Alexandra Baron is a
German
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female
mixed martial arts
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(MMA) fighter. She won
Jewels
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' tournament Rough Stone Grand Prix 2009 at the -60 kg category.
Background
Baron was born on in
Hamburg
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Hamburgian(s)
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Germany
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.
Her birth name is Alexandra Sanchez, and her earlier fights were all under that name. Later she fought as Buch-Sanchez or just Buch.
Martial arts training
Buch started training in martial arts in 1999, training in
Muay Thai
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.
She moved to
Berlin
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in search for a new gym (MMA Berlin) and it was there that she started training in
grappling
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and MMA.
Mixed martial arts career
Baron debuted on at MMA Berlin's event ''Turnier #15 "The Rematch"'', defeating fellow countrywoman Tanja Hoffmann by
rear naked choke
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submission
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.
Baron next participated in the first round of
Jewels
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Rough Stone GP 2009 –60 kg, facing the favorite and more experienced
Japanese
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Shizuka Sugiyama
, occasionally nicknamed and , is an American-born Japanese female mixed martial artist. She previously fought in the MMA promotion Jewels and now competes for Deep.
Background
Sugiyama was born on in New York City, New York, United States. Su ...
, whom Baron controlled during the bout using her reach advantage to defeat her by
unanimous decision
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at ''
Jewels 5th Ring
''Jewels 5th Ring'' was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by MMA promotion Jewels. The event took place on at Shinjuku Face in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan.
Background
Jewels announced on that ''Jewels 5th Ring'' would take placed at Shinjuku ...
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In her next bout, Baron was defeated via submission (
heel hook Heel hook may refer to:
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