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Sarah Goodlaxson Going Large At 115 Pounds

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: April 26, 2012 at 12:53 am
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Sarah Goodlaxson, 21-years-old, is a 115-pound MMA fighter (2-1). She will be fighting Glena “Heartless” Avila (2-0) in Las Vegas in the semifinals of a four-woman Tuff-N-Uff tournament. The winner will be crowned 115-pound champion.While Sarah is putting her all into winning this tournament and the title, she is hopeful that Strikeforce will add a 115-pound division.

“Strikeforce is the place to be for women’s MMA right now,” Sarah said. “It would be amazing if they opened up at 115.”

Sarah stumbled upon the sport in an effort to try something new out and fell in love. Her parents don’t share the same enthusiasm.

“They remain silent. I tell them about it and invite them. My mom said she doesn’t want to see someone hit me and run down to the cage and tell them to stop. … Maybe they will get into it more as the years go by,” she said.  Continue Reading…

MMA’s Hottest Girls

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: October 7, 2010 at 9:18 am
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One of MMA’s leading reporters tagged these ladies as the hottest in the industry. Some are ring girls, some are fighters, all are smoking hot. FemaleMuscle wants to know who is you favorite that didn’t make their list.

Women’s MMA is super hot right now. The women climbing through the ranks are true specimens of complete athleticism. FemaleMuscle is planning on bringing you some of the top female fighter biographies in the weeks to come!

StrikeForce’s Next Fight Has Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos On The Card

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: May 14, 2010 at 8:33 pm
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The next Strikeforce event is set and the card isn’t all men this time.  The women’s middleweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos will be fighting but her opponent has not yet been revealed. Last year, Santos (9-1) won the very first Strikeforce middleweight title by defeating Gina Carano via TKO in the first round. It was a fight watched by millions who were disappointed in the quick end to the long awaited match.

Chris then went on to successfully defend her belt in January with a third-round TKO of Marloes Coennen. In her 9-1 record, she has won her last nine fights. The Strikeforce fight, Fedor vs. Werdum, will be televised live at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) on Showtime Sports.

Sarah Kaufman Wins Strikeforce 135-pound Title

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: February 27, 2010 at 2:23 pm
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Strikeforce.com reports:

SAN JOSE, CA (February 27, 2009) –Before a sold out crowd of 2,322, former ballet dancer turned undefeated professional mixed martial arts (MMA) star Sarah Kaufman (11-0) became the first STRIKEFORCE Women’s Welterweight (135 pounds) Champion in history by powering her way to a five round unanimous decision over Japan’s Takayo Hashi (12-2) in the STRIKEFORCE Challengers main event at San Jose’s Civic Auditorium on Friday, February 26.


Strikeforce Finds New 135-pound Champion Tonight

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: February 26, 2010 at 9:10 pm
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Tonight’s Strikeforce Challengers show (11 p.m. ET, Showtime) features Sarah Kaufman (10-0) vs. Takayo Hashi (13-1). The two will battle it out to determine Strikeforce’s first 135-pound women’s champion.

Name Sarah Kaufman
Record 10 – 0 – 0 (Win – Loss – Draw)
Wins 8 (T)KOs ( 80 %)
2 Decisions ( 20 %)
Association Zugec Ultimate Martial Arts
Height 5’5″ (166cm)
Weight 135lbs (62kg)
Birth Date 1985-09-20
City Victoria, British Columbia
Country Canada
Name Takayo Hashi
Record 12 – 1 – 0 (Win – Loss – Draw)
Wins 4 Submissions ( 33.33 %)
8 Decisions ( 66.67 %)
Losses 1 Submissions ( 100 %)
Association Wajutsu Keishukai Tokyo
Weight 140lbs (64kg)
City Tokyo
Country Japan

Q: This was supposed to happen in November. How come it was delayed until now? 

Kaufman: I think the main reason it got delayed was in order to establish that it could be a title fight and just get it organized enough to make it a title fight.

They kind of decided toward the beginning of October that we were going to have this fight, and I just don’t think they had enough time to really figure out the division and what they were going to be doing with it.

Read the full interview

Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos Defends Her Title

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: January 21, 2010 at 5:16 pm
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Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos will step into the ring with Marloes Coenen on January 30th in Florida to defend her 145-pound Strikeforce title. Marloes is best known for her submission skills, while Cristiane has six of her eight wins from TKO’s via strikes. Marloes has openly said she is not afraid to stand toe-to-toe with Cristiane telling press:

 “People have been focusing on my ground game but my stand-up is good. My striking is always improving. I put down Roxanne (Modafferi) with one punch and I have knocked out others in my career. I don’t think that it’ll go five rounds at all. Putting the type of fighters we are together, it won’t go the distance. I’m not going to reveal very much of my game plan, but I will say that if the fight goes to the ground, it’s not going to stay there.”

We’ll find out just what Marloes has to offer the determined Cristiane on the 30th.