…October 9, 2010 in San Jose! I will be co-main event of the Nick Diaz vs KJ Noons 2: taking on Marloes Coenen. While Marloes’ last fight ended in a TKO loss to Cris “Cyborg” Santos in January – which would seemingly favour me – I am not looking at this as an easy fight. Marloes has a lot of experience and is strong in many different aspects of the fight game.

If you haven’t heard much about Marloes, she is 17-4 (12submissions, 2 TKO’s), out of Amsterdam. Don’t let the submissions fool you, she is also known for her Thai boxing.

For me, I am really excited to be fighting again so soon. It should be a great fight, and will be interesting to see how Marloes feels after making her first cut to 135lbs. My goal is to always finish the fight – and this fight will be no different. Look forward to some exciting exchanges and maybe even a few surprises…but that belt HAS to come back to Canada with me

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Original cast members Lacey Schuckman and Kristin Molina have been replaced by Karina Taylor (0-3-0) and Marissa S. Rodriguez (0-0-0).

The reason for the replacements is unknown.

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Ultimate Women’s Challenge: Karina Taylor and Marissa S. Rodriguez

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The life of Cincinnati Mixed Martial Arts, comes in all shapes, sizes and genders. While the facts show that this is a very male dominant and promoted sport, the growth of Women’s Mixed Martial Arts is slowing starting to build into a more televised and respectable class.

This is where the face of Women’s MMA in Cincinnati, Ohio Marissa “Shorty” Caldwell from Team Vision MMA comes in.

To be a fighter that is well liked and respected in the fight game, you must be successful and you have to be exciting, that is what draws fans to fights. Marissa Caldwell, hammers down being exciting and successful down to the t.

Marissa Caldwell is a 23 year old who has a 2-1-0 professional record, with both of her wins coming via submission in the very first round. Her only loss, was to former number 1 contender for the woman’s  145 pound champion of Strikeforce, Jan Finny.  That was her first professional bout, in which she fought in a bloody battle that ended in Marissa being stopped in the first round. Since then, Marissa has dropped weight classes and is now competing at 125.

In her last fight, Marissa fought a very tough opponent in the previously undefeated fighter Priscilla Brownfield. Marissa stopped Priscilla before the first minute of the fight. She dominated Priscilla where Priscilla was strongest and that wrestling. Marissa quick stopped a takedown and used an inside sweep to land into mount, then her Jiu-Jitsu reigned supreme as she trapped Priscilla and unleashed the hardest elbows that I have ever witnessed.  The ref stopped the fight due to the hellacious elbows and Marissa reigned supreme once again.

Marissa can dominate and defeat you anywhere this fight goes, it’s a homage to the hard word and dedication that her team at Team Vision MMA provides to the fighters. While her “bread and butter” is her smooth and tight Jiu-Jitsu game, she displays strong power with her punches and mixes up her gameplan with wrestling and strikes better than most professional fighters out there today.

Marissa is walking into hostile territory on September 18th. She will be fighting Jessica Eye in Akron, Ohio which is only 35 minutes fro Jessica’s hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Not only is she walking into hostile territory, she is walking into the history books as she and Jessica Eye will be competing in the first ever all female card in the state of Ohio . Guess who the main event of this card is? You’re right, Jessica Eye and Marissa Caldwell.

Normally the battle of Ohio, consists of the Cleveland Browns vs. Cincinnati Bengals, but why wait for that? The battle of Ohio happens September 18th as Marissa and Jessica fight in the main event for NAAFS.

Marissa, we wish you nothing but the best of luck in your upcoming fight against Jessica Eye, and we hope you continue your dominant ways and finish the fight quick so we can see you back in action sooner rather than later!

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Miesha Tate 11-2 was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 2005 she won the high school women’s state championship and also the nationals at the World Team Trails in the 158lb division. In 2007 Takedown Tate began her MMA career at the HooknShoot Women’s  Grand prix. Miesha recently won the one-night Strikeforce 135lb women’s tournament by [...]

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Round one: They don’t touch gloves. Windy comes right out and starts racking up the low kicks. Lovato trying to line up that big left hand, but it doesn’t find a home yet. Windy still racking up them low kicks.

Windy throws a hard kick to the body which Lovato catches and uses to yank Windy to the canvas. Windy scoots back and quickly gets to her feet. She resumes with the low kicks, throwing in a few jabs for variety. Lovato is now meeting her with jabs, timing that middle kick.
Lovato catches another middle kick, but Windy pulls it free. Lovato catches another middle kick, but eats a few punches from Windy and she punches her way out. Windy is walking Lovato down with kicks.
Lovato pulls Windy into the clinch and puts her down onto the mat. She’s up against the ropes though, so she cannot drop knees or punches. Chiba repositions them in the center and Lovato gets busy dropping punches.
Lovato picks Windy up twice to slam her on her back. In Windy’s corner, Takafumi Ito urges Windy to stand up.
Windy locks up an armbar from bottom!
Lovato slams her way out of it however, allowing Windy to jump back to her feet as soon as the armbar is broken.
Lovato smashes Windy up against the corner, eating some punches for her trouble. Umeki breaks them at the last twenty seconds and Windy swarms, throwing punches, low kicks, and a knee to Lovato’s guts just before the bell.
10 – 9 Windy Tomomi.
Round 2: Lovato charges Windy, catching middle kicks and just trying to rack up punches. Windy gets stuck in the clinch in the corner. Windy’s cornerman, Ito, goes nuts, stands up in front of me, obstructing my view. I think he’s telling Windy to throw knees and disengage from the clinch.
Lovato throws a punch or two from the clinch. A nice one to the guts from Lovato before Chiba breaks them up again.
Windy returns to mashing up Lovato’s lead leg with low kicks. Lovato’s leg is red and looking like it’s hurting.
Lovato charges again into the clinch and Windy pulls her into the Thai plum, throwing knees up the middle to Lovato’s body.
Lovato returns the favor, punching to the body before Umeki breaks them again.
Lovato misses a huge left hand as Windy puts a few big punches on her visiting opponent. Lovato’s corner are urging her "just throw! Let’s win this round! Let’s land that left!"
Windy lands a solid one-two-knee to the belly, and it looks like Lovato isn’t liking any of it. They’re back in the clinch and Windy, from the outside is racking up more knees. She disengages in the last 30 seconds to chase Lovato down with more strikes, again landing in the clinch to finish out the round with knees to the belly.
And all three judges have it unanimously for Windy Tomomi.
Tomoki Matsumiya: 20 – 19 Windy
Yoshifumi Oyabu: 20 – 19 Windy
Last judge: 20 – 18 Windy
Tony Loiseleur: Lovato did well, I thought. It’s unfortunate that the bout was only two rounds as Windy was huffing and puffing by the end of it. She didn’t look like she was falling apart due to cardio, but you’d never know if there would have been a third round. Certainly though, she and Windy had a great, fun fight this evening.
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Contestants from a new reality TV show called “Ultimate Women Challenge” will be competing on Las Vegas Metro Police Department’s special weapons and tactics course Saturday.

The episode being filmed at the SWAT course, located at 7600 E. Carey Ave., will help benefit the Injured Police Officers’ Fund, a local non-profit organization that helps families of police officers who have been injured or killed in the line of duty.

“Ultimate Women Challenge,” airing in September on NBC, will feature 16 female mixed martial arts fighters. The TV series is about empowerment, with an emphasis on education and community service, according to the show’s website. Certain episodes will be dedicated to a specific social cause or charity, which will be incorporated into the challenges the women face.

Metro Police officers will be on-hand Saturday to assist with the competition, set to start in the morning.

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Girls of MMA speaks to Tisha Rodrigues about her career from being a Fitness Model to an MMA convert.

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Stephanie Webber (0-1-0) takes on Kianna Norman (0-0-0) at CageSport MMA, on Oct. 2nd, 2010.

Stephanie’s loss came against Julianna Pena and Kianna Norman is making her pro debut.

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As a girl growing up, Stephanie Eggink, 21 played soccer, ran track and even tried golf. They were fun sports, but still there was something missing.

Then she found boxing. She studied boxing for about three years, before joining the U.S. Olympic National Team where she became the United States amateur national champion and competed for the US in the Pan American Games in Ecuador. Her amateur boxing record was an outstanding  (11-1) when she turned pro. As a pro she went (1-0-1).

In January 2009, Eggink began attending WCFC (West Coast Fight Club). Upon joining this gym, she was introduced to the world of MMA fighting.

She retired from professional boxing, and now focuses all her training on mixed martial arts. Eggink says she experienced too many politics in boxing and too much arrogance. "MMA is a much more humble than boxing," Eggink says. "In boxing it takes just your hands, in MMA it takes your entire body. You have to give it all." 

Her coach at WCFC is Cody Houston he has been coaching her since she first came to the gym and is responsible for introducing her to the other styles of fighting that are part of MMA. Eggink’s training at WCFC has helped shape her into a better fighter, he said.“We’ve taken her to the next level of athletics,” Houston said. “She’s beating people that have been doing it twice as long as her, and [in the gym] that is pretty exciting.”
When I asked Stephanie about her jiu jitsu she said, " I feel just as comfortable on the ground as I do standing up." She has proven that with her domination on the ground in her first two fights.

Eggink says one of her biggest challenges in MMA is overcoming the stereotypes of women’s sports.

She says comments always surface regarding looks, for example men yelling rude remarks from the audience or the sarcastic realization, "Oh, she can actually fight."

"I want to prove that girls can be just as badass as guys," Eggink says. "We definitely have to work harder to get respect."
I asked her if she thought women fighters were treated different based on their looks, "Looks do make a difference in the careers of women fighters," she said and although she thinks its ok to wear a little make-up to look pretty, don’t ever expect to see Stephanie take any provocative pictures in a attempt to further her career. "That’s just something I would never do." Eggink says.

Eggink had been trying to enter MMA fights all over Washington and Oregon for almost a year, before entering the Tuff-N-Uff 125lbs tournament, but none of the coaches would allow their fighters to accept her challenge. This is mainly because Eggink has a professional boxing background in addition to her MMA training which she said might make her opponents see her as more of a threat.
Thanks in large part to Sam Wilson, she was invited to enter the Tuff-N-Uff tournament.
"I was having trouble finding fights because of my boxing background, but now thanks to this tournament girls have to fight me, you cant back out of a tournament." Eggink says

He father Mark Eggink said he still gets nervous from time to time when he watches his daughter, but not as nervous as he was when he watched her very first fight. “You could actually see my heart beating through my shirt,” Eggink said. “I thought I was going to have a heart attack, but she ended up doing OK.” Her mom on the other hand keeps her eyes off the fight until the fight is over.

On July 2nd  Stephanie Eggink defeated Jillian Lybarger by submission. (triangle choke) Stephanie said she was very proud of her performance in this fight and that she actually came close to finishing this fight in the first round when she had Jillian in a submission but the bell rang to end the round.

On August 6th Stephanie Eggink def. Katie Klimanski via Unanimous Decision. Stephanie felt she could have done better in this fight but she was happy to have won.

On September 24th Stephanie Eggink (2-0-0) will  face Jenny Yum (6-0-0), when I asked Stephanie about her opponent Jenny Yum, she said, " I respect Jenny alot she’s real nice and I have actually spent time getting to know her." As far as how she expects the fight to play out, she says she expects this one to stay on the feet and that’s exactly where she want’s it since she has yet been able to showcase her stand-up game.

As for Eggink, she said she feels confident about the tournament. Even though she may get nervous backstage before the fight  she knows that the feeling is only temporary. “Before a fight, I get serious nerves,” Eggink said. “But once I’m in that cage or ring and the bell goes off, then I’m OK. It sounds bad," she conceded with a smile, "but when you hit someone it feels good."

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Strikeforce Challengers: Phoenix looked like an action packed show from the very beginning.  Joe Riggs won the main event and Ryan Couture, son of MMA legend Randy, won his debut. However, they were both overshadowed by the performance of Miesha Tate.  Tate stole the show in Phoenix with not one, but two exciting decision victories in the 135-pound women’s tournament.  Now the #1 contender, Miesha recently took time away from her busy schedule to chat with VigilanteMMA.  She discusses the tournament, her dream fight, and wrestling with the boys in high school.  You can follow Miesha on her website which is now found on the VigilanteMMA blog roll as well.

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