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With the growing popularity of women’s MMA, it is important to recognize these women rankings system similar to the men.

With the growing popularity of women’s MMA, it is important to recognize these women with a rankings system similar to the men.

Between the UFC’s inclusion of a bantamweight division and the all-female promotion of Invicta FC, more and more women are being exposed to the casual and hardcore fans alike.

Every month, the MMA Corner’s Riley Kontek will compile the staff’s individual rankings from featherweight to atomweight to create the MMA Corner Women’s MMA Rankings.
Last month’s rankings are indicated by the number in parentheses next to the fighter’s Name. 

For Example:

Bantamweight Division (135 Pounds)

1. Ronda Rousey (1)
2. Cat Zingano (2)
3. Sara McMann (3)
4. Miesha Tate (4)
5. Sarah Kaufman (5)
6. Alexis Davis (6)
7. Liz Carmouche (7)
8. Shayna Baszler (8)
9. Sarah D’Alelio (9)
10. Leslie Smith (10)
11. Amanda Nunes (11)
12. Lauren Taylor (12)
13. Rin Nakai (14)
14. Hitomi Akano (13)
15. Jessica Andrade (15)

More MMA-Rankings: themmacorner.com

Darren Sherlock and his team bring us The UK MMA Expo to Manchester - 20/21.07.13

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The Expo is a two-day exhibition, on July 20 and 21 featuring events, seminar and showcase run by Sherlock Promotions which is focussed on UK-UFC vets, legends and ranked talents in a bid to expand the sport in the UK using our own talents as opposed to audaciously attempting to fly over american counterparts.

So far, guests confirmed include Rob “C-4″ Sinclair. The Burnley native will do a one-hour training seminar where he will teach “striking against submission”.

Also confirmed is Jimi ‘Poster Boy’ Manuwa, the UK’s top ranked light-heavyweight fighter will be doing a one-hour training Seminar.

 

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Veronica Rothenhausler and her right hand of doom - Invicta 6

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Before you know it, Saturday July 13th will be here bringing us Invicta FC 6.  This is an amazing card with two title fights headlined by Marloes "Rumina" Coenen (25-5) looking to seek revenge for her January 2010 third round TKO loss to Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino (11-1) for the featherweight title.  The co-main event will be Carla "The Cookie Monster" Esparza (9-2) defending her strawweight belt against Ayaka Hamasaki (9-0).
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Rosi Sexton - A Journey Eleven Years in the Making

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In a little under three weeks, I'll be making the final preparations before I step inside the world-famous Octagon to make my debut in my sport's most elite competition - the UFC.

When I walk out to the 15,000 capacity crowd in Winnipeg into the lights and music of the UFC I'll be focused only on the fighter in front of me - Canadian Alexis Davis.

But ever since I got the call inviting me to join UFC in April, I've been contemplating just how far women's mixed martial arts (MMA), and I, have come in the past few years.
UFC is the leading MMA organisation, the sport that I've competing in since 2002. It's a rapidly growing sport in the UK, and is huge across the world and broadcast in a billion homes globally.

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Blackbelt TV's 3 Rounds With... Cynthia Rothrock!

Martial Arts legend Cynthia Rothrock talks about her career, women in martial arts, and much more!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oNFah0Esk

Mix Fight Gala XIV Darmstadt - Kamila Porczyk vs. Jana Wagenhuber (Big Brother) 15.06.13

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Am 15. Juni gibt die fünffache Fitness-Weltmeisterin Kamila Porczyk gegen die ehemalige Big-Brother-Bewohnerin Jana Wagenhuber ihr MMA-Debüt auf der Mix Fight Gala XIV in Darmstadt. Groundandpound.de hatte kurz vor dem Kampf die Möglichkeit, sich mit der gebürtigen Polin zu unterhalten. Dabei stellte Porczyk unmissverständlich klar: Es handelt sich hier um keine Show. Zu 110% zeigte sie sich fokussiert auf den Kampf. Dabei soll es sich um kein einmaliges Gastspiel handeln. Auch für ihre Gegnerin hatte Porczyk noch ein paar Worte übrig.

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Video: JESSY SCHWARZ VS ALEXANDRA BUCH / NO COMPROMISES 2 - FIGHT NIGHT

Welcome to the 2013 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship - First Video - more on Graciemag

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Christine Theiss kämpf am 07.06.13 gegen Olga Stavrova - Live auf Sat 1 - WM-Kampf

WM-Kampf Christine Theiss gegen Olga Stavrova am 07.06.13 23:15h live auf Sat 1

Subbattle 20 - Grappling Tournament Köln 30.06.13 - Registration is on - Auch für Frauen

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SUBBATTLE 20 - Grappling Tournament

Am 30. Juni um 10:30

Sportschule Köln in Köln

http://www.subbattle.com

The Extra Challenges Women Face in MMA – Part 1 of 3 by TXMMA

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May 28, 2013 – TXMMA wanted to explore the differences between what it’s like being a male and female mixed martial artist. We interviewed several female professional fighters about their own experiences in Women’s Mixed Martial Arts and found out that although fighting is fighting, when it comes to gender and the treatment of females in MMA, a fighter is not always just a fighter.
Through our discourse with these women it became apparent that it is significantly harder to be a professional female fighter than it is to be a male MMA fighter. Women not only have to face the same obstacles as the men do to succeed, but they must also deal with additional challenges that the men don’t. Some were predictable, others came as a total surprise, but all of them have one thing in common: they are distractions taking attention away from these ladies’ fighting skills and their ability to hone said skills in order to succeed as professional mixed martial artists –which is all that should really matter anyway.
These are some of the hurdles female fighters are encountering in their paths as professional mixed martial artists:
 

The Objectification of Women in MMA: Making the Distinction between Ring Card Girls and Female Fighters

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Choke Wars Gi Edition am 16.06.13 in Mühlheim - Turnier auch für Frauen

http://www.chokewars.de/

Judo vs. BJJ - Chancenlos im Boden - Ein paar wahre Worte Richtung DJB

Ein sehr interessanter und kritischer Blog in Richtung Judo.

Mehr auf Judo - Blog

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Veröffentlicht am 23.05.13 von Tom Herold       

Ich habe schon oft gesehen, das Judoka, die mit dem 1., 2. oder sogar 3. Dan graduiert waren, im Bodenkampf gegen BJJ-Kämpfer völlig chancenlos blieben.
Die Jungs vom BJJ trugen in der Regel den Blaugurt oder den Violettgurt …
Ich möchte angesichts dessen eine einfache Frage stellen.
Warum sind BJJ-Kämpfer im Bodenkampf oft so viel besser als Judoka?
Doch.
Sind sie.
Es hat keinen Sinn, das abzustreiten.

Ich habe mehr als einmal gesehen, wie Judo-Schwarzgurte von BJJ-Weißgurten im Bodenkampf verknotet, abgewürgt und gehebelt wurden.
Wäre es da nicht sinnvoll, sich einzugestehen, dass man als Judoka im Bodenkampf in der Regel mit den BJJ-Kämpfern nicht mithalten kann?

Dieses Eingeständnis tut weh.
Es ist peinlich.
Denn das BJJ ist, wenn man so will, der „ländliche Cousin“ des Judo.
Das ändert aber nichts daran, dass im Bodenkampf das BJJ das Maß aller Dinge ist.
Und Judo leider nicht (mehr).

Ringen in der zweiten Runde - Olympia 2020 - Wrestling made it trough the first round

Wrestling make it trough the first round.

Looks like baseball / softball, squash and wrestling are moving on to the next round of voting in September after the meetings today.

Ringen, Base- und Softball sowie Squash haben es in die nächste Runde geschafft - noch Chancen für Olympia 2020.

More: Keep Wrestling in the Olympics

First view Location - Invicta 6

Tickets for Invicta

Star Pavilion Americstar Casino Hotel Kansas City plays host to Invicta FC 6 on July 13. Be Cageside for All Pro Women's MMA Tickets on sale now ticketlfy.com

Nice pic from Jiujitsuforher - the upcoming generation

JIUJITSUFORHER

52 Triangle Choke Set Ups In Just 8 Minutes – Jason Scully - Brandnew

Olympisches Ringen braucht dringend jeden Twitter Follower

Morgen fällt die erste von zwei Entscheidungen, ob Ringen olympisch bleibt. Ein Entscheidungskriterium dabei: Wie viele Twitter Follower hat die Sportart.

Fila als die Headorganisation fürs Ringen kann jeden weiteren Follower gebrauchen!

Keep Wrestling Olympic - please follow @fila_official

Olympic Wrestling Needs Twitter Followers

Tomorrow, wrestling will encounter the first of two major barriers that need to be overcome in order to retain its status as an Olympic sport. This barrier comes in the form of the IOC picking which sports will be considered for the final remaining Olympic spot. Twitter will play a factor in which sports gets selected.

 

One gap remains, one opening, one vacancy remains in the Olympic program, and wrestling seeks to fill it. Tomorrow the IOC execituve board will pick up to three sports from a list of hopefuls; one of these sports may be included in the 2020 games.

 

Today, as part of the selection process, the IOC board will scrutinize the number twitter followers possessed by the governing bodies of the sports in contention. FILA is the governing body of wrestling, and right now it badly could use your follows on twitter. Go now and follow @fila_official. That is, unless you want to see a vital part of our cultural heritage as human beings erased from the world's highest platform for sporting competition.

 

Again, please follow @fila_official

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The Olympians have arrived - 2014 Sara Mcmann vs. Ronda Rousey?

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UFC 159 featured not only exciting bouts but also the 3rd women’s mixed martial arts bout between undefeated Sara Mcmann & Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff. In classic fashion, McMann embraced the grind that made her a historic grappler in the world and defeated Gaff in round one with a mounted crucifix, hastily on her way to the top 5 UFC Womens Bantamweight rankings, crowned by another Olympian, undefeated Ronda Rousey.

McMann & Rousey have a combined 16 World Championship Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in Judo and freestyle wrestling world championships in addition to Rousey’s Olympic Bronze medal in Judo in 2008 Beijing and McMann’s Olympic silver medal in freestyle wrestling in 2004 Athens.

With the high level of grappling accolades abundant, can we hope to see these two world-class clinchers sharing an octagon, that is, if Rousey can get past undefeated Cat Zingano in the fall and McMann can continue to grind down the coming competitors.

Note:
Cat Zingano was replaced by Miesha Tate

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Ronda Rousey shocked as Miesha Tate replaces an injured Cat Zingano on UFC's 'TUF' show

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Unbeaten Cat Zingano, who was slated to coach opposite women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, injured a knee and was replaced as coach by long-time Rousey rival Miesha Tate.
 

Rousey did not know that Zingano was injured – UFC president Dana White said it had been a tightly kept company secret since Zingano injured her right knee during a May 16 workout – or that Tate had been brought in to replace her, until the opening scenes of the show were filmed on Tuesday.

When Tate came out, Rousey was clearly stunned and she stormed out of the UFC training center, searching for White. She later said she was angry because she thought Tate was replacing her.

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Female MMA fighters discuss "Inappropriate" Communications with MMA Writer

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In an interview conducted today, female MMA fighters Stephanie Skinner and Cassie Robb discuss what they feel is inappropriate communications from writer Eric Holden. Holden, known for articles playing up the "sexy" side of female fighters, had, according to Robb and Skinner, several contacts with both fighters focusing on their openly gay relationship, including stating that their kissing photos gave him a "boner", that they should post more "PG-13" photos and inquiring about their openness to "threesomes".

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After Sheila Gaff next european female fighter sign in for UFC - Rosi Sexton

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One of these names is  Rosi Sexton, the French born, English raised grappling ace, who will be the second European woman fighter to debut in the UFC after Sheila Gaff. 

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WMMA Unknown Soldier - a tribute to the women of MMA - Must see

MMA women Motivation Video - Nice

Alexandra Buch gewinnt No Compromises2

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Nach einigen etwas chaotischen Wendungen war am Ende dann doch noch alles gut: Durch den kurzfristigen Ausfall von Jannie Smits wurde das eigentlich als 4er-Wettkampf geplante Federgewichts-Turnier der Frauen bei No Compromises 2 am Samstag in Hamburg kurzerhand in ein Kräftemessen der drei übrig gebliebenen Kämpferinnen umfunktioniert, an dessen Ende die Halle Kopf stand.

Was war passiert? Kurz vor dem Start des Turniers wurde bekannt, das Jannie Smits nicht antreten konnte. Da nun aus drei Teilnehmerinnen eine verdiente Turniergewinnerin ermittelt werden musste, stieg Jessy Schwarz (1-4) einfach zweimal in den Ring, wurde nach zwei Punktniederlagen jedoch nicht mit dem Finaleinzug für den respektablen Einsatz belohnt. Stattdessen standen sich im Kampf um den Turniersieg Anne Merkt (1-1) und Alexandra Buch (8-2) gegenüber, das Buch letztlich kurz vor dem ersten Rundengong per Inverted Heel Hook für sich entscheiden konnte und damit als Turniersiegerin feststand.

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Die Damen im Interview bei Ground and Pound

Jessy Schwarz spricht über ihre Teilnahme am No Compromises FC 2 Frauen-Turnier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn_qVaM-Y7k

Anne Merkt über ihre Niederlage im Turnierfinale gegen Alexandra Buch bei No Compromises FC 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nifm0vkDQ3g

Alexandra Buch über ihren Sieg beim MMA Federgewichts-4-Frauen-Titelturnier No Compromises FC 2

Fast & Furious 6 - Who is Gina Carano?

Gina Carano

Gina Carano is a modern Wonder Woman. She is an actress, she is an expert when it comes to mixed martial arts and she also appeared on TV. She was ranked as the third best female fighter in the world and she well deserves to be known as the “Face of Women`s MMA”.


Gina Carano, the Face of Women`s MMA

Fallon Fox wins in return to cage

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Transgender fighter Fallon Fox, a controversial figure in MMA circles since she admitted in March that she was born a man, improved to 3-0 as a professional Friday night but wasn’t as impressive as she had been in defeating her first two foes.

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Alexandra Buch Wins No Compromises FC Title

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German standout Alexandra Buch outlasted two opponents to become the inaugural NCFC Women’s Featherweight Champion on Saturday evening at No Compromises Fighting Championship 2 in Hamburg, Germany. Buch defeated Jessy Schwarz and Anne Merkt in succession to capture the title.
The championship tournament was almost cancelled during the event after Buch’s original semi-final opponent, Jannie Schmits, suffered a panic attack and withdrew from the fight. Schwarz, who had already fought Merkt earlier in the evening, stepped in as a last-minute replacement to face Buch.


More:
http://www.mmarising.com/articles/2013/05/26/weekend-recap-alexandra-buch-wins-no-compromises-fc-title/#more-29667

Die jungen Wilden bei Gladiators FC - 01.06.13 in Tauberfranken, Königshofen

Änderungen der Fightcards

Ganz neu:
Tanja Hoffmann vs. Jannie Schmits

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Fast & Furious 6 - Angekündigt als der beste girl-on-girl-fight ever

Was denkt ihr?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIbmitSGQnM

Kerry Barrett: The Fighting Grandmother - by MMACorner

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It’s a saying that realtors and retailers will often use in droves. And it’s also the catchcry by which Kerry Barrett lives her life. Now that she is pushing the age of 40, she finds herself, after seven years of martial arts training, ready to take a good run at the world’s fastest growing sport.
“I started training on my 33rd birthday,” she revealed in an exclusive interview with The MMA Corner. “I decided to treat myself to a martial arts program so that I could try and lose weight. When I joined up, I was 114 kilograms [251 pounds], so my main goal was to cut down. Once I started training though, I was hooked.”
Competitive sport had always been in Barrett’s nature, even before her mission to lose weight. She competed in numerous sports and excelled in them, so an attempt to excel in MMA was just natural progression for her.

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Unbelievable Takewondo demonstration

Takewondo upcoming generation in Action - that´s cute / die ganz Kleinen - niedlich

Tuff-N-Uff: Ronda Rousey vs Autumn Richardson

Top Ten Female MMA Fighters von ranker.com

List - Make your own choise

http://www.female-fighters.de/kampfsportnews/#.UZy7vRTwAlQ

Female Tricking MMA - Wer braucht da noch Parkour?

Backflip from back take escape

Womens Representing Brazilian Jiu Jutsu - Neue Webseite / New Site

http://www.jiujitsuforher.com/

Andyconda presents his new DVD - Native Flow for MMA/Grappling - coming soon

Trailer

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Andyconda Luta Livre International

Bald ist sie da! Die neue DVD "Native Flow"
Falls Ihr Euch fragt was das ist, hier einige Infos im Video.
Es geht um eine Form von Kampfspezifischer Gymnastik. Auf der DVD werden die einzelnen Bewegungen vorgestellt und auch deren Anwendung im Kampf wird gezeigt!
Neugierig? Gut! ;)

Ich halte Euch auf dem Laufenden!
Andy

 

The Native Flow is a gymnastic program for fighters of Grappling and MMA.
Andyconda is Luta Livre Headcoach and he designed the program for his students, to get better in fighting. Single movements are demonstrated with the technical use in a fight.
The Native Flow combines all the movements to a kind of choreography called Body Flow.
This kind of flow is the perfect warm up before training and competition.