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Sarah D'Alelio
Sarah D'Alelio (born December 13, 1980) is a professional Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. She competed in the 135-pound women's bantamweight division for Invicta Fighting Championships and has also fought for Strikeforce (mixed martial arts), Strikeforce. Mixed martial arts career Jackson's MMA Series D'Alelio was scheduled to face Julie Kedzie at Jackson's MMA Series 2 on September 4, 2010, but the fight was canceled after Kedzie signed on to take part in the filming of the ''Ultimate Women Challenge'' reality show. D'Alelio's fight with Kedzie was then rebooked for Jackson's MMA Series 3 on December 18, 2010, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She lost to Kedzie via unanimous decision. Strikeforce Strikeforce (mixed martial arts), Strikeforce announced at its April 9, 2011, event in San Diego that Gina Carano would make her return on June 18 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, during the Overeem vs. Werdum Strikeforce event against D'Alelio. Initially, Strike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast, Maine
Belfast is a city in Waldo County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population was 6,938. Located at the mouth of the Passagassawakeag River estuary on Belfast Bay (Maine), Belfast Bay and Penobscot Bay. Belfast is the county seat of Waldo County. Its Port, seaport has a wealth of historic architecture in several historic districts, and remains popular with tourists. History The area was once territory of the Penobscot people, Penobscot tribe of the Abenaki people, Abenaki people, which each summer visited the seashore to hunt for fish, shellfish and seafowl. In 1630, it became part of the Muscongus Patent, which granted rights for English trading posts with the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans, especially for the lucrative fur trading, fur trade. About 1720, General Samuel Waldo of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston bought the Muscongus Patent, which had evolved into outright ownership of the land, and was there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coenen Vs
Coenen is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Coen" (Conrad). It is particularly common in Dutch and Belgian Limburg. Variant spellings are ''Coene'', ''Koenen'' and ''Koene''. Though probably with the same origin, the names "de Coene" and "de Koene" can be interpreted as meaning "the brave". at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands People with this surname include: * (1514–1587), Dutch fisherman and amateur biologist * (born 1978), Belgian singer, producer and composer * Davy Coenen (1980–2010), Belgian mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxanne Modafferi
Roxanne Vincenta Modafferi (born September 24, 1982) is an American retired mixed martial artist, who most recently fought for the UFC. Though she last fought in the flyweight division, she has fought in multiple weight classes in her career. She has been a professional competitor since 2003. Biography Modafferi is of Italian and Lithuanian descent. Modafferi's training began in Taekwondo at the age of 13 in Pennsylvania, moving on to Mark Lawler's Kenpō Karate in the high school. She then began attending the Dalton Judo Club in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her description of that experience was: "I thought I was all cool doing Karate, like the movie stars, but then in Judo I learned what it was like to fly." She trained for three years to gain a brown belt in the style, and then graduated from Lenox Memorial High School. Before leaving home to study at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a fellow brown belt brought Modafferi to a Royce Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellator MMA In 2016
2016 in Bellator MMA was the eighth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promoter based in the United States. Bellator held 23 events in 2016. Background 2016 is notable for the launch of sibling promotion Bellator Kickboxing, which would debut on the night of Bellator 152 on April 16 and be taped for broadcast on Spike TV on April 22. Bellator 148 Bellator 148: Daley vs. Uhrich took place January 29, 2016, at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV. Background The main event was a Welterweight fight between Paul Daley and Andy Uhrich. The event was expected to be headlined by a welterweight bout between UFC veteran Josh Koscheck and Matt Secor. However Koscheck pulled out of the bout due to an injury. As a result, Paul Daley vs. Andy Uhrich was elevated to the main event Also on the card Paul Bradley faces Chris Honeycutt in a rematch. Bradley and Honeycutt first squared off at Bellator 140, where t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) was an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney and operated until 2025. The promotion takes its name from ''wikt:bellator, bellātor'', the Latin word for "warrior". Bellator's first event was in 2009, and the promotion held List of Bellator MMA events, 313 "numbered" events. At one point, Bellator was considered the second largest MMA promotion in the United States, and one of the largest combat sports, combat sport promotions in the world. Paramount Global (formerly Viacom (2005–2019), Viacom) purchased majority ownership of Bellator from Rebney in 2011, with Paramount's television networks serving as the promotion's media broadcasters in the United States. On November 20, 2023, after then-broadcast home Showtime (TV network), Showtime announced the discontinuation of its sports division, Bellator MMA was acquired by the Professional Fighters League (PFL). Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rin Nakai
is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist. Starting her MMA career in 2006, she has participated in the organizations Pancrase, Smackgirl, Valkyrie (mixed martial arts), Valkyrie and the UFC. Nakai has been rated amongst top ten of Women's Flyweight and Bantamweight fighters between 2006 and 2018. Biography Nakai was born on October 22, 1986, in Matsuyama, Ehime, Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. She started training in judo at the age of three. She was ranked #5 in judo in all of Japan in middle school and #3 in High school#Japan, senior high school. She graduated from :ja:東海大学付属高輪台高等学校・中等部, Takanawadai High School (a Middle School attached to Tokai University) and later dropped out of Teikyo University. Early MMA Nakai started fighting on October 1, 2006. She defeated Asuka Ito by TKO (technical knockout), after breaking Ito's nose at ''Pancrase 2006 Blow Tour''. Smackgirl On May 19, 2007, she fought against Kazue Matake in her first fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonya Evinger
Tonya Evinger (born June 4, 1981) is an American mixed martial artist. She is currently signed with Global Fight League (GFL). A professional since 2006, Evinger has previously competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), EliteXC, Raging Wolf and Invicta Fighting Championships, and was the Invicta Bantamweight Champion. Early life Evinger played football and wrestled while at Odessa High School in Odessa, Missouri. She went on to wrestle and earn her degree at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri. Evinger's younger twin brothers, Chris and Owen Evinger, are also professional mixed martial arts fighters. Mixed martial arts career Early career Evinger faced Jennifer Tate at IFC: Warriors Challenge 21 on June 3, 2006, and lost via triangle choke in the second round. The fight was the first women's bout ever sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission. She faced Brittany Pullen at FFF 1: Asian Invasion on February 17, 2007. She won the fight via a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Taylor (fighter)
Lauren Marie Murphy (born July 27, 1983) is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She also fought for Invicta FC where she is a former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion. Background Murphy grew up in a small town in Alaska. Her father was killed in a plane crash when she was 11, causing issues that led to drinking, using drugs and dropping out of high school. Murphy said about starting martial arts: "I took my son to a Jiu Jitsu class in late 2009, and I took the class with him to encourage him. I fell in love with it and started going all the time. I began training MMA about 3 months later, and took my first pro fight 3 months after that. I did not have any amateur fights." She attended nursing school but dropped out to pursue a career in mixed martial arts. Mixed martial arts career Murphy began her pro mixed martial arts career in Alaska on June 9, 2010, fighting in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esparza Vs
Esparza is a Basque surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Victor Manuel Esparza (born 1986), Mexican-American Electrical Engineer, investor, and entrepreneur * Antonio Esparza (born 1962), Spanish cyclist *Audrey Esparza (born 1986), American actress *Carla Esparza (born 1987), American mixed martial artist * Carlos Esparza (1828–1885), Mexican soldier, spy and poet * Emmanuel Esparza (born 1976), Spanish actor * Felipe Esparza (born 1970), Mexican-American stand-up comedian and actor * Fernando Gómez Esparza (born 1953), Mexican politician * Gabriel Esparza (born 1973), Spanish taekwondo practitioner * Gabriel Esparza (footballer) (born 1993), Argentine footballer * Itziar Esparza (born 1974), Spanish swimmer * Javier Esparza (born 1964), Spanish computer scientist * Javier Esparza (politician) (born 1970), Spanish politician * Jesús Arturo Esparza (born 1990), Mexican long-distance runner * José Esparza (born 1945), Venezuelan virologist *José Gregorio Espa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Nunes
Amanda Lourenço Nunes (born May 30, 1988) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the former UFC Women's Featherweight Champion and two-time UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. She was ranked #1 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings in 2022. Widely regarded as one of the greatest female mixed martial artists of all time, Nunes is the first and only woman to become a two-division UFC champion, and the third fighter to hold UFC titles in two weight classes simultaneously, after Conor McGregor and Daniel Cormier. She is also the only fighter in UFC history to defend two titles in two different weight classes while actively holding them simultaneously. Early life Nunes was born on May 30, 1988, in Pojuca, a small town outside of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. She has two older sisters. After her parents split up when she was four, Nunes and her sisters remained with their mother. To sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penne Vs
Penne () are an extruded type of pasta in the shape of tubular pieces with ends cut at an angle. They are usually made from wheat flour. Etymology ''Penne'' is the plural form of the Italian ''penna'' (meaning "feather", but "pen" as well), deriving from Latin ''penna'' (meaning "feather" or "quill"), and is a cognate of the English word "pen". When this shape was created, it was intended to imitate the then-ubiquitous steel nib of fountain and dip pens. Origins Penne are one of the few pasta shapes with a certain date of birth: in 1865, Giovanni Battista Capurro, a pasta maker from San Martino d'Albaro (Genoa), obtained a patent for a diagonal cutting machine. His invention cut the fresh pasta into a pen shape without crushing it, in a size varying between ''mezze penne'' () and penne (). Description and variations In Italy, penne are produced in two main variants: ''penne lisce'' ("smooth") and ''penne rigate'' ("lined"), the latter having ridges on each penna. ''Penno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shayna Baszler
Shayna Andrea Baszler ( ; born August 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and a former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she became a former List of NXT Women's Champions, two-time and longest combined-reigning NXT Women's Champion and a former List of WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, three-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion. Baszler was trained in mixed martial arts (MMA) by former UFC fighter Josh Barnett and in catch wrestling by Billy Robinson. She had her first professional MMA fight in 2006 and later gained recognition for her skills as a submission grappler. Baszler was signed by the UFC in 2013 for the reality television series ''The Ultimate Fighter'' – she would go on to have two professional bouts (0–2) in the company. In 2015, she was cut from the UFC and started her professional wrestling career that same year, being trained by Barnett again. Martial arts background and persona Baszler, a ''khun kru'' (teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
