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Serin Murray
Serin Murray (born 1981) is an Australian mixed martial artist. She is the current ISKA World Oriental Rules Super Flyweight champion. Career Murray's MMA debut was in 2006 in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall against Megumi Fujii, who is one of the best women MMA fighters in the world. Murray was the first Australian woman in the Smackgirl event, but Fujii forced her submission in the first round with an ankle lock. Murray now specializes mainly in Muay Thai. On 4 July 2009, she won the ISKA The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is one of the major international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United ... flyweight Muay Thai world title against Japan's Noriko Tsunoda. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , 0-1 , Megumi Fujii , Submission (ankle lock) , Smackgirl: Legend of Extreme Women , 29 November 2006 , 1 , 0:20 , KORAKUEN HALL TOKYO, JAPAN , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle ( ; Awabakal: ) is a metropolitan area and the second most populated city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas, and is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area, which includes most parts of the local government areas of City of Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Cessnock, City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council. Located at the mouth of the Hunter River, it is the predominant city within the Hunter Region. Famous for its coal, Newcastle is the largest coal exporting harbour in the world, exporting 159.9 million tonnes of coal in 2017. Beyond the city, the Hunter Region possesses large coal deposits. Geologically, the area is located in the central-eastern part of the Sydney Basin. History Aboriginal history Newcastle and the lower Hunter Region were traditionally occupied by the Awabakal and Worimi Aboriginal people, who called the area Malubimba. Based on Aboriginal lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smackgirl
Smackgirl was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion focused solely on female fighters. The promotion also held grappling and amateur events along with its main line of professional MMA cards. After financial difficulties throughout 2008 the promotion was sold to Marverous Japan Co.,Ltd. and rebranded JEWELS. Unlike conventional MMA in Japan, Smackgirl did not allow striking to the head while in a grounded position. There was also a 30-second limit for ground fighting but it was abolished by 2008. There were four weight classes: flyweight (under 48 kg), lightweight (under 52 kg), middleweight (under 58 kg), and openweight (no limit). Before being Smackgirl, the ReMix banner was used and held its first event in . After another event with the ReMix brand, the promotion morphed into Smackgirl in . Rules Weight classes *Flyweight (-') *Lightweight (-') * Middleweight (-') *Open weight Former champions Open division Middleweight Lightweight Flyweight Event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Newcastle, New South Wales
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Sportswomen From New South Wales
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Mixed Martial Artists Utilizing Muay Thai
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Australian Female Mixed Martial Artists
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Living People
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1981 Births
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List Of Female Mixed Martial Artists
This is a list of notable ''female'' mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order. A * Mariya Agapova - (UFC, Invicta) * Jessica Aguilar - (UFC, Bellator, WSOF) * Hitomi Akano - (M-1, Strikeforce, Pancrase, JEWELS, Smackgirl, Invicta) * Alexandra Albu - (UFC) * Irene Aldana - (UFC, Invicta) * JJ Aldrich - (UFC, Invicta) * Reiko Amano * Alyse Anderson - ( OneFC) * Megan Anderson - ( Invicta, UFC) * Jessica Andrade - (UFC) * Nina Ansaroff - (UFC, Invicta) * Viviane Araújo - (UFC) * Glena Avila * Julia Avila - (UFC, Invicta) * Diana Avsaragova - ( Bellator) B * Jorina Baars - ( OneFC) * Maycee Barber - (UFC, Legacy) * Shayna Baszler - (EliteXC, ShoXC, Strikeforce, Invicta, UFC) * Diana Belbiţă - (UFC) * Amanda Bell - ( Invicta, Bellator) * DeAnna Bennett - ( Invicta, UFC) * Julia Berezikova - (M-1, SFL) * Lucie Bertaud - ( Bellator, Titan FC) * Jemyma Betrian * Erin Blanchfield - (UFC, Invicta) * Arlene Blencowe - ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Fujii
Megumi Fujii (藤井 恵 ''Fujii Megumi'', born April 26, 1974) is a retired Japanese people, Japanese mixed martial artist. Biography Fujii started Judo at the age of 3 due to her father's influence and continued Judo at Shukugawa Gakuin Junior High School and Kokushikan University. She retired from Judo after graduating from university with a degree in physical education. In judo's stead, she got interested and begun training combat sambo. Fujii specializes mainly in submission fighting and is renowned for her quick takedowns and Submission (combat sport), submissions. Her most popular move is the Inazuma Toe Hold submission, dubbed the ''Megulock''. She also holds black belts in both Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Fujii was trained in MMA by Shooto veteran Hiroyuki Abe (mixed martial artist), Hiroyuki Abe and professional wrestler, PRIDE Fighting Championships alumni, former Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC Heavyweight Champion and King of Pancrase Josh Barnett. She has t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign ''Sovereign'' is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French , which is ultimately derived from the Latin , meaning 'above'. The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or ... country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korakuen Hall
is a famous sports arena in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, which has hosted many notable boxing, professional wrestling, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and Lethwei matches. History On April 16, 1962, the Korakuen Hall was officially opened with a capacity of approximately 2,000 people. It is located inside the Tokyo Dome City, one of Tokyo's biggest attractions. The venue hosted the boxing events for the 1964 Summer Olympics. In the area of pro wrestling, it is considered the Madison Square Garden of puroresu, as all of Japan's largest promotions have run some of their larger shows inside the hall, much akin to the WWF/E's monthly show at MSG in the 1980s. In March 2011, as the hall suffered structural damage under the influence of the Tōhoku earthquake, the events scheduled for the time being, including WBC triple female world title fight, were postponed or canceled. The repair work was completed on March 18. The Hall was closed until the next day, then gradually resumed a va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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