile in mixed martial arts attracted men, but still did not force them to perceive MMA as they should. Carano lost to Cris Cyborg and retired at age 27. Now this seems like the right decision.
For a long time, Gina flirted with the UFC and Bellator, hinting at a return, but the comeback never happened. Now 35, the American is conquering Hollywood and is the second most popular girl in the history of mixed martial arts.
2. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
In June 2013, in her fourth professional fight, Joanna defeated Yulia Berezikova under the auspices of the Fight Nights tournament in Moscow. In December 2014, Jedrzejczyk made her UFC debut in the toughest fight of her career. In March 2015, the Polish athlete became the champion of the organization.
The easiest way to explain Joanna's evolution is by dates. It's hard to imagine a more dynamic female career in women's MMA. In her two years as a champion, Jedrzejczyk has defended her title five times and is close to clearing her division.
In this story, it is necessary to note the development of the athlete’s fighting skills. It’s not difficult for the Polish girl to leave her fiancé and her hometown to continue honing her skills in American Top Team - after all, this is necessary for her career. Jedrzejczyk speaks English, maintaining a cute accent, takes pictures with all the fans and mentally destroys his rivals in a duel of glances.
In her last fight, Joanna showed the full breadth of her skills - quick kicks, serial work and counterattacks. Jedrzejczyk fired at Jessica Andrade, who had dropped in weight, and only smiled cockily after missing blows. The Polish woman likes to fight, and the fans like to see this passion.
The athlete’s age allows us to hope that her main achievements are still ahead. So far, there is no one in the division who can stop Joanna from repeating her record of six title defenses. IN present moment Jedrzejczyk is one step away from achieving Ronda Rousey, but, unlike the American, she plans to become a champion in the new weight category up to 56.7.
The only problem for the Polish athlete is the lack of proper PR. But from the point of view of sporting achievements, Joanna is absolutely in no way inferior to Rousey.
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1. Ronda Rousey
Could anyone else have been in first place? An Olympic medalist, an American who grabbed a burning match from Gina Carano's hands and turned it into a real flame. You need to understand that when in an interview before a fight every second female fighter thanks Ronda for open doors, this is not just for catchphrase.
Dana White once said that the UFC would never have a women's division. A few years later, Rousey has become one of the promotion's two main superstars, and this year the organization will add a fourth women's weight class. All of this is just part of Rhonda's legacy.
But even so, Rousey’s career left some kind of aftertaste and a feeling that everything could have turned out even better. Love, a bad coach or loss of concentration - Rousey's fall turned out to be too unexpected and loud, and the girl herself was never able to psychologically survive that defeat to Holly Holm. A fight with Amanda Nunes seems unnecessary, because you don’t want to remember an invincible champion so helpless. But this is already part of the story. The story is very blurry at the end, but still with a capital letter.
The symbol, face and personification of women's MMA - what else can we talk about here? There are a lot of cool female fighters in the world right now, and Jedrzejczyk will soon break Ronda’s record for the number of title defenses. But not a single active athlete has such commercial and performance potential. The potential and opportunity to go beyond the entire sport. In the near future, Rousey will become a wife and will probably fulfill her old dream - she will be next to Travis Brown and will try to give birth to several children for him in that very house somewhere in the middle of the forest.
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Women have long begun to master and continue to master male professions and sports. No one can be surprised by women's football, basketball, tennis, boxing, etc. And even fights without rules cannot scare the fair half of humanity. This is where beauty is a truly terrible force :)
Miesha Tate
Strikeforce champion, the demonic Misha performs in the cage with such courage that the public completely forgets about her appearance. The precise, technical work of this beauty has already become the talk of the town.
Kira Gracie
As many as five gold medals in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and ambitions that can amaze anyone. Kira has not yet managed to earn a big name in MMA, but she is going to change this unfortunate fact in the next season.
Kim Couture
This beauty came to the sport at the encouragement of her husband, world-famous UFC fighter Randy Couture. Kim doesn’t show great results, but she shows everything else, for which she has won the love of the public.
Michelle Gutierrez
Oddly enough, Michelle began her career not from the podium, but from the boxing ring. Feeling that it was time to develop, the long-legged Valkyrie switched to MMA and now competes for the Invicta FC promotion.
Rachel Cummins
Cummins’ appearance allowed the girl to go on the catwalk, but her character was not the same. Rachel chose MMA over a modeling career and is now training to move from the amateur ranks to the big arena.
Felice Herrig
Miss "Little Bulldog" - cute, isn't it? Felice was considered one of the most promising kickboxers in the world for a long time, and then decided to work in the cage. Damn, just look at this lamp cutie!
Gina Carano
And our favorite is Gina Carano. This shy-looking beauty attracted the attention of the whole world to women's MMA, showing that girls not only know how, but also love to punch faces.
Ronda Rousey
The famous Rhonda, whose pedestal has recently been shaken. But fans are firmly confident in the strength of their favorite: promoters are already betting on the beautiful champion’s early return to the top ranks of the MMA ratings.
Jordan McDonald
Most often, Jordan performs at TUFF-N-Uff tournaments: Las Vegas has become a playground for the girl, where Jordan can show off all her skills. And something else.
Karina Damm
No, not a relative. Karina is one of the best MMA punchers, with dozens of knockout victories to her name. Karina's refined tactics are the result of many years of training.
In the cruel man's world, there are enough women who can knock on any man's kumpol so much that it won't seem too much, for example, girls who do MMA. But MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) participants are, first of all, women, and only then dangerous professional fighters, and like any women they are beautiful. We have collected the most beautiful representatives of this dangerous profession in this article.
Gina Carano
Achievements
Age – 31 years
Carano's sports career began with Muay Thai. After 14 fights (12 wins - 1 loss - 1 draw), Carano received an offer to take part in the first sanctioned women's mixed rules fight in Nevada. The fight took place under the auspices of the little-known World Extreme Fighting promotion, and Carano’s opponent was Letitia Pestova, whom Gina knocked out in 38 seconds.
Carano gained wide popularity on October 4, 2008, when she fought against Kelly Kobold. The fight, as well as all fights of the evening, were broadcast nationally on CBS.
After her loss to Santos, Carano concentrated on her film career, and her return to the ring or octagon remained in doubt for a long time. Carano's next fight was scheduled to take place on June 18 at the Strikeforce Grand Prix, but in early June it was announced that Gina had not received a license to fight because she had failed a physical. The specific reason for the denial of the license is unknown, while the state athletic commission denies that Gina's fight was banned.
Ekaterina Vandaryeva
Achievements
Multiple world and European champion in Muay Thai and kickboxing
- Master of Sports international class
- World Champion WKN 2010 and 2011
- IFMA2010 World Champion
- Best fighter of the World Championship
- World Champion WMF2009, Silver - 2010
- European Champion IFMA 2009, 2012 (Antalya, Türkiye)
- Champion of Belarus 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Rating in K-1: 58-7
Age: 23 years old
World and European champion in Thai boxing - one of the toughest and bloodiest sports - Ekaterina Vandaryeva is sure that beauty and martial arts cannot be separated, and she tries to prove this by her example.
Anastasia Yankova
Achievements
CCM in Thai boxing.
- Winner of the Central Federal District of Russia and Kyokushinkai Karate Championships.
- Prize-winner of the Moscow Open Championship in Kyokushinkai Karate.
- Repeated winner of the Moscow region in Thai boxing.
- Russian champion in Thai boxing.
- Winner of the Russian Cup in Thai boxing.
- Participant of the World Muay Thai Championship.
- Winner of the Royal Thai Consulate Cup.
- MMA rating: 1-0
Age – 22 years
Russian journalists often compare her to American MMA fighter Gina Karana.
At the age of 8, she began to practice karate, inspired by films starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee. At the age of 16 she switched to Thai boxing and in 2011 won the championship and the Russian Cup.
Anastasia made her debut in kickboxing on March 30, 2012 as part of the W5 Fighter series tournament, winning her first fight over Anna Veselova. She fought her first fight under MMA rules in 2013 against an Italian athlete and confidently won.
Ronda Rousey
Achievements
Bronze medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games in judo
- UFC Champion
- MMA rating: 8-0
Age – 27 years
At seventeen, Rousey was selected to compete in the 2004 Olympics, becoming the youngest competitor in judo. In addition, in 2004 she won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships in Budapest.
In February 2007, Rousey moved up to the 70 kg weight category, in which she was considered one of the three strongest women. She won a silver medal at the World Judo Championships and a bronze medal at the Pan American Games that same year.
In August 2008, Rousey competed in the Olympic Games in China. She lost in the quarterfinals to the Dutchwoman Edith Bosch, but gained the opportunity to compete for the bronze medal, which she received by defeating the German Anetta Böhm. Thus, Ronda Rousey became the first woman from the United States to win an Olympic medal in judo.
Rhonda Rousey was born in Riverside County, California. Ronda Rousey's mother Anna Marie Rousey Demars also had a successful career in judo, becoming the first American judo world champion in 2004. About her signature move, Rhonda tells how every morning her mother woke her up by holding the lever with her elbow. Ronda took the nickname Rowdy not only in meaning, but also in sound - from the name of the famous wrestler Roddy Piper. Rousey's maternal grandfather was from Venezuela. For some time, Ronda Rousey followed a vegan diet. Rhonda describes her current diet as a mix of Paleo and the Fighter Diet. She also claims that sex before a fight is recommended for women to increase testosterone levels.
Rhonda is a participant in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games in judo. Six years ago, she won a bronze medal and became the first woman from the United States to achieve such success in this sport.
Then Rousey decided to try herself in MMA. On at the moment she is a UFC champion and has not suffered a single defeat in her career.
Kim Couture
Achievements
Age – 38 years
American professional martial arts in MMA style, ex-wife“giant of the cage and ring,” heavyweight Randy Couture. Kim competed for the Strikeforce league.
While working in casino management in Las Vegas, Kim observed training at the Xtreme Couture club and decided to become a fighter when Gina Carano appeared at the club. Kim Couture became especially well known after Kim Rose Banner broke her jaw and severely beat her in an MMA fight.
Miesha Tate
Achievements
Age: 25 years
Miesha Tate is an American MMA fighter. Misha is a former Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion and a FILA Grappling silver medalist in 2008. She holds two Submission of the Year awards in 2009 and 2011, and also holds the 2010 Best Female Fighter award.
It’s unlikely that you would want to meet these women in a cage, because each of them knows how to fight better than many men.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is home to hundreds of incredible athletes. Moreover, for quite a long period of time, male fighters were at the epicenter of attention. However, after Dana White and his faithful associates opened the first division for the fairer sex, more and more mixfight fans gradually began to concentrate on women’s fights.
Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm, Miesha Tate have repeatedly proven that round after round they can beat their opponents no less ferociously than men, and in some cases they show even more character and even greater dedication.
A not too large group of physically gifted and athletically aggressive women over the course of several recent years proved that mixed martial arts is a sport in which there is a place not only for men.
Below you will find a list of female UFC fighters with the most athletic bodies.
Jessica Eye is as tough as a fighter can be feminine in the UFC. She uses ranged boxing attacks, defensive moves with the jab, and dynamic transitions into takedowns. A native of Ohio (USA) began her career in the main fighting promotion on the planet with a record of 10-1. Today she is famous primarily for her powerful body shots, devastating elbows and takedowns. She even earned praise from promotion president Dana White.
“She has something special,” White said in a recent conversation with Yahoo Sports. - She is a fighter. She is one of those fighters that I call flawless. When it comes right time, she's just showing her cruelty. And she loves to do it.
Felice Herrig lives up to his “dog” nickname LIL BULLDOG. She is a thoroughbred Muay Thai master who hurts her opponents with punches and often performs lightning-fast takedowns. This girl made an excellent career in kickboxing, where she recorded 23 out of 28 fights. After winning her UFC debut against Lisa Ellis, she has been successful in ten of her sixteen bouts.
Randa Markos is not afraid when she steps into the octagon, because she has fought enough fights in her career to understand her ability to defeat any opponent. But life also hardened her from excessive fear.
This girl was born in Baghdad, Iraq. During the Gulf War, her family was temporarily imprisoned in order to attempt to escape the country. Ultimately, the parents and Randa herself managed to move to Canada permanently.
Now Marcos uses his past as a means of motivation. In the Octagon, Sarah effectively uses excellent anthropometric data and powerful legs, combining wrestling and jiu-jitsu in order to achieve a winning result. The girl won six of her ten meetings in professional mixed martial arts.
Bethe Correia, nicknamed PITBULL, is as fierce as her middle name. She uses kickboxing, jiu-jitsu, wrestling and kung fu, quickly moving around the Octagon and dragging her opponents to the canvas. The Brazilian also boasts power that not every female featherweight has. Correia opened her UFC career by winning ten of her first twelve bouts. At UFC 203, she surpassed the aforementioned Jessica Eye.
Unlike the reigning 115-pound champion, Rose Namajunas relies not on her fists, but on her taekwondo and jiu-jitsu skills. However, the girl can boast of excellent striking technique, which is supported by an impressive arm span for the minimum division. Namajunas has black belts in both taekwondo and karate. She started her career with five wins in eight matches. Unfortunately, in a close match against Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Rose lost a split decision in a competitive encounter.
Joanne Calderwood began training Muay Thai back in adolescence. It is this discipline that she uses most actively in the octagon, along with Brazilian jiu-jitsu. She regularly lands draining kicks and hides behind a solid jab when trying to work from long range in the standup.
The Scot is an excellent kickboxing master who has only lost two fights. In total, Calderwood's resume includes 21 bouts under MMA rules. Joanne won her first nine battles in the professional arena, finishing four of them early with knockouts.
Carla Esparza is one of the best grapplers on the UFC roster. She also uses a wide arsenal of kicks and punches in combination with wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. It was this girl who became the first female champion in the UFC. She began her mixed fight career by winning eleven out of fourteen bouts. Carla is currently dreaming of returning to the strawweight throne.
Zingano is one of the most tenacious and assertive fighters in the UFC. She boasts excellent wrestling, Muay Thai, and Jiu-Jitsu skills. All this helps her effectively drag her opponents to the canvas with the help of unexpected takedowns. She has a fairly long arm span, which gives her stand-up work a killer effect. As a result, in 2013, Zingano became the first woman in UFC history to win a fight by technical knockout, knocking out another top fighter, Miesha Tate. Zingano's career started with nine consecutive victories, five of which came to the athlete in the form of knockouts. The first time Kat lost to Ronda Rousey was at UFC 184.
THE PREACHER'S DAUGHTER gained wide popularity after she dismantled long-time bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey into pieces at the Australian UFC 193 event in November 2015. Using her boxing and kickboxing skills, Holm opened her career with ten consecutive victories, capped by a knockout that knocked out Rousey. Holly Holm has significant achievements in boxing, where she made a record of 32-2-3, earned several championship titles and successfully defended them more than once.
VanZant is still young, but she is already considered one of the elite of the world mixfight, and she has managed to defeat several good fighters. Paige has good defensive skills in all aspects of mixfight, and she manages to win mainly through jiu-jitsu.
VanZant works well in close quarters. She is excellent in grappling, can use elbows, damage her opponent in top position and clinch, and also hits hard to the head. Paige began her mixed martial arts career at age eighteen and has been impressive since then, posting seven wins in her first nine appearances in the cage.
Yes, Miesha Tate has already retired, and some time after this decision she confirmed that she no longer intends to enter the cage. However, many mixed martial arts fans will agree that this list would not be complete without her. Misha's technique is based on boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai. Tate has a massive reach and an athletic body and is never afraid to step into the cage with anyone. Even though Misha lost to Ronda Rousey at UFC 168, she continued her fabulous career with victories over Liz Carmouche, Jessica Eye and, in the end, won the title with a strong-willed victory over Holly Holm, which took place almost exactly a year ago.
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10. Keri "Crusher" Scarr
Canadian athlete who has achieved remarkable success in kickboxing. She started kickboxing at the age of 21 and had a phenomenal amateur career, winning the Canadian champion belt. She made her debut in MMA in 2004, but after losing two fights in a row, she gave up on this matter. She has three victorious fights in professional boxing, her record in amateur kickboxing is 8-2, and Muay Thai is 0-3. Keri opened her own gym, where she teaches boxing, karate and self-defense. In 2010, she had her third MMA fight, but lost within a minute by submission.
9. Erin "Steel" Toghill Tall 33 year old beauty from Chicago married to an instructor Xtreme Couture Neil Melanson. In 1999 she made her debut in mixed martial arts, a year later she tried on boxing gloves, and in 2006 she decided to give up fighting. As often happens, two years later she decided to return to MMA and since then has won 4 victories in 4 matches.
8. Julie "Fireball" Kedzie
The girl with gorgeous blue eyes is a really strong fighter. She has 15 victories in the MMA ring and 8 defeats. Julie's main achievement is winning the tournament in 2005 HOOKnSHOOT.
7. Tiffany "Tippy" Connell
Active girl fighter and perfect model Tiffany Conel is just new to this sport. She began studying ballet at the age of two and did gymnastics until she was 10 years old. Then she changed the warm hall to the ice arena and was the only girl in the hockey club. At the age of 15, the sports-obsessed girl began training in Muay Thai, and a little later she worked as a ring girl at Muay Thai boxing tournaments. And already in January 2007, the sexy “Tippy” entered the ring as a fighter. Currently fights (0-2 MMA) and works as a model.
6. Karina "Beauty But The Beast" Damm
Here is a historical figure in women's MMA. This person is the first female mixed-fight fighter to be caught for doping. She is also that little thing - stubborn, beautiful, angry, strong - can you imagine the mixture? She had 21 fights in the MMA ring, but recently she has noticeably slowed down, losing in the last three fights. Her record is 15 wins and 6 losses.
5. Kim "Sugar Free" Couture
Randy Couture's ex-wife is the second most popular female fighter after Gina Carano. After the divorce, she continued to train in her ex-husband’s gym. Last year she had four MMA fights, of which she was stronger than her opponents in two of them.
4. Myesha "Takedown" Tate
The girlfriend of fighter Brian Caraway was brought to MMA by the need to earn a living. These days, Myesha is one of the top female fighters in her weight class, and her success coupled with her natural attractiveness has made her a star in women's MMA.
3. Latasha Marzolla
Latasha's curvaceous figure led her to the modeling business, where she became a Playboy star in the mid-2000s. However, her love for the sport, which she raved about from a young age, led this blonde to pro-wrestling and kickboxing. In 2009, after much preparation and training, Marzolla made her MMA debut, defeating Christy Tada by knockout. Classes at Xtreme Couture bore fruit in the future - already in November, the busty beauty won her second victory. Last year, the 31-year-old mother of two fought her third mixed martial arts fight, which ended in defeat to Latasha.
2. Gina "Crush" Carano
The most popular female fighter in the world is also a model and actress. She had 8 fights in the professional MMA ring and was defeated by her opponent in only one. The owner of a gorgeous smile took this defeat very hard, giving up mixed fight for almost two years. Western media call her the woman of every MMA fan's dreams, and indeed, this girl is full of charm.
1. Michelle "The Karate Hottie" Waterson
She is certainly not as popular, successful and known in MMA as Gina Carano, but after much hesitation, our team chose her. The Thai-American bikini model with an 8-3 record gave birth to her first child, daughter Araya, on March 18.
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