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CSAC Upholds Cyborg Santos’s Suspension; But Cyborg Still with Strikeforce
by Wombat Sports
posted April 10, 2012 at 11:32am

It looks like January for Strikeforce’s Cris "Cyborg" Santos to return to the cage. On Monday, the California State Athletic Commission denied unanimously a request by the former featherweight champ to shorten her sent...more

Video – Colleen Schneider Gets a Much Needed Victory in India
by Wombat Sports
posted April 9, 2012 at 10:58am

Colleen Schneider looked like a new fighter Saturday when she took on the UK’s Cherie Buck at the Super Fight League in Chandigarh, India. Schneider (now 2-3) had changed training camps to the Throwdown gym in Las Vegas, and used her wrestli...more

MMA Fighters Sara McMann, Alexis Davis and Cris Santos Auctioning off Decorated Sports Bras for Charity
by Wombat Sports
posted April 9, 2012 at 10:51am

One of the adoptive causes of female athletes has been breast cancer awareness and help to those who suffer from this horrible disease.  In MMA, "Mighty" Mia Hayes lost her life to breast cancer, and has been a rallying cry to all of us. Many w...more

Interview with Australian MMA fighter Bec Hyatt
by Wombat Sports
posted April 6, 2012 at 10:42am

The measure of a true fighter is not how they win, but how they rebound when they lose. This is true of Australian fighter Bec Hyatt. Coming off a a KO loss that went viral early this year, Hyatt came back stronger, getting a submission win this past Feb...more

Fighter Heather Clark to Make Pro-Boxing Debut April 28
by Wombat Sports
posted April 5, 2012 at 10:56am

Another pro MMA fighters will be making the crossover to the sweet science. Golden Girl Promotions have announced Wednesday that Jackson MMA’s Heather Clark will be making her boxing debut on their Apr. 28 card at the Santa Ana Star Casino in Albuq...more

2012 BJJ Pan-Am Final Day – Gabi Garcia Takes Absolute Title
by Wombat Sports
posted April 4, 2012 at 10:12am

Wetzel (left) and Garcia (right)Courtesy Mike Calimbas Gabi Garcia took home two medals in the last day of the Pan-Am BJJ in Irvine, CA Sunday. The Alliance BJJ fighter out of Brazil took home her fifth absolute title, and her fifth middle-heavyweight...more

April 2012 Unified Women's MMA Rankings – Dramatic Shifts in Most Divisions
by Wombat Sports
posted April 3, 2012 at 4:30pm

Ronda Rousey Some major changes in the Unified Rankings this week as upsets and inactivity has saw new fighters ranked and others dropped from the list. First thing to note is that the Unified rankings this month has changed the names of the smaller d...more

MMA Weekend Results: Bellator 63, RFA 2 and more
by Wombat Sports
posted April 1, 2012 at 4:38pm

It was an active weekend of MMA results with fighters returing to the cage, and new comers making impacts. Courtesy WesternMassMMA.com Friday night started with a domiant performance by Munah Holland at Bellator 63. Holland was able to use her bo...more

Friday’s BJJ Pan-Am Results
by Wombat Sports
posted April 1, 2012 at 4:13pm

Courtesy - John Cooper Active Day 1 at the 2012 BJJ Pan-Am tournament as many female fighters from across the planet took home some medals. Team Alliance BJJ has taken a strong lead in the female teams competitions. Here are the Friday results: FEMAL...more

WMMA Roundup interviews Elaina Maxwell leading up to Friday's RFA 2 in Kearney, NE
by Women's MMA Roundup
posted March 28, 2012 at 10:11am

WMMA Roundup interviews Elaina Maxwell about her upcoming 145-lb fight against Ashley Sanchez at Resurrection Fighting Alliance 2 in Kearney, Nebraska. The card also features Tara LaRosa vs Kelly Warren at 125 pounds and an amateur title fight between J...more

Video – Cris "Cyborg" Santos Issue Public Apology; Gives Her Side of the Story
by Wombat Sports
posted March 27, 2012 at 11:20am

Cyborg Santos is back in the states and is starting to get back to her normal life. After was has been a harrowing beginning of the year with her break-up with her husband and a positive steroids test, Santos went to Brazil to seek some time away from ...more

OneFC Featuring Chua vs. Toshi to Stream Free Saturday
by Wombat Sports
posted March 27, 2012 at 7:40am

The debut of Singapore’s first pro female fighter will be streamed live and free on Youtube. Hometown fighter Nicole Chua will take on India’s Jeet Toshi at the OneFC War of Lions event at Singapore’s Indoor Stadium Saturday...more

ATT Fighter Stephanie Guimaraes to be on USA Network this Summer
by Wombat Sports
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:23pm

Guimaraes (left) on set Being a bad ass BJJ fighter and wrestler, what else is there for American Top Team’s Stefanie Guimaraes to do? How about being a bad ass on TV? Guimaraes will be on an upcoming episode of USA Network’s “B...more

Marloes Coenen Invades Dutch TV
by Wombat Sports
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:20pm

InvictaFC’s Marloes Coenen is the renaissance woman of MMA and this past week saw her hit the national scene in the Netherlands. Coenen had the official grand opening of her new R-grip gym in Amsterdam, which came with a lot of fan fair...more

221 Industries, Intense Cage Fighting Announces All Female Card for April
by Wombat Sports
posted March 24, 2012 at 4:58pm

221 Industries and Intense Cage Fighting officially announced Friday night an all female fight card which will take place at Montana Expo Park in Great Falls April 27. MTCage.com can report two matches are already signed. Canadian amateur MMA sensation...more

Podcast – Invicta Co-Owner Shannon Knapps Talks Potential of WMMA
by Wombat Sports
posted March 23, 2012 at 3:20pm

Invicta FC co-owner Shannon Knapp has seen it all in MMA, and she looks to revolutionize the way you think a MMA company should be. Knapp talked on the Wombat Sports podcast about her observations and her change in perception and what will be the future ...more

Video – MMA Knows No Gender in the Army
by Wombat Sports
posted March 22, 2012 at 1:50pm

Courtesy LA Times Women have seen warriors for millenia, but only in the past century have they have started to be seen as equals. The military has opened their ranks to allow “the fairer sex” to show all they can be as a soldier. This ext...more

Video – Britain’s Kate Jackson Scores a 15 Sec. KO this Past Weekend
by Wombat Sports
posted March 21, 2012 at 10:35am

Photo Courtesy Cage Queens The super-flyweights were in rare form this weekend. After the 10 second KO by Sheila Gaff over Jennifer Maia this past weekend, British fighter Kate Jackson took 15 seconds to  gain win #3 in her career at&nb...;more

Podcast – MMA Fighter Elaina Maxwell Breaks Down the Featherweights
by Wombat Sports
posted March 21, 2012 at 10:34am

Never say that Elaina Maxwell is short on words – for anything. A few weeks out from her fight versus Ashley Sanchez at RFA MMA 2 in Kerney, Neb. on Mar. 30 (live on Sherdog.com), Maxwell talked to us on the podcast about her training trip to Tha...more

Ground & Pound Germany Post Fight with Sheila Gaff “I’m Not an Unfair Fighter!”
by Wombat Sports
posted March 21, 2012 at 9:45am

Photo Courtesy Tim Leidecker By: Elias Stefanescu – GroundandPound.de Last weekend, Germany’s female fighter of the year 2010 and 2011 kicked off the Cage Warriors Super Flyweight Tournament against Chute Boxe’s Jennifer Maia. The &l...;more

Cyborg Santos to Appear at InvictaFC 1
by Wombat Sports
posted March 20, 2012 at 12:58pm

The toughest female fighter on the planet will be in Kansas City on Apr. 28. Announced on her twitter Monday night, Strikeforce’s Cyborg Santos announced she will be in attendance at InvictaFC’s initial card next month. Santos has been out ...more

InvictaFC Team Builds with Commentator Mauro Ranallo & Ring Girl Natasha Wicks
by Wombat Sports
posted March 18, 2012 at 4:31pm

More news this past week as InvictaFC announces two new faces to their team. Strikeforce commentator Mauro Ranallo has been named one of the voices who will break down the action; while former UFC Ring girl Natasha Wicks will be holding the cards for t...more

MMA: Sheila Gaff Knocks Out Jennifer Maia At Cage Warriors
by Wombat Sports
posted March 18, 2012 at 4:10pm

By: Rob Sargent – MMARising.com Rising star Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff earned another lightning-fast knockout victory tonight at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship: Fight Night 4 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Gaff blitzed Brazil...more

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