Women’s MMA
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Bloody Elbow’s WMMA recap – August 2016
August wasn’t as busy as the month that preceded it, but there were a fair amount of MMA events in multiple organizations. There weren’t that many notable women’s fights, but some promising bouts appear to be in the works for some of the fighters that have performed well recently. There…
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UFC’s Leslie Smith reveals she has a tumor, cannot afford treatment
UFC fighter Leslie Smith has been known for her toughness and grit, being an established veteran that has had some serious wars throughout her career. Yet in a recent piece on AXS TV regarding the possibility of a fighters association or union, she revealed that she has a tumor on…
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Video: Documentary trailer shows Cyborg’s weight cut struggles ahead of UFC 198
For years now, Cristiane Justino – known largely to fans as Cris Cyborg – has been one of the most feared fighters on the planet, remaining dominant as the reigning top women’s featherweight in MMA. But since the rise of Ronda Rousey and the popularity of the UFC women’s bantamweight…
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Bloody Elbow women’s MMA recap: July 2016
July was a busy enough month in the sport, but the women’s divisions in MMA saw a lot of activity in the upper echelon of the sport, with titles changing hands and contender pictures becoming clearer. We begin with the strawweight division, where the top two consensus fighters squared off…
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Invicta FC 18: Grasso vs Esquibel preview & weigh-ins
This Friday, Invicta returns for another event filled with interesting matchups from top to bottom. The fight card is headlined by 22-year-old Mexican strawweight standout Alexa Grasso taking on Invicta veteran Jodie Esquibel in a bout that could very well determine the next challenger for former UFC fighter Angela Hill.…
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Women’s MMA Recap – May 2016
May turned out to be a rather busy month for women in the sport. A ton of fights that had very important divisional consequences for the participants involved, including some shocking upsets and surprisingly great performances. First off Invicta FC put on another action-packed card with some of their better…
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Report: UFC’s women’s BW Valentina Shevchenko involved in shootout, coach injured
In a report from earlier today from Peruvian outlet RPP, a shootout took place late last night in the Chorillos district in Lima, Peru in a robbery gone sideways. The incident took place at a local chicken shop as the robbers had ordered the employees to empty out their registers and…
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Jessica Eye in favor of women’s flyweight in UFC, won’t compete in it
Jessica Eye may have started her professional fighting career at 125lbs, but she now competes in the UFC’s bantamweight division, and has no intention ever of leaving it. Ever since the news broke of a flyweight fight between Joanne Calderwood and Valerie Letourneau next month at UFC Ottowa on June 18th,…
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Titan FC hires Jessica Aguilar as WMMA matchmaker, signs Carina Damm
Despite recent concerns regarding the overall health of the organization, Titan FC is continuing their expansion in a surprising direction. The Florida-based organization has recently announced that they would be implementing weight classes for women to compete in the promotion at both strawweight and flyweight. They have also announced the signing of…
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Bloody Elbow WMMA recap – April 2016
April was a fun month of MMA, after a certain period of inactivity by the major promotions for some time. On the women’s front, we saw some fairly consequential bouts that moved things around in various divisions. For starters, we had the treat that was Tecia Torres taking on Rose…
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