Monthly Most Viewed – May 2014. If you’ve been following Awakening’s progress, then you may now be used to seeing this feature. If this is the first time you have seen this feature, we hope you enjoy it.
Monthly Most Viewed – May 2014
Spotlight: Ranini Cundasawmy
Women’s martial arts is truly a global sport on the rise, and its growth is roused by athletes like Ranini Cundasawmy, a prominent multi-disciplined fighter from Mauritius. Ranini has been pivotal within the island nation’s martial arts community as a Muay Thai and Savate champion, coach, and icon.
Monthly Most Viewed – April 2014
Monthly Most Viewed – April 2014. Have you been wondering which of the Awakening female fighter profiles received the most visits during April? Here is our forth “Monthly Most Viewed” article, this time showing you April’s top ten most viewed profiles on the Awakening register.
Van Soest and Payne talk Lion Fight 15 Rematch
Van Soest and Payne talk Lion Fight 15 Rematch. Last week Lion Fight Promotions announced their full card for Lion Fight 15! It had been common knowledge for a while that the ultra-exciting Tiffany van Soest would be on the show, but it was only very recently that they finally confirmed that she would be rematched against UK’s technical Lucy Payne.
Paige VanZant – I will be prepared for whoever they give me
Paige VanZant Interview. Like the rest of the fight community, Paige VanZant had been waiting excitedly and patiently for the TUF 20 filming to start. Recently the UFC made a shocking announcement that Paige would not in fact be entering the show.
Tecia Torres “I’m ready to take them all on”
Tecia Torres Interview. Hi Tecia, thank you so much for speaking with us. We’d like to get your thoughts on last year, which was an extremely successful year for you, and more importantly, find out how you’re doing in the run up to TUF!
Jo Calderwood “My goals are still the same”
Jo Calderwood Interview. Joanne Calderwood is undoubtedly one of the fan favourites among the new UFC Strawweight division. Not only is she incredibly humble and softly spoken, but she has some serious Celtic skills and flies the Scottish flag high.
Julie Kitchen Website Launched
Julie Kitchen Website Launched. Yesterday we posted the Julie Kitchen Story, all really in the hopes of wetting you’re your appetites… because today at 4pm (GMT), we launch Julie’s website!
The Julie Kitchen Story – Part 1
The Julie Kitchen Story – Part 1. On April 19th 1977, as Ivor and Lynn Barrett blissfully held their newly born second child at Truro Hospital, Cornwall, England – they would have no idea that this vulnerable little girl would carve her name in history as one of the all-time greatest martial artists in the world. This little girl, of course, was Julie Kitchen.
The Julie Kitchen Story – Part 2
The Julie Kitchen Story – Part 2. Returning to work after maternity leave, she found the hours impossible. The management, by now extremely fond of Julie, didn’t want to let her go so they trained her up to work part time as a wages clerk. This was a job that held a lot of responsibility and she enjoyed it very much.
Monthly Most Viewed – Mar 2014
Monthly Most Viewed – Mar 2014. In case you have wondered which female fighter profiles have received the most visits this month, then wonder no more! Here is the third “Monthly Most Viewed” article showing you March’s top ten most viewed fighter profiles on the Awakening register.
Maritzarda Hersisia “fight anybody and anywhere”
Maritzarda Hersisia Interview. Maritzarda Hersisia is a Dutch female Muay Thai fighter under Ben Boekee, Team Thriving. She is also a Champion in Sanshou, let us not forget that!
Tanya Merrett “with kindness and respect”
Tanya Merrett “with kindness and respect”. An interview with Tanya Merrett. Tanya Merrett is a National Muay Thai Champion fighting out of Eagles Muay Thai in Cardiff, Wales under Lee Power. You’d be hard pushed to find someone who’s met Tanya and doesn’t love her, she is an absolutely lovely girl.
Lauren Huxley “I will dominate and win”
Lauren Huxley “I will dominate and win”. Lauren Huxley, aka The Hatchet, is a 16 year old Muay Thai fighter who has already made European Champion. She fights out of WPT Wales, Swansea and relentlessly excites audiences with her fearless and technical style.
Vicky Church “Celtic and crazy”
Vicky Church Interview. Vicky Church is an English Muay Thai fighter from Touchgloves Gym in Cornwall. She started out in martial arts with Taekwondo, achieved a 2nd Dan Black Belt and won a myriad of medals and awards. She fights Lauren ‘The Hatchet’ Huxley on March 23rd for a British Title in what has all the hallmarks of an epic fight.
Victoria Lomax “I love being the underdog”
Victoria Lomax Interview. Victoria Lomax is a 23 year old Muay Thai and K1 fighter from England, who actually fights out of Spain. She faces Lucy Payne on March 23rd and aims to take the Awakening World Title from her. We decided to chat to her and throw some questions her way in the run up to the fight.
Lucy Payne Training Shoot
Every day for the next four days, we’ll be posting a Judgement Day 2 article, one for each of the four female fighters competing at the event. We have an interview with Victoria Lomax; who challenges from the Awakening World Title, and both Vicky Church and Lauren ‘The Hatchet’ Huxley who face each other for a British Title.
Hatice Ozyurt talks MMA
Hatice Ozyurt talks MMA. Recently Muay Thai fighter Hatice Ozyurt (aka The Turkish Delight) posted a new promo video to her Facebook Athlete Page. We decided to take a look at it and discuss a few things.
Monthly Most Viewed – February 2014
Monthly Most Viewed – Feb 2014. If you have wondered which female fighters are getting the most traffic, wonder no more! Here is the second instalment of “Monthly Most Viewed” and February’s top ten most viewed fighter profiles on the Awakening register.
Iman Barlow vs Maritzarda Hersisia Pt.2
Iman Barlow vs Maritzarda Hersisia Pt.2. Here’s a handful of photos from the Iman Barlow vs Maritzarda Hersisia event in Melton Mowbray last weekend. It was for the Golden Belt World Muay Thai Title.
Iman Barlow vs Maritzarda Hersisia
Iman Barlow vs Maritzarda Hersisia. We bring you the full Muay Thai world title fight between Iman Barlow and Maritzarda Hersisia – plus behind the scenes footage.
The 15 New Invicta Signees – Pt.4
Welcome to the fourth and final part of our WMMA dissection of the 15 new Invicta Fighting Championship’s signees. Today we’ll be discussing the Bantamweights and Featherweights (there’s actually only one female fighter in the later). If you would like to read about the other weight divisions then don’t forget to visit the other three articles in this series.