On this Women’s Day, let’s have something specially for women. Some of you might ask what makes a woman want to fight professionally? And the minute you do, you already know the answer.
Fighting is not just for men. We all have the need to assert ourselves, defend ourselves and even attack when need be. And some of us want to watch people fight, professionally that is. There is big business built around all that.
UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) has grown into a globally popular multi-billion-dollar enterprise. Here follows a list of some of its female participants we see, or have seen, in the octagon. To be updated.
1981-1017 Holly Holm* – Albuquerque, NM USA
1984-0918 Felice Herrig* - Buffalo Grove, IL USA
1985-0520 Jinh Yu Frey* – Arlington, TX USA
1985-0709 Cris Cyborg* – Curitiba, Brazil
1985-0920 Sarah Kaufman* – Victoria, BC Canada
1985-1015 Karolina Kowalkiewicz* - Lodz, Poland
1986-0818 Miesha Tate* – Tacoma, WA USA
1987-0201 Ronda Rousey* – Riverside, CA USA
1987-0818 Joanna Jędrzejczyk* – Olsztyn, Poland
1988-0307 Valentina Shevchenko* – Frunze, Kyrgyzstan, Soviet Union
1988-0530 Amanda Nunes* - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
1989-0322 Minna Grusander* – Finland
1989-0816 Tecia Torres* – Fall River, MA USA
1990-0211 Megan Andersson* – Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
1991-0925 Jéssica Andrade* - Umuarama, Paraná, Brazil
1992-0629 Rose Namajunas* – Milwaukee, WI USA
1994-0326 Paige VanZant* – Dundee, OR USA
A MONTH-WISE LIST OF FEMALE MIXED MARTIAL ARTISTS
1987-0201 Ronda Rousey – Riverside, CA USABILITY
1990-0211 Megan Andersson – Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
1988-0307 Valentina Shevchenko – Frunze, Kyrgyzstan, Soviet Union
1989-0322 Minna Grusander – Finland
1994-0326 Paige VanZant – Dundee, OR USA
1985-0520 Jinh Yu Frey – Arlington, TX USA
1988-0530 Amanda Nunes - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
1992-0629 Rose Namajunas – Milwaukee, WI USA
1985-0709 Cris Cyborg – Curitiba, Brazil
1989-0816 Tecia Torres – Fall River, MA USA
1986-0818 Miesha Tate – Tacoma, WA USA
1987-0818 Joanna Jędrzejczyk – Olsztyn, Poland
1984-0918 Felice Herrig - Buffalo Grove, IL USA
1985-0920 Sarah Kaufman – Victoria, BC CAN
1991-0925 Jéssica Andrade - Umuarama, Paraná, Brazil
1985-1015 Karolina Kowalkiewicz - Lodz, Poland
1981-1017 Holly Holm – Albuquerque, NM USA
Updated 31.7.2021