Genah Fabian (born September 5, 1989) is a New Zealand Combat Sports athlete competing in Muay Thai, Kickboxing, MMA and Boxing.

Background

Fabian spent her early years living with her mother in West Auckland, before moving to Central Auckland to attend Auckland Girls Grammar in 2001. Fabian’s mother is of Samoan and German descent, while her father is Māori, from Tainui." As a youth, Fabian found early success on the athletics track qualifying for the junior Olympics as well as becoming a competitive rower when she lived in Australia. At 19, she moved to Sydney and was working at media organization

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, after finishing up in a sales and marketing role at Fairfax in New Zealand. In 2011, Fabian was involved in a serious car accident which left her home bound for about three months in Sydney. After becoming depressed due to being home bound, a friend told her about going to a muay thai training camp in Thailand. There she fell in love with the sport and relocated to Thailand. Fabian's greatest achievement in sports so far is winning the WMC middleweight title. She is a cousin of City Kickboxing head coach Eugene Bareman.

Mixed martial arts career

Professional Fighters League

2019 season

After picking up a win on the regional Australian scene in 2015, Fabian returned to MMA for the

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. In her first bout, she faced Bobbi Jo Dalziel at PFL 1 on May 9, 2019. She lost the bout via unanimous decision. Fabian faced Moriel Charneski on July 11, 2019, at PFL 4. She won the bout in the first round by dropping Moriel and finishing her on the ground. Fabian was scheduled to face

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at PFL 7 on October 11, 2019, but Fabian was forced to pull out of the bout due to illness and issues with her weight cut.

2021 season

Fabian made her return against Laura Sanchez at PFL 3 on May 6, 2021. She won the bout via unanimous decision. Fabian faced Julija Pajić on June 25, 2021, at PFL 6. She won the bout in the second round after dropping Pajić with a head kick and then finishing her with punches. Fabian faced

in the Semifinals off the Women's Lightweight tournament on August 19, 2021, at PFL 8. She lost the fight via TKO in the first round.

2022 season

Fabian faced

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on May 6, 2022 at PFL 3. At weigh-ins, Fabian missed weight for the bout, officially weighing in at 160.8 pounds, 4.8 pounds over the lightweight non-title fight limit. She was fined 20 percent of her purse, and was rendered ineligible to win playoff points. She was given a walkover loss, and was penalized one point in the PFL standings. Budd received a walkover win regardless of bout outcome. Despite this, Fabian won the bout on the scorecards of all three judges, improving her professional record to 5-2, despite officially losing the bout under the structure of the PFL. Fabian faced

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on July 1, 2022 at PFL 6. She lost the bout via TKO stoppage in the first round.

Professional boxing fights

In March 2021, Fabian made her professional boxing debut against Ariane Nicholson. Due to an accidental headbutt, Nicholson received a bad cut which forced the referee to stop the fight, ending in a no contest. Fabian would have her second professional boxing fight on 14 September 2024 when she fought Trish Vaka on a David Nyika undercard. The fight would end in a Majority Decision Draw.

Kickboxing record (Incomplete)

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References

External links

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