Sexy New Work from MMA Stunner Danielle Whittle

Let's kick off the week with some sexy new work from MMA stunner Danielle Whittle! For the latest on Danielle give her a follow and shout out on Instagram and Twitter. Have a great week everyone!

Posted on May 11, 2015 by www.babesofmma.com

The Ladies of UFC Fight Night 65

Tomorrow night the UFC comes to us from the land down under with a pair of Women's strawweight fights at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, Australia. The UFC Fight Night 65 preliminaries will include battles between Alex "Astro Girl" Chambers (4-2) and Kailin Curran (3-1) as well as "Rowdy" Bec Rawlings (5-4) and Lisa Ellis (15-9). Catch all the fights exclusively on UFC Fight Pass tomorrow starting at 7:45pm ET. Good luck ladies!

Photo courtesy of the UFC.

Posted on May 8, 2015 by www.babesofmma.com

Katy Collins Makes her Pro MMA Debut this Saturday

Babes of MMA sponsored fighter Katy "The Red Dragon" Collins will make her highly anticipated professional MMA debut against Katherine Farrow this Saturday night in the co-main event for Rumble Time Promotions/ShoFIGHT: Branson Brawl at the Branson Convention Center in Branson, Missouri. Click here to purchase tickets online from ShoFIGHT or call Rumble Time Promotions at 314-662-2000. For those not in attendance click here to purchase the iPPV for $14.99.

Send your shout outs to Katy on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. We are super proud of all your hard work Katy. Go get that win on Saturday!

Posted on May 7, 2015 by www.babesofmma.com

Fighter Babe Jessica Hoy Makes her Pro MMA Debut this Saturday

Fighter babe Jessica “BAKAN” Hoy makes her professional MMA debut this Saturday for Combat Games: Battle at the Bay XI at the Swinomish Casino and Lodge in Anacortes, Washington. Fighting out of Bellingham, Washington we recently caught up with Jessica prior to her big debut this Saturday for the interview below to learn a little more about her.

How did you get involved in MMA and how long have you been training?

-Five years ago I was introduced to the sport, before that I thought professional fighting was the WWE and boxing, neither of which did I follow. My now husband has been an avid fight fan since he was quite young, and when we started hanging out he started showing me highlight videos on YouTube, babbling about fighters, shadow boxing at me, and initiating some grappling matches. As a kid I was always very physical and play grappled with my friends so I had some instincts for grappling and became more interested in advancing those skills. Fast forward a couple of years, Clayton (the husband) gets us tickets to UFC on Fox 5, and the energy was inspiring. We realized we weren’t getting any younger and if we wanted to compete it was time to take action. Stephanie Eggink tipped us off that Bellingham MMA was a little gem of a local gym. I have been training there since 2013.

What's a typical training week like for you?

-For this fight camp my week looks a bit like the following. Cardio on Mondays; Tuesdays I strength train in the morning, and train MMA for 4 hours in the evening. I always have to have an ice bath on Tuesday nights; Wednesday and Thursday I have two hours of MMA in the evenings, I spar on Thursday’s before class; Friday I rest; Saturday I strength train and fit in some other cardio work  and the occasional spar; and Sunday I rest again.

Tell us about your upcoming fight, who you're fighting and where?

-This will be my pro debut, which feels like a long time coming. It will be at Combat Games (COGA). I had a late notice opponent change to Jessica Eve Richer. I will be meeting her at 155 though my typical cut has me at the 145 weight class so I am pretty stoked on getting to relax and recover this week rather than battling with hunger!

What is your best experience as a fighter? What is your worst?

-It is hard for me to think in terms of best and worst, I am always striving for better and either need to top a success or learn from a failure or negative experience. So I suppose in a way my best experiences have been improvements in my game; when I consistently hit a technique I have been drilling in grappling, when my jab became a damage dealing tool, things of that nature are exciting and all marking that forward progress. And my most frustrating moments are when I make a much repeated mistake, or feel like I have taken a step back in my progress. However no matter my success or back tracking, I always meet these experiences with the mission of doing better the next time around. What can I say, I can’t get no satisfaction.

What advice would you give to other women who are reading this interview and want to get started in MMA?

-Two things pop into my head instantly. First off, you need to do it, have a sense of urgency, you aren’t getting younger, circumstances will never be perfect, and every day you wait to get into the gym your competitors have been there at least a day more. Secondly, Get strong, strength train, do not be afraid of being strong, lack of physicality is a weakness you don’t want to experience in the cage.

What or who are your inspirations in life and MMA?

-My children are a huge inspiration and motivation to me. I need to be an example to my children and any future progeny of living a life set to my own standards and priorities, where happiness, family, and personal growth supersede the bogus restraints set by popular culture. I am inspired by my Mother and her Mother who are very strong no nonsense tough women. I am inspired by my Husband who has such a positive and progressive view on life, he is always researching, thinking and pushing himself to be better.

-Within the sport of MMA, women like Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, Larissa Reis, Oksana Grishina, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, athletes who are unabashedly themselves.

Who are your favorite MMA fighters?

-Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Fedor Emelianenko, Benson Henderson, Donald Cerrone, Rafael Dos Anjos and Jose Aldo.

How do you enjoy your free time when not training or fighting?

-I love hanging out with my little family. I love cooking and eating, playing, adventuring, bullshitting, bullshitting about adventuring, watching movies, drawing, reading, writing, brain storming, day dreaming but trust me we talk fighting, training, and watch all of the UFC’s plus other fight events all the time. The combat culture runs thick in our house. Just the other day Clayton and I were reffing and coaching the kids in in-home grappling matches.

Lastly before we let you go we would love to hear about your future plans and let you send some shout outs.

Any future plans or dreams?

-We are actually planning quite the adventure! At the end of this summer we are taking our family of five, moving into a 27ft trailer and tripping around the USA to visit and eventual find a new fight gym. Our goal is to get as high as we can in the fight world, and we want to find a gym that will best support all of us! We just bought the trailer, which we have named “The Havoc Army”-- and are customizing and prepping it for our journey. On this trek we are planning on heading to Portland, Oregon; tripping down the coast of California and then hitting Vegas and Phoenix. But we have Florida and Wisconsin in our sights for other possible destinations. I have started a blog where I will document our crazy adventure, both highlighting the challenges and triumphs of being a mobile family, of all the amazing places will see and the people we meet. We are very, very excited, very. The blog is The Havoc Army!

-Another thing worth mentioning is that the documentary that my husband and I have been filmed in has been picked up by ESPN and will be shown at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, so keep an eye out for Greywater!

Any shout outs you would like to make?

-I have to shout out my very talented and supportive husband Clayton "The Destroyer" Hoy, he’s a fantastically talented fighter and worth taking a glance at.

Thank you very much for your time Jessica and good luck on fight night! Click here to purchase tickets, check out BAKAN Fitness and send your shout outs to Jessica on Instagram and Twitter!

Posted on May 6, 2015 by www.babesofmma.com

Andy Nguyen Steps Back Into the Cage this Saturday

Fighter babe Andy "The CrAsian" Nguyen returns to the cage this Saturday night to throw down with Devaney Clayton for Vengeance Fighting Alliance: Round 5 at the Lake Charles Civic Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Tickets are available at the Lake Charles Civic Center box office and via Ticketmaster. Send your shout outs to Andy on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Good luck Andy!

Posted on May 5, 2015 by www.babesofmma.com

Sexy Sunday from Rachelle Leah

Check out some sexy new work from MMA knockout Rachelle Leah captured by photographers Mark Mercury and Toma Bowen. For the latest on Rachelle give her a follow and shout out on Instagram and Twitter. Hope we see Rachelle Octagon-side again soon.

Posted on May 3, 2015 by www.babesofmma.com

Meet MMA Babe Victoria Simone Gee

Say hello to MMA babe Victoria Simone Gee! Born and raised in Staten Island, New York this 20 year old knockout is 5’6”, 120 lbs, measures 33D-24-37 and now calls New York, New York home.

Victoria graces the MMA cages for Extreme Cage Fighting in New York. Carding the past three events for them she will be on hand this Sunday for her forth event at the Melrose Ballroom in Astoria Queens, NY. No stranger to martial arts she has trained in Karate and Kickboxing and was even asked to join an underground SWAT team so don’t mess with Victoria. Her favorite MMA fighters are Ronda Rousey and Lyoto Machida.

Outside the world of MMA Victoria is an actress and stunt woman! Growing up she was an active dancer attending ballet, tap and jazz which has helped with her current occupations. In her spare time she enjoys playing Mortal Kombat, watching movies, nerding out and eating a relentless amount of food. Also a huge animal lover, Victoria loves spending time with her green eyed calico cat.

For more on MMA babe Victoria Simone Gee give her a follow on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and check out her IMDB page. If you’re in the NYC area don’t forget to head over to Extreme Cage Fighting this Sunday to see a great lineup of fights and of course Victoria and her fellow ring card girls.

Posted on May 1, 2015 by www.babesofmma.com

New BAMMA Belle Jess Impiazzi

This past weekend Jess Impiazzi became the latest stunner to join BAMMA as a BAMMA Belle! After another exciting BAMMA event we already turn our anticipation to their next event on June 13th at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, UK. For more on Jess give her a follow and shout out on Instagram and Twitter.

Posted on April 28, 2015 by www.babesofmma.com

UFC 186 Ladies Lineup

The UFC seems to be picking up steam adding more ladies fights to their cards in recent months and UFC 186 is no different. Tonight's fight card features three ladies fights although none are on the main card so you will have to tune in early. Aisling "Ais the Bash" Daly (15-5) and Randa "Quiet Storm" Markos (4-3) will kick off the event on UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 pm ET followed by Jessica "Ragin" Rakoczy (1-4) and Valérie "Trouble" Létourneau (6-3). Later in the evening starting at 8 pm ET on Fox Sports 1 we get to see the trilogy fight between Alexis "Ally-Gator" Davis (16-6) and Sarah Kaufman (17-2). Good luck ladies!

Posted on April 25, 2015 by www.babesofmma.com