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Amelia Hernandez “Spanish Beauty”

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: August 11, 2010 at 3:36 am
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Amelia Hernandez, known as the “Spanish Beauty,” competed as an IFBB Pro in the 1990′s, participated in mixed wrestling and arm wrestling. She had an amazing shape and equally impressive strength! However, like a whisper, she is off any radar…but remains a sweet memory.  

  • Height: 5’2″
  • Weight: 140lbs contest up to 180lbs off season
  • 16″ biceps and calves (off season 17 1/2″)
  • 25″ quads contest (off season 27″)
1998 IFBB Jan Tana Pro 10th
1997 IFBB Jan Tana Pro 12th
1996 IFBB Jan Tana Pro 15th
1994 IFBB Masters Olympia And Jan Tana Pro 15th

 

 

Watch Lori Whoop Some Butt

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: July 22, 2010 at 4:01 pm
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Lori shows us all what happens when she is challenged by anyone – in business as well as in life. It might just be better to concede at the start, but where’s the fun in that? High above Manhattan in the common room of an upscale apartment, Lori wrestles a tough guy from the Middle East. Not scripted, all real, you will be surprised for sure. Did you know Lori studied wrestling at Gleason’s gym, Brooklyn?

Fancy Footwork Isn’t Just for Soccer

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 23, 2010 at 10:14 am
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The Toe Wrestling World Championships have come to a close in England. The female champion is once again Lisa ‘twinkle toes’ Shenton and the men’s champion, Alan ‘Nasty’ Nash, made his reign seven years now with this years victory. Toe wrestling is basically, two ‘fighters’ sit across from each and rest their feet on a ‘toedium.’ They interlocked toes and battle it out to force one of their opponent’s feet to touch the toedium’s frame. In regulated matches, both competitors must keep their other foot in the air, with both palms on the ground and their heel firmly grounded during the match.

Here is a video of a private toe wrestling match, but it show you the basics of toe wrestling. However, it is no light matter. The competitors at the World Championships take there sport seriously!

Women Holding Hands to Pin Opponents

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 11, 2010 at 7:32 pm
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During the Arm Wrestling Championship at the 40th annual Patterson Apricot Fiesta, 70 contestants from around the state took their turns standing at a small, wooden table on a square wooden platform. The explosive bursts of strength gathered spectators in a rin around the stage and in three sets of bleachers to watch competitors go head-to-head, well arm-to-arm actually. The matches ran continuously, most taking only seconds to complete.

Competitors gripped their opponents’ hands with one hand and pulled on handles with the other, their faces distorted in maximum effort trying to pin each other. Sometimes the speed of the contests surprised first-time spectators.

“Was that it?” asked on-looker Sara Fielder after one match. “Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it,” she said to a friend.
Judy Dodd (pictured above) won the women’s open title in the 0-to-140-pound division, and Sarah Carter took the women’s open 141-and-over competition.
Arm wrestling is no longer simply a barroom pastime; there are several national associations for amateurs and professionals.

Roxanne Modafferi is Taking the Ring Again Next Month

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 10, 2010 at 5:21 am
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The next fight in Strikeforce’s prospects-driven “Challengers” series looks to be Strikeforce women’s welterweight champion Sarah Kaufman (11-0 MMA, 3-0 SF) against fellow 135-pounder Roxanne Modafferi (15-5 MMA, 0-1 SF). Roxanne just fought in a battle against Tara LaRosa and won hands down. It will be interesting to see if she has the same dominating power against Sarah Kaufman (pictured above). This would be Roxanne’s second time fighting for Strikeforce. The first time she was a replacement fighter for Erin Toughill and moved up a weight class and ended up losing in a first round submission to Marloes Coenen.

This would be Sarah’s fourth straight Challengers appearance, and she has not fought since her unanimous-decision win over Takayo Hashi in February which earner her the first-ever Strikeforce women’s welterweight belt and extended her undefeated streak to 11 fights. The first 8 were by knockout and the last three (all in Strikeforce) were by decision.

Transgender Activist Donna Rose competes in the U.S. Open Wrestling Championships

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 4, 2010 at 5:38 pm
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Donna Rose, while 51-years-old, has only been a women for 10-years. For the first 40-years of her life she was Dave, a successful business and family man, but she was living a lie. In her youth, she was a good wrestler and football player. Some 25-years after her last match she returned to the mat. It was a tough journey. A lot had changed, with her and the wrestling world.

She began training again and entered the U.S. Open Women’s Freestyle Wrestling Championship. It didn’t take long after she showed up for the whispers to turn to internet searches. The committee was forced to hold an impromptu meeting to decide rather she would be allowed to compete. They came back in agreement. Donna would wrestle and make history. The only match she won was the first, but she won a bigger battle with herself.

“When I won that match,” Donna said, “it was a sense of euphoria, relief and accomplishment unlike anything else that I have ever experienced. It made it all worthwhile. And because I did it as Donna, it was the most honest I have ever been on the mat. I didn’t need to be the best. I didn’t need to be #1. My biggest opponent going into this match wasn’t Iris Smith, it wasn’t the people sitting there at the scoring tables. My biggest opponent was my heart, and between my ears, and those are opponents I know I can vanquish.”

Maybe She Did Learn Something

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 3, 2010 at 11:03 am
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The unconfirmed word on the street is that Kim Couture, Randy Couture ex-wife in case you need those dots connected, was arrested on domestic violence charges. Seems like Kim may have taken more away from her marriage than alimony!

Sources report that Ms. Couture allegedly got into a heated argument with her personal assistant at the home which they share and when police officers arrived at the scene, Ms. Couture was choking her personal assistant and that the personal assistant had visible signs of abuse. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police took Ms. Couture into custody and booked into Clark County Detention Center. Sources also allege that Ms. Couture and her personal assistant got into a heated argument on Friday at UFC Fan Expo at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada…

The news was first reported by first reported by MMANewsLeak.com on June 1, but has yet to be confirmed by a police report or statement. She is reprodadly opening an all female MMA gym and putting together an all-female fight team known as the Vixen Crew.

In an update (June 2), MMA News Leak further reports:

Ms. Couture stated that the entire event was a misunderstanding and that her lawyers are handling the situation. Ms. Couture also expects that this matter will be resolved without any further intervention by authorities or the courts.

Catherine Roberge Taking It To The Mat

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 1, 2010 at 11:24 am
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Catherine Roberge, 28-years-old, from Quebec City won bronze in the women’s 78-kilogram event at a recent judo World Cup event. She went the full five minute round and ended up defeating Yalennis Castillo (Cuba) in the battle for the bronze-medal.

Full name: Catherine Roberge
Gender: Female
Height: 5’8″ (173 cm)
Weight: 154 lbs (70 kg)
Born: February 8, 1982 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada
Affiliations: Club de Judo Shikodan, Montréal
Country: CAN Canada
Sport: Judo

The Tara LaRosa vs. Roxanne Modafferi Fight

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: May 27, 2010 at 1:50 am
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The Tara LaRosa vs. Roxanne Modafferi fight was full of passion and talent. Their second meeting tied up their fight win. This fight Roxanne, the Happy Warrior (pictured left) won in a split decision, and the previous meeting was Tara’s victory. They will certainally  have to break the tie in a future match up. See the full fight here!

On a side note, Roxanne is an English teacher in Japan who after defeating Tara, may just find herself at the top of the MMA rankings for the Bantamweight division in next month’s Unified Women’s MMA Rankings.

High School Wrestler Katie Germain

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: May 26, 2010 at 8:21 pm
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Katie Germain, high school freshman, just took a fourth-place finish at the Body Bar Women’s Nationals in the 15-17 years, 132 lbs. division. She didn’t finish where she had hoped, but she is one to watch in the coming years!

“Some of the best high school and college women wrestlers in the country were competing at this event,” Katie’s coach said. “It was Katie’s first real test in wrestling at this level so a fourth place finish is a start.”

“I was pretty upset when I didn’t win my bronze medal match,” Katie added. “I’ve just got to continue to learn more freestyle techniques and then I will be even more competitive.”

Katie has had 27 matches in one judo and four wrestling tournaments since her high school varsity season ended in Feb.

Katie is planning more tournaments and a couple of camps this summer, she is preparing for some wrestling and judo national events in July. She has a lot of years a head of her and with her will and drive and youth, it is just a matter of time before she is always on the top podium.

School: Bartow Senior High School   Sport: wrestling
Coach: Brian Germian   Height: 5′ 8″
Class: 2013   Weight: 135 lbs.
Potential Major: Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

2010 New Englands Women’s Wrestling Video’s

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: May 21, 2010 at 8:30 pm
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At the 2010 New England’s Women’s Wrestling Tournament, Shelby Vance had a great day, taking all four of her matches in the second period! In 2009 she won the gold medal in her division at the Maine State Girls Championship (pictured above on right in the white). You can check her out in action here!

Fourth match, Shelby Vance pins in second period:

2010 New Englands Womens Wrestling
Third match, Shelby Vance pins in second period.

2010 New Englands Womens Wrestling
Second match, Shelby Vance pins in second period.

2010 New Englands Womens Wrestling
First match, Shelby Vance pins in second period.

MMA: Becoming A Women’s World

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: May 14, 2010 at 4:46 pm
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Women’s interest in MMA is growing beyond watching fights and carrying “Round 1” cards. Women are becoming active participants and proving that their capability and skills are nothing short of impressive!

Five months ago, Bernice Parson, 26-years-old, and Nancy Cook, 20-years-old, started taking a self-defense class, but it soon became much more (Pictured: Bernice in pink sleeves and Nancy in all black).

“You look at other sports like football, and I understand it’s a sport, but really it’s a game,” said Cook. “With fighting it’s more real. You have to prove yourself, and it’s a great challenge.”

The two women are looking to compete next year, but since they are residence in Maryland, where the competition of the sport is illegal, they will have to travel to a neighboring state.

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