Hey everyone! This week I will be talking about Sarah Kaufman , another mixed martial artist. Sarah was born on September 20, 1985 in Victoria, British Colombia. She is a graduate from Claremont Secondary school and eventually attended University of Vitoria to become a Cardiovascular surgeon. Sarah has been a dancer pretty much all her life. When she was 17, a mixed martial arts class opened next to her dance class. She attended a women’s muay thai class and ever since then she was a fighter.
Kaufman is 5’5” and weighs in at 135 pounds, this is considered a bantamweight. Her mixed martial arts record is 14-1. This means she has won 14 fights and only lost one. That is a really good record! 10 of the fights were won by knockout, 4 by decision and 1 by a submission. I would not want to get in the octagon with this girl! She fights out of Zugec Ultimate Marital arts and she is ranked a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
On June 1, 2007, Sarah went up against Valerie Letourneau winning in the second round by TKO. TKO mean technical knockout. This was the first female mixed martial arts fight in promotion history. Watch the video here! She got the Hardcore Championship Fighting Women’s Bantamweight by defeating Ginele Marquez on October 19, 2007. In 2008 Kaufman defended her title against Molly Helsel before the promotion folded. She became a star in Strikeforce after fighting a talented wrestler, Miesha Tate. Sarah won by unanimous decision and that’s the first time she had gone the distance with her career in mixed martial arts. Five weeks later she fought Shayna Baszler, a submission specialist. Again, she won by unanimous decision. This was the first fight that had 5 minute rounds. Usually the women would get 3 minute rounds, which I think would be a lot easier than 5. Sarah dominated Takayo Hashi all 5 rounds winning the Welterweight Women Championship. In my opinion I think Sarah Kaufman is an excellent fighter and I would love to see her in the octagon live!
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