Lori Braun and FemaleMuscle sponsored Marie way back in 2003 and 2004. Her career has taken off, and her fighting style has evolved from the days when Lori snapped these photographs at Naga grappling in Bayonne, New Jersey sometime in 2003. With the help of the Way Back Machine and WordPress, here are some vintage photographs of female martial artist and female fighther Marie Colangelo.
On her website, MarieColangelo fighting style is described:
“Early on Marie recognized that only studying one style of fighting would lead to boredom so she is continually changing it up. Her fighting style is best categorized as a hybrid, moving back and forth from striking, to judo to grappling and back. In having these varied fighting skills, Marie can decipher her opponent’s weakness and use it against them. Once she takes them out of their element, she has gained the upper hand of the fight and is able to overcome her opponent. Although only having fought one fight inside the cage, Marie is known in the fighting world as a cage fighter. Marie cannot be placed in one fighting category, as she is widely known as one of the best ground fighters and grapplers. “