WOMEN WRESTLER

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 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 "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.

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.