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Beautiful But Deadly - Female Fighters Who Could Hurt You

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By sabrebIade

Beautiful But Deadly - Female Fighters Who Could Hurt You

I know this is a departure from my usual stand on female fighters.
I usually try to focus on women that are talented rather than just look good.
But I thought, why not for once do something that incorporates both?
So here are some women from the worlds of wrestling, boxing, martial arts and MMA that not only look good, but ARE good!
By the way, this list is in no particular order.



Sarah Ponce

Sarah Ponce is a fashion model and a swimsuit model. You may have seen her work in the Ujena swimsuit catalogs.
But this woman is a knockout in more ways than one.
She's not had kickboxing training, but training in Sanshou, a Chinese hand to hand combat, self-defense system, and combat sport.
Sarah is so good that she was a member of the USA Sanshou team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
And that's not all....she was the IKF Women’s Amateur IR U.S. Featherweight Champion, the USKBA Amateur Women’s San Da Lightweight International Champion, and WCL veteran with the Houston Enforcers.
She is a member of Team USA and competed at the 9th World Wushu Championships in Beijing, China.
Sarah was also a U.S. team member at the 2005 World Wushu Championships which took place in Vietnam.

Michelle Waterson

Michelle "The Karate Hottie" Waterson was born on January 6, 1986 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
She made her MMA debut on February 16, 2007 at Ring of Fire 28: Evolution with a win over Andrea Miller.
Her current MMA record is 5-3-0.
Michelle's last fight was a loss to Elena Reid on April 11th, 2009 at SNMMA - Extreme Beatdown.

Beth Phoenix

I have sung the praises of Elizabeth Carolan (Beth Phoenix) on several Hubs and blogs, but the "Glamazon" really is a force to be reckoned with.
Besides being the first female varsity wrestler in her high school's history, she was the North-East Wrestling Women's Champion (72 kg weight class) in 1999 and also the New York State Fair Women's Champion (72 kg weight class) in the same year.
I know pro wrestling is scripted, but this lady's wrestling skill and raw power isn't.

Lisa Marie Varon

Lisa Marie Varon is a former IFBB Pro Fitness competitor, Ironwoman Tri-Fitness competitor, former WWE Diva (Victoria) and current TNA Knockout (Tara) who is looking to move into female MMA.
From what I have read, she has plunged head first into mixed martial art training (and Jiu Jitsu training), and if she can combine her mat skills and get a good striking game, this lady should be a force to contend with.

Franchesca Alcanter

Female boxer Franchesca "The Chosen One" Alcanter was born on March 6th, 1973.
Franchesca once worked as a model and at one time was a Miss Hawaiian Tropic.
Her boxing record is 18-9-1.
Her last boxing match was a loss to Ina Menzer in Bremen, Germany for the WIBF Women's International Boxing Federation featherweight title.

Mia St. John

Mia Rosales St. John was born on June 24, 1967 in San Francisco, California.
She is a female professional boxer, female MMA fighter, model, author and Tae Kwon Do champion.
Her boxing record is 45-10-2, her last fight being a loss to Brooke Dierdorff in Tamaulipas, Mexico on April 4th, 2009.
To my knowledge she has only had one MMA fight, and that was a win over Rhonda Gallegos on January 26, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Erin Toughill

Everyone knows about Gina Carano, but if she decides to stay in Hollywood, this young lady may be her natural successor.
Erin Young Toughill was born on June 13, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois.
She is a female MMA fighter and boxer and former American Gladiator.
Erin made her boxing debut on September 27th 1999, at the at World Vale Tudo Championship 9 in Aruba.
Less than a year later, on July 20th, 2000, she made her first boxing match in Irvine, California.
Despite starting off slow (her first MMA fight was a draw and her first boxing match was a loss), Erin now has a 7-3-1 boxing record and a 10-2-1 MMA record.
Erin is one female fighter to keep an eye on.

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Paradise7 profile image

Paradise7  says:
4 months ago

Wow, these ladies could really pack a punch in a lot of ways! Women POWER! Good hub, wonderful pics and good info.

sabrebIade profile image

sabrebIade  says:
4 months ago

Thank you!

Like I said, I try to usually just focus on talented fighters, but what's wrong with acknowledging their other sides at time?

stars439 profile image

stars439  says:
4 months ago

Interesting Photos.GBY

drcrischasse profile image

drcrischasse  says:
4 months ago

But can they all wrestle the fabulous Lita at Summerslam?

Dave Tusk profile image

Dave Tusk  says:
4 months ago

They are beauties for sure!

Drew Breezzy profile image

Drew Breezzy  says:
4 months ago

Where can I sign up for my beat down?

Coach Don profile image

Coach Don  says:
4 months ago

Thanks for reminding folks about Erin Toughill. Gina has had some setbacks of late, but she's still a force to be reckoned with. Her last fight also proved there is more than one MMA woman out there who can deliver a commercially viable presence!

Michael Collins  says:
3 months ago

Sabre,

If this posting is a departure from your normal vein of writing, then I applaude your choice.

It is a long-established fact, that a woman trained in a martial art (fighting art) can be most dangerous.

In "Bushido, The Soul of Japan" by Inazo Nitobe, the Samurai (wives and daughters of Samurai warriors) women of Japan were, indeed, trained in the martial arts of Jujutsu and way of the sword.

In the present time, a large percentage of the practioners of the Kendo, are women.

As a personal note, even though I am interested in watching women compete in wrestling; martial arts, and such. I dislike seeing a woman bruised and battered in such an undertaking. Unfortunately, this can be seen all too often in women veterans of female combat.

In my opinion, women are far from being the "weaker sex", because they can be just as deadly as any man.

Sincerely,

Michael Collins

sabrebIade profile image

sabrebIade  says:
3 months ago

Thank you for stopping by Michael.

What I meant by my "departure" was that usually I try not to focus on a fighters looks, just their skills.

I really don't want to see MMA or womens boxing go the WWE Diva route.

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copywriter31  says:
2 months ago

It's almost funny to believe any woman can outwrestle a male as long as the male is a real man, not some wimpy, non-athletic, underweight non-athlete.

I was born too late, because I would have loved to have wrestled Mildered Burke when she was challenging men to wrestle her during her 'circus era'. That wrestling match would have ended quickly and I would have been $100 richer.

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Obscurely Diverse  says:
5 days ago

Nice Hub!

Hey, this isn't fair.

Even if these babes didn't know how to fight, I'd let most of them claim victory on me any day! Ha-ha!

This was a good diversion...

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