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Category: Women in Combat

Lynn Hunter Harvey

Lynn Hunter Harvey: “Never think you are too old to pick up and do anything ”

Posted on November 29, 2018November 30, 2018 by MMA Insider

Lynn Hunter Harvey’s introduction to boxing was anything but orthodox.  Apart from a single season playing football at 13, she had never been into any sports. Let alone combat sports. At the age of 30, Lynn stepped into a gym for the first time. The results, as we shall see, are nothing short of remarkable….

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Catherine McFadden

Derry BJJ Trailblazer – Catherine McFadden – sets sights firmly on MMA – by Arwen Sheridan

Posted on November 23, 2018November 29, 2018 by Arwen Sheridan

If I had to describe Derry’s Catherine McFadden in a word, it would be trailblazer. She was not only the first female Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blue belt in the county, but she also fought in Derry’s first female MMA fight.  Throughout my conversation with this lively and vivacious woman, it was obvious it is important…

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Belfast based Samantha Evans – World Champion Kickboxer sets sights on conquering MMA

Posted on November 12, 2018November 29, 2018 by MMA Insider

I shall be telling this with a sigh,  Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And That  has made all the difference – Robert Frost In 2009, at  the age of 25, Samantha Evans boarded a one-way flight to Tanzania.  She travelled alone. Forsaking…

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Shaolin MMA

Indra Davis – The MMA Fighter taking Galway Women to the floor one class at a time

Posted on October 31, 2018March 22, 2019 by G

Steve Earle of The Waterboy’s fame wrote ‘ The Galway Girl’ at the turn of the last century. He recorded it for his ‘Transcendental Blues’ album in 2000 with Sharon Shannon. A signature Galway anthem was born. If Ben Davis, Head Coach at Shaolin MMA gym in Galway and husband to amateur MMA fighter Indra…

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No.1 Ranked Middleweight Jessica Kruger – How taking a kickboxing class changed her life…

Posted on April 14, 2017November 30, 2018 by MMA Insider

In the midst of all the high jinks surrounding Daniel Cormier’s iffy weigh-in in the run up to UFC210, I was going through my twitter feed when I happened upon a couple of striking photographs of Jessica Kruger. ‘ Now that’s what a MMA fighter should look like’  I thought to myself. A few clicks…

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