Calling has this weight that somehow we think that your calling is fixed. That your calling is this line that you’ve finally found and now you're on that track and that’s what you’re gonna do forever and maybe that's the case. But I feel like calling has much more to to do with the moment that you’re in.
MMA is not jiu-jitsu. MMA is not boxing. MMA is not wrestling. It's a different kind of style of punching and wrestling and grappling on the ground.
I accept MMA, I appreciate MMA, I even get techniques from MMA, surprisingly, like footwork techniques and how I move. It's different and unorthodox to what boxers are normally used to.
Back then in the early '90s, people weren't calling it MMA - we called it Knockdown Sport Budo.
There's a reason why MMA is only three five-minute rounds, or five fives when it's a title fight. MMA is so much more demanding on the body - the wrestling, the changing levels, all that takes a lot out of you. Boxing is a breeze for us after MMA.
For a lot of MMA fans, especially in the UFC, they didn't know who I was... unless you're really involved in women's MMA.
It's MMA. I'm a complete MMA fighter. I expect everything. I'm ready for all of it.
We give young boys a platform to get training in MMA and aim to put India on the MMA map.
I used to laugh at MMA and say 'do you know what a boxer would do to an MMA guy?' and then I got educated on the truth.
I practice the martial arts. I don't practice MMA. MMA is my job, MMA is a new sport. Martial arts is the knowledge from the ages.
Once in awhile, I'mma cheat and get dome,
But best believe that I'mma always come home.
Shorty, I luv you.
With theatre, I found that one thing that I am good at and it gave me so much confidence. I feel like I have found my calling and that's how films happened to me as well.
If you follow my MMA career, I've always been the pro wrestler of women's MMA, coming out with a guitar, saying crazy things on interviews, promos and such.
I started training for MMA when I was 18 years old. My jujitsu coach told me, 'Amanda, you should try MMA.' Since that moment, I got in love with this sport and haven't stopped.
After you have found inner peace you have endless energy - the more you give, the more you receive. After you have found your calling, you work easily and joyously. You never get tired.
I think people in the MMA world don't like boxing because it's not as exciting as MMA because you don't get big slams.