Tag: UFC strawweight division

Top 10 Hottest Female Fighters In MMA For 2018

Women’s MMA has developed into an extremely competitive, talent-packed endeavor for the UFC. The female fighters in the UFC are undoubtedly the best women in the entire sport of mixed martial arts, and every one of them deserves recognition for their impressive in-cage skills. Some of them, however, become stars for reasons that have nothing to […]

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Women’s MMA has developed into an extremely competitive, talent-packed endeavor for the UFC. The female fighters in the UFC are undoubtedly the best women in the entire sport of mixed martial arts, and every one of them deserves recognition for their impressive in-cage skills.

Some of them, however, become stars for reasons that have nothing to do with fighting. Check out the 10 hottest female fighters in MMA for 2018:

michelle waterson

10. Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson

“The Karate Hottie” is everything her nickname suggests and so much more. Waterson kicked her way into the UFC, amassing a 14-6 MMA record overall.

The 32-year-old was a professional kickboxer and competitive Karateka before her career in MMA, and her good looks have gotten her spots in music videos, calendars, and the popular television shows “American Ninja Warrior” and “Bully Beatdown”.

With a fan-friendly fighting style and physical beauty, it’s no wonder why the UFC has invested a good deal in promoting Waterson, placing her on free FOX and FS1 events, and most recently a spot on UFC 218 PPV.

Waterson always goes for broke and her background in karate makes for some stellar kicks and footwork.

It never hurts to be a “Hottie” either.

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UFC Strawweight Suspended 18 Months By USADA

Jessica Penne won’t be fighting anytime soon after failing a drug test back in March 2017. Penne received an 18-month suspension from USADA due to the failed test, officials with the anti-doping said on Friday. USADA claims Penne tested positive for anabolic steroids during a test conducted on March 20, 2017. Fighters who test positive […]

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Jessica Penne won’t be fighting anytime soon after failing a drug test back in March 2017. Penne received an 18-month suspension from USADA due to the failed test, officials with the anti-doping said on Friday.

USADA claims Penne tested positive for anabolic steroids during a test conducted on March 20, 2017. Fighters who test positive for steroids typically face a two-year suspension, however, Penne was able to prove she was taking a medication under the guidance of her physician that contained the banned steroid.

While her March test initially turned up negative, further review of Penne’s Athlete Biological Passport by USADA officials was “flagged for additional analysis due to an increased degree of variability in urinary biomarkers measured in the sample.”

Further testing on the sample Penne provided USADA showed synthetic steroids were indeed in her system.

Penne was denied a retroactive therapeutic use exemption for the steroid, despite the fact that it was recommended to her by a doctor, according to Penne.

She was able to compete in April while the matter was being adjudicated, losing to Danielle Taylor at UFC Nashville in April. Penne’s suspension was given out a day later, meaning she will be out of action until at least October 22, 2018.

The 34-year-old UFC strawweight holds a 12-5 record and is currently on a three-fight losing streak. She was previously the atomweight champion in Invicta and fell to former UFC strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk in 2015.

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Joanna Jedrzejczyk Promises To Return ‘Stronger & Sooner Than You Think’

After losing her women’s strawweight title by brutal knockout at UFC 217, former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk vows she will come back stronger than ever. Jedrzejczyk succumbed to a brutal barrage first-round punches to Rose Namajunas on Saturday night after being the most dominant female champion since Ronda Rousey. Many considered her to be one of if […]

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After losing her women’s strawweight title by brutal knockout at UFC 217, former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk vows she will come back stronger than ever.

Jedrzejczyk succumbed to a brutal barrage first-round punches to Rose Namajunas on Saturday night after being the most dominant female champion since Ronda Rousey. Many considered her to be one of if not the best champion on the UFC roster prior to her loss to Namajunas.

The former champ took to Instagram to express her desire to return to the cage as quickly as possible:

Jedrzejczyk had taken the belt from Carla Esparza at UFC 185 and had a firm grasp over the division ever since. But in one of those crazy MMA moments, three UFC belts changed hands at UFC 217, and the Polish national was one of those champions who lost on Saturday.

The knockout loss was her first professional defeat in mixed martial arts, as the former champion was dropped twice before the referee stopped the fight three minutes into the first round in a massive upset victory for Namajunas.

Do you expect Jedrzejczyk to regain her belt? Or will this loss have larger psychological implications for the former champ?

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