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Mixed-sex. No, separate male and female events. Type. Combat sport. Venue. Octagonal cage, other type of cage, MMA ring. Mixed martial arts (MMA) [a] is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. [10] In the early 20th century, various ...
Absolute. 2019 California, USA. +80kg. 2019 California, USA. Absolute. Gabrielle Lemos "Gabi" Garcia (born November 17, 1985) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and grappler. She is one of the most successful competitors of all time in the female black belt divisions, and a member of the IBJJF Hall of Fame.
Khamzat Khizarovich Chimaev[ b ] (born 1 May 1994) is a Russian [ 15 ] professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). [ 16 ] In freestyle wrestling, Chimaev is a three-time Swedish national champion. [ 17 ]
Victoria Sun-hei Lee [14] was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii, [15] on May 17, 2004, [16] the daughter of Korean-Canadian mother Jewelz Lee and Chinese-Singaporean father Ken Lee. [17][18] She was the younger sister of fellow MMA fighters Angela Lee [19] and Christian Lee.
[221] [222] The institute was opened in 2017, and is the world's first mixed martial arts center for innovation, research and training. [223] [224] [225] As many as 400 MMA athletes have visited the center, as well as NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB athletes. [226] In June 2019, a second facility was opened in Shanghai, China. [227]
Thomas has been dedicatedly following mixed martial arts since 2004. [16]Between February 2006 [21] and May 2007 [22] (inactive between July 2006 and March 2007 [23]), Thomas founded and wrote commentary on his MMA dedicated blog Mad-Squabbles.com, [22] [24] [25] [26] with his online identity known as Mad Squabbles.
Notable relatives. Fabian Edwards (brother) Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog. Leon Edwards (born 25 August 1991) is an English professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the former UFC Welterweight Champion. [6]
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Donn Davis in 2017 and launched in 2018, [ 3 ][ 4 ] following the acquisition and restructuring of the former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) promotion in 2017 by MMAX Investment Partners. [ 5 ][ 6 ] It is the first major MMA ...