WMMath Podcast: Amateur Standout Allysen Breeden

In a growing strawweight division, Allysen Breeden is undefeated as an amateur and is looking to make waves in 2020.

We talk to the Vegas trained fighter about fighting out of state and her passion for the sport.

 

WMMath Podcast: Bellator Star Denise Kielholtz Plus Phoenix Series Changes, Minimumweight Tournament, and More News

Bellator has a busy weekend and we have Denise Kielholtz on the show talking about her MMA transition from kickboxing and the women’s divisions in central Europe.

Also results from this past weekend, what is going on this weekend, DEEP-Jewels adds a division, InvictaFC gets two new fighters, and more.

WMMath Podcast:Amateur Standout Alannah Arnett plus InvictaFC 39 Recap

(Photo courtesy InvictaFC)

We recap a busy weekend with InvictaFC 39 and the UFC in Houston. We preview with upcoming Phoenix series, and several international fights. Then Tuff-n-uff vet Alannah Arnett talks about her rising career and training in the midwest.

WMMA Podcast:Chelsea Rae Plus InvictaFC 38 Card Released; PFL and Tuff-n-uff coverage and UFC News

In what will be a busy week between PFL, Tuff-n-uff, UFC, One Championship, Rizin, and Combates; we give you the fights to watch. We will be live at the PFL playoffs and Tuff-n-uff and our guest Chelsea Rae helps us break them down as she prepares for her own fight at Tuff-n-uff Saturday. She will also be coaching some of the Wimp 2 Warrior participants in their first MMA bouts.

Invicta was this past weekend and we go through the results and give you the line-up for the next card.

Plus a lot of news.

WMMath Podcast with Amateur Fighter Chelsea Rae

Having trained around the country and for the first time internationally, Chelsea Rae is looking to make an impression as she steps into the Tuff-n-uff cage February 22 in Las Vegas, and air on tape delay on BeInSports. We talked to Rae about her training camp and making one of her goals come true.

DeAnna Bennett on Tuff-n-uff Bout; Getting Title Opportunities

Photo Courtesy – Dave Mandel/InvictaFC

DeAnna Bennett has had a rough few years, but she is back on track.

A solid camp behind her and a win at Invicta, she looks to continue her way to a title by defeating Kelly Kobold at Tuff-n-uff’s first all pro MMA event September  14th in Las Vegas.

We talked to Bennett about her return to the cage, the flyweight title picture, and finding a new training home.

Tuff-n-uff “Pack the Mack” Crowns 2 New Female Champs

Photo courtesy: John Wood

It was nearly at capacity at the Thomas and Mack center in Las Vegas for Tuff-n-uff’s “Pack the Mack” event Saturday night. Two female title bouts plus a 135 contenders bout were on the docket on the 16 fight card.

Tuff-n-uff had streamed the event live on facebook but due to time constraints the stream was interrupted. We are told Tuff-n-uff will be re-uploading the stream and we will update you where you can find it in the coming days.

Tuff-n-uff “Pack the Mack” – All Female Fighters Make Weight

Three female bouts with two belts on the line will be in front of a huge crowd Saturday night in Las Vegas for Tuf-n-uff’s annual “Pack the Mack” amateur MMA event.

The main event features champion Cheyanne Vlismas battling Ohio’s  Crystal Vanessa Demopoulos for the strawweight title. Vlismas tipped the scales at 115 while Demopoulos weighed at 114.6.

Watch “Female Fighting: The Time is Now” Documentary

Three years ago, we set out on a mission to find out what makes a woman want to take up fighting and why it has become so popular.

After the growing popularity of InvictaFC, the UFC adding more weight divisions, and growing interest internationally, there was a lot has changed since the we started, but many of the same themes are still there.

Help us Create a New Wombat Sports

As I explained in my open letter, I am looking to change Wombat Sports to what it was initially meant to be. I can’t do this on my own, and that;s where you come in.

We are looking for contributors to help with writing articles and covering certain combat sports. You would also get to interview talented athletes in those sports.

The main contributors we are looking for is in women’s boxing, Muay Thai, freestyle wrestling, and BJJ. (We already have some people interested in covering the WMMA portion of the site). The cool things is I have the tools to gain news and info for these sports, just not the time to write it up. You can “learn on the job” if you aren’t an expert on these topics; but being curious is the key thing.

You can learn more about what I am expecting and what benefits come with being a part of Wombat Sports here.

2014 WMMA Press Award Winners

Over the next week, the WMMA Press Committee will be awarding their 2014 award winners.

Member websites will be giving the away the awards via written stories and podcasts.

The members include:

• Gina Begley – Pro WMMA Now / Bluegrass MMA
• Pedro Henrique – Da Made Ferro MMA (Brazil)
• Charlie Jewett – CJ’s Report (covering Asian MMA)
• Yael Grauer – Sherdog.com
• MarQ Piocos – WombatSports.com
• Elias Stefanescu – Ground and Pound (Germany)
• Kristin Ursy – Women’s MMA Round-up

The awards will wrap up with Pro WMMA Now giving away the “Fighter of the Year” award on Monday January 19.

We will update the list (and links to acceptance interviews) as each website awards the recipients.

Here are the winners:

Fighter of the Year

Winners of the divisional awards will be eligible

Featherweight of the Year

• Amanda Bell (3-0 in 2014) – winner
• Megan Anderson (4-0 in 2014)
• Latoya Walker (2-0 in 2014)
• Jessy Miele (3-1 in 2014)

Bantamweight of the Year

• Ronda Rousey (2-0 in 2014) – winner
• Bethe Correia (2-0 in 2014)
• Tonya Evinger (2-0 in 2014)
• Pannie Kianzad (3-0 in 2014)

Flyweight of the Year

• Roxanne Modafferi (2-0 in 2014)
• DeAnna Bennett (4-0 in 2014) – winner (listen to her accept her award here)
• Maryna Moroz (3-0 in 2014)
• Emily Corso (4-0 in 2014)

Strawweight of the Year

• Katja Kankaanpää (2-0 won Invicta title)
• Carla Esparza (1-0; won UFC title)
• Jessica Aguilar (3-0 in 2014)
• Joanna Jedrzejczyk (3-0 in 2014 @ 115) – winner (read more here)

Atomweight of the Year

• Herica Tiburcio (1-0 in 2014; won the Invicta title)
• Jodie Esquibel (2-0 in 2014)
• Seo Hee Ham (3-0 in 2014 at atomweight)
• Ayaka Hamsaki (2-0) – winner (Hamasaki’s acceptance speech on the CJ Report)

Fan Favorite Fighter

• Joanne Calderwood (15% of the vote) – Winner (read her acceptance speech here)
• Tonya Evinger (11%)
• Ronda Roousey (10%)

Fight of the Year

• Paige VanZant vs. Kalin Curran
• Catherine Costigan vs. Irene Cabello
• Katja Kankaanpää vs Stephanie Eggink
• Herica Tiburcio vs Michelle Waterson – winner (read Tiburcio’s acceptance speech on DaMadeFerroMMA.com)
• Randa Markos vs Jessica Penne
• Renata Baldan vs. Michele Ângelo
• Cat Zingano vs. Amanda Nunes
• Jéssica Andrade vs. Raquel Pennington

Knockout of the Year

• Eeva Siiskonen vs Inga Kaledeite at Carelia Fight 10 – (Video here)
• Amanda Bell vs Marina Shafir at Chaos At The Casino 5 – (Video Here)
• Bianca Daimoni vs Yelka Torres at Circuito Talent de MMA 9 – (Video here)
• Ronda Rousey vs Alexis Davis at UFC 175 – (Video Here)
• Christine Stanley vs Katie Runyan – (Video here) – Winner (Listen to her accept the award here)
• Joanne Jedrzejczyk  vs Rosi Sexton at Cage Warriors 69 – (Video Here)
• Michele Angelo vs. Roberta Gomes at MMASH 3 – (Video here)

Submission of the Year

• Hérica Tibúrcio defeats Michelle Waterson via Guillotine Choke at Invicta FC 10 – (Video on UFC Fight Pass)
• Reina Cordoba defeats Anely Jimenez via Key Lock at CRF 14 – (Video here)
• Jessy Miele defeats Lissette Neri via Scraf Hold Armlock at Gladiator Challenge – (Video here)
• Kirstie Gannaway defeats Adek Omar via Triangle Choke at ONE FC 22 – (Video here)
• Milana Dudieva def. Daria Chibisova via Heel Hook at ProFC 53 – (Video Here)
• Katja Kankaanpää def. Stephanie Eggink via Darce Choke at Invicta FC 8 – (Video on UFC Fight Pass) – winner (read more here)
• Raquel Pennington def. Ashlee Evans-Smith via Bulldog Choke at UFC 181 – (Video on UFC Fight Pass)
• Luana Souza def. Kelly Katiussy via Keylock at X-fest 7 – (Video here)

Newcomer of the Year

• Katlyn Chookagian (2-0 ammy; 2-0 pro in 2014)
• Andrea Lee (3-1 ammy, 2-1 pro in 2014) – winner (listen to her accept the award here)
• Emily Corso (4-0 pro in 2014)
• Jamie Moyle (3-0 ammy, 1-0 pro in 2014)
• Amanda Ribas (2-0 ammy, 3-0 pro)
• Danielle Taylor (4-0 pro)
• Jenny Lou Shiver (3-1 pro)
• Jessy Miele (3-1 pro)

Amateur of the Year

• Brenda Enriquez (3-0 in 2014)
• Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (3-0 in 2014)
• Hannah Zeciri (4-0 in 2014)
• Robin Wissmann (3-0)
• Amanda Lino (6-0) – winner (Lino acceptance speech and interview)
• Sarah Jamila (3-0)
• Alyse Anderson (3-0)
• Alexa Connors (3-0)

Promotion of the Year

• Invicta
• DEEP-JEWELS
• Princesses of Pain
• XFC
• MMA Super Heroes
• Cage Warriors
• UFC – winner (read more here)

Sponsor of the Year

• Fight Chix
• Tussel Fight Gear
• SportsFood – co-winner (read and listen to them accept here)
• xIonx
• MMA Road Hog – co-winner (read and listen to them accept here)
• Fightergirls

Headline of the Year

• Invicta Inks Deal with UFC Fight Pass
• Bellator Adds Featherweight Division
• UFC crowns Strawweight champion in Carla Esparza – winner (read more here)
• XFC announces female tournaments
• MMA Super Heroes Debuts with Female Tournament

Legacy Award

• Barry Meyer, Tuff-n-uff promoter (Jeff Meyer accepting the award on Barry’s behalf)

Inspirational Fighter

• Cat Zingano (Read more here)

Tuff-n-uff to Crown Invicta 155/145 Tournament Champions

Leobrock & Ramirez Courtesy Ray Kasprowicz/Ultra Vista

Two news additions to InvictaFC will be decided tonight.

The finals of the Tuff-n-uff featherweight and lightweight tournaments take place tonight (Friday) in Las Vegas, which will stream on GoFightLive.tv for $10.

Amber Leibrock will battle Paola Ramirez  in the featherweight final, while Felicia Spencer will fight Jessica Richer in the lightweight final. All made weight.

Leibrock (2-1) was a last minute replacement in the tournament and got a 25 second TKO win in her semi-final contest with Pam Sorenson. Undefeated Ramirez (4-0) won an unanimous decision over Heather Wilson in the other semi-final. They will be the co-main event of the evening.

Spencer & Richer Courtesy Ray Kasprowicz/Ultra Vista

Spencer (4-1) submitted Leanne Foster with an armbar to send her to the 155 final. Jessica Eve Richer (3-0) would get an unanimous decision to her place in the final. The match will serve as the main event.

The card starts at 7 p.m. pst/10 p.m. est. Click here to purchase and watch the stream.