Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Top 59 Women's MMA Fighters

Below is an excerpt and link to a list of the top 59 Women's MMA fighters by MMARising.com.

Best Of The Best:

Megumi "Mega Megu" Fujii (18-0-0)Once rivalled by Tara LaRosa for the title of the #1 female fighter in mixed martial arts, Fujii has seemingly taken sole possession of that distinction...

Tara LaRosa (17-1-0)The first and only BodogFIGHT Women's Bantamweight Champion was left without a promotion to compete for when BodogFIGHT dissolved soon after her title win...



Yuka "Vale Tudo Queen" Tsuji (22-1-0)Easily one of the most decorated female fighters in history, the 1997 Asian Championship Bronze Medallist in Freestyle Wrestling (51 kg.) has held three major titles in her mixed martial arts career...

"Princess" Satoko Shinashi (29-2-2)The reigning DEEP Women's Flyweight Champion has had an interesting 15 months...

Miku "Supernova" Matsumoto (21-4-0)Perhaps no other female in Japan has made as much of an impact in female mixed martial arts over the past two years as Matsumoto...

Sarah Kaufman (10-0-0)Wasting absolutely no time, Kaufman stepped right back inside the cage as a late replacement for Kim "Sugar Free" Couture when she battled wrestling standout Miesha "Takedown" Tate at Strikeforce Challengers 1 on May 15th...

Top Contenders:

Takayo Hashi (12-1-0): Having already avenged her lone career defeat to Hitomi Akano, Hashi has quickly become a force to be reckoned with in Japan...

Roxanne Modafferi (13-4-0): 2008 was good to Modafferi, as the Japanese-trained American picked up two victories in two tries...

Marloes Coenen (16-3-0): Coenen has experienced a rather turbulent period in her career over the past 15 months...


To read the entire list visit MMARising.com
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