Erdenebilegiin Bolormaa (born on ), better known by her

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is a Mongolian female

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and

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. She is considered as Mongolia's first female professional wrestler and also the first female mixed martial artist from Mongolia.

Background

Erdenebileg was born on in

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Professional wrestling career

Erdenebileg was recruited by

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in a trip to Mongolia that Yoshida made in . Erdenebileg made her professional wrestling debut on in a tag match with

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(Tomoko Miyaguchi) as her partner, defeating Tojuki Leon (Rena Takase) and Aya Yuki at the

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. Working for S Ovation's pro-wrestling promotion Ibuki, after Ibuki's last show on , Erdenebileg announced her retirement from professional wrestling.

Mixed martial arts career

A few months after her pro-wrestling retirement, Erdenebileg joined the Smash pro-wrestling promotion and started training at the Smash Alley Gym - the MMA division of Smash - with the purpose of debuting in MMA. As preparation for MMA, Erdenebileg had a

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match against Sachiko Fujimori, whom Erdenebileg defeated with an ude hishigi hiza gatame

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on at . Before starting with MMA, Erdenebileg was scheduled to make her professional shoot boxing debut against Jewels star

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at ''

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'' on , but Sugiyama was forced to withdraw from the event due to an injury and Erdenebileg's match was changed from a shoot boxing match to a MMA bout with former

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Mayumi Aoki. In her MMA debut, Erdenebileg was submitted by Aoki with an armbar in the first round. Erdenebileg was next slated to fight against Brazilian fighter Carina Damm at ''Fury 2'' to be held on in

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before the event was canceled amid embezzlement allegations. After Sugiyama recovered from her injury, Erdenebileg and Sugiyama fought on at ''

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'', with Erdenebileg outstriking the

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expert to knock her down twice in the first round. Sugiyama's corner threw in the towel shortly after the beginning of the second round when Erdenebileg once again hurt Sugiyama with punches, giving Erdenebileg her first professional win. Erdenebileg was scheduled to face Danielle West at ''

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'' on in

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, but the event was cancelled after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami earlier in the day. She next faced Chisa Yonezawa at '' Jewels 13th Ring'' on and defeated Yonezawa by TKO (doctor stoppage) after the first round. Erdenebileg faced

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at ''

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'' on . She was defeated by armbar submission in the second round.

Outside sports

Erdenebileg debuted as a

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with the CD released in .

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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