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Cage Warriors champ Kennedy Freeman announces second generation UFC signing

BAD MMA News — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 02:44:23 +0000

Kennedy Freeman is headed to the UFC, the same banner under which her father made history. On Friday, Freeman (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) announced her UFC signing. She will join her father, pioneering U.K. fighter Ian Freeman , in the UFC history books

Cage Warriors champ Kennedy Freeman announces second generation UFC signing – MMA Junkie

Top 10 English fighters in UFC history, ranked

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:26:35 +0000

Despite boxing being one of the most popular combat sports in England since arguably the mid-19th century, many forget that the country also has its own history when it comes to other martial arts like catch wrestling. Well before Billy Robinson was popularizing catch wrestling out of Wigan and helping influence future mixed martial arts pioneers like Kazushi Sakuraba and Josh Barnett, the term “catch as catch can” can be traced back to the 1300s in England. So, with a deceptively rich history in combat sports, it shouldn’t be a surprise that England eventually became one of the first countries to embrace MMA all the way back in its “no-holds-barred” days of the 1990s. The UFC’s first visit to the country was back at UFC 38 in 2002, but England wouldn’t produce an official UFC champion until UFC 199 in 2016. Since then, the country has continued to make serious strides in the sport, producing two impressive champions in the early-to-mid 2020s alone.

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Top 10 English fighters in UFC history, ranked – MMA Junkie

Video: Kennedy Freeman, daughter of Ian Freeman, scores walkoff knockout at Cage Warriors 172

BAD MMA News — Sun, 26 May 2024 20:01:55 +0000

Kennedy Freeman has it in her DNA. On Saturday at Cage Warriors 172 , with her dad in her corner, Freeman (5-0) put opponent Gisele Libanio (2-2) on rollerskates in an exchange and then finished the job with a brutal left hand. After the win, an elated Freeman scaled the cage and signaled for a title shot. But with the UFC always in need of budding women’s bantamweights, it’s unclear what her next move is. A second generation fighter, her father, Ian Freeman , was the first Brit to compete in the UFC, the final Cage Rage light heavyweight champion, and the first man to defeat Frank Mir. Kennedy bears “The Machine 2.0” nickname, an ode to her father, the original “Machine.” Kennedy Freeman with a sensational KO in the final round of her fight

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