'Karate Hottie' Michelle Waterson readies for Strikeforce debut
by James Iannotti on Oct 2, 2008 2:36 PM EDT
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"It’s gonna be an explosive fight. I heard Tyra’s really aggressive and good on the ground so it should be very exciting for the fans."
"The Dean of Mean," "The Hungarian Nightmare," "Lights Out," "The Iceman," "The Arm Collector," "The Baby Faced Assassin," "The Axe Murderer" ... Some fighters do a decent job of living up to their nicknames, but Michelle "The Karate Hottie" Waterson (pictured above) takes the cake. Oh yeah, the former bikini model will take on Tyra Parker tomorrow night on the Strikeforce: "Payback" card, which takes place at the Broomfield Events Center in Denver, Colorado and will air live on HDNet beginning at 10 p.m. ET. Yum.
Check out the full press release after the jump.
"Karate Hottie" Ready To Explode At Strikeforce "Payback"
SAN JOSE, Calif. —To the naked eye, Michelle Waterson looks more like she should be gracing the pages of Maxim rather than beating up on opponents in caged combat. Just like the old cliché "looks can be deceiving" goes though, it turns out that the petite, 22 year old, otherwise known as the "Karate Hottie," packs as much firepower as she does gorgeous looks.
Waterson, a former bikini model and native of Aurora, Colorado, has been throwing kicks and punches since the age of 10 when she took her first Karate class and, on Friday, she will attempt to give her hometown fans a dose of brutal theatrics when she makes her seventh professional start in mixed martial arts (MMA) competition at Broomfield Event Center.
"It’s gonna be an explosive fight," said Waterson, who will face Tyra Parker on the 10-bout Strikeforce "Payback" card. The matchup will mark Waterson’s debut with the growing Strikeforce organization. "I heard Tyra’s really aggressive and good on the ground so it should be very exciting for the fans."
As a contestant on the 2007 Oxygen network series, "Fight Girls," a reality program that gave female kickboxers the opportunity to train and battle one another while living at a Las Vegas, Nevada martial arts camp, Waterson introduced herself to a national audience.
"It was a great experience," said Waterson of the time she spent filming the show. " It helped me become a stronger person and helped me learn how to deal with problems on my own. It also showed me that fighting is not just physical, but also mental."
Shortly before the TV stint, Waterson, who is half American and half Thai by descent, took a trip to Thailand where she fell in love with the country’s national sport – Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing).
It was the culmination of her past experiences in martial arts and her burning desire to excel at the sport of MMA that, a year and a half ago, led her to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she has taken up residence to train under Greg Jackson, guru of one of the most finely tuned fight teams in the country.
"I needed to come here to take my career to the next level," explained Waterson. "I’ve learned how to grapple on the ground and use my wrestling as a weapon. I’m a much more well-rounded fighter now.
Her work with Team Jackson produced dividends five weeks ago when she forced an opponent to submit from an armbar just 22 seconds into their bout. "Albuquerque has become a second home for me, and the Jackson team has become my family."
Tickets for Strikeforce "Payback," priced from $30, are on sale at Ticketmaster (303-830-TIXS) and Ticketmaster.com
In the main event of the 10-bout card, knockout artist and Denver native, Duane "Bang" Ludwig (16-8), will attempt to avenge a previous knockout at the hands of "The Ultimate Fighter" season three veteran, Sam "The Squeeze" Morgan (19-10). Superstar Frank "Twinkle Toes" Trigg (17-6) will take on Hawaiian submission expert, Falaniko "Niko" Vitale (26-8), in a featured middleweight (185 lb. limit) contest.
Broomfield Event Center doors will open for Strikeforce "Payback" at 5:30 PM MST and the preliminary card will begin at 6:30 PM MST. The main card will commence at 8 PM MST.
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She and Gina need to have a match, or a sex tape, or both.
by naturalshadow on Oct 2, 2008 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
by Macho Bullshit on Oct 2, 2008 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
What weight class is this? What’s her age?… was she on a reality show?… is she any good?
by THORAZINE on Oct 2, 2008 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
You’l see 100 girls like her if you go to either the Commerce Casino or the Bicycle Casino in L.A. Nothing personal but I swear, there must not be good looking women where some of you live. Dime a dozen in California.
by the_mexicutioner on Oct 2, 2008 2:48 PM EDT reply actions
It’s not just how they look though, mexicutioner. Hot girls are EVERYWHERE. But hot girls who step into a cage and fight? They are certainly a rare breed. It’s an attribute that increases their “bangability”, just like a hot chick who thinks she sh*ts roses makes her ugly, at least in my eyes.
by chefdaddy on Oct 2, 2008 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, for me, if I saw Carano in a bar, she’d definitely get a second look. she’s a very attractive woman, but the fact that she beats people up for a living makes my **** hard. It’d be tough being her boyfriend though! Can you picture it? Her: Take me to the movies tonight. Me: Sorry honey, hard day at work. I’m exhausted. sounds of furniture breaking, cursing, high pitched screaming (me), throw in some Batman and Robin sound effects (bif, bamm, powie, etc). Then me with missing teeth, bloody nose and a black eye: sure honey, I’ll happily take you to “Sex in the City” for the fourth time. Battered boyfriend syndrome! But I could live with that.
by chefdaddy on Oct 2, 2008 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahhh, my response is moderated john. But it was a good one!
by chefdaddy on Oct 2, 2008 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
think of all the postions you could do with her.
by b.w. on Oct 2, 2008 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but most of those “good looking women” in L.A. whores. LOL
She fights!
by socalbiker on Oct 2, 2008 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah but in mma you usually expect some nasty butch b!tch to beating the snot out of other slightly manly women. I mean she’s not exactly the type of girl you’d expect to see putting a good old beatdown on someone.
More power to her I suppose.
by RobH86 on Oct 2, 2008 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Mexi-
I think its more of a reaction to the fact that cute women are willing to engage in MMA.
How many cuties do you know want to kick and punch for a living?
The cute/hot women I know either want to model, sponge off an athlete/deep pockets, become an actress, sing, become a reality TV star or get a cushy office job where they can drink martinis w/ their girlfriends during lunch hour.
BTW – Miami has the hottest women. Hands down.
by OJR on Oct 2, 2008 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
There are a lot of hot women in Miami and Lauderdale.
by the_mexicutioner on Oct 2, 2008 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Thats right. i live in California and i see girls like her every day. but not girls that look like her and fight like her.
by belfort_fan on Oct 2, 2008 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Google or youtube Julie Banderas. She is hot.
by the_mexicutioner on Oct 2, 2008 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
NYC has alot of hot women too.
Julie is cute. Not hot.
I give the hot label to women that cover all the dimensions. (Body, face and smile).
by OJR on Oct 2, 2008 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
She’s has transgressed normal hottness, she is now into MILFness!
by chefdaddy on Oct 2, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
She is hot but still gets diarrhea like the rest of us …..eeeewww….
by BigPelly on Oct 2, 2008 3:15 PM EDT reply actions
That is cool that she has trained with Jackson for a good while. He is a great coach.
by Bill Maher on Oct 2, 2008 3:15 PM EDT reply actions
Nothing hot about her most guys just have really really low standards. Shes pretty and has a vagina……umm ok??? That does not make her hot but as i said most guys have really really low standards.
In cali as someone mentioned earlier you will find a shit ton of her and awhole lot better then her almost everywhere you go.
by Khaos_Warrior on Oct 2, 2008 3:36 PM EDT reply actions
yeah but this is an mma blog. so we wet our shorts for hot chicks that kick ass.
by Ted on Oct 2, 2008 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow. You sound like a woman.
Correction : Average guys have low standards…
by OJR on Oct 2, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s not that, read what chef wrote! Yea their are hotter gils, but how mony of them are in mma??? If her and Gina ever fight, it has to be in mud pit or something. Maybe even a ky pit!!!
by slaughter time on Oct 2, 2008 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
she looks like she should be a ring girl rather a fighter lol
by j on Oct 2, 2008 3:42 PM EDT reply actions
goddamn! if she ever fights carano ill probably cry, and paddle my pink canoe.
by medecine balls on Oct 2, 2008 3:54 PM EDT reply actions
When everyone sees Gina they think Boobies. When I see the Karate Hottie, I think Cheeks(great looking arse) CHEEKS
by Rubberman on Oct 2, 2008 4:10 PM EDT reply actions
RoB right on I really don’t want to see women fighting and messin up their faces.
oil or mud wrestling perfectly fine if youi know what I mean!
by mmafreak on Oct 2, 2008 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Her record is not very impressive. She is 3-2 but two of those wins were her opponents debuts. Her other win is to a .500 fighter and she has lost against fighters with winning records. It pays to be hot.
by EazyEismydad on Oct 2, 2008 4:57 PM EDT reply actions
If it will get all the testosterone-addled teens off of Gina’s t*t, then I’m all for Michelle doing well. Seems like there is room for more than one hottie in women’s MMA. It’s getting old for everyone to be on Gina’s bandwagon.
by Fred on Oct 2, 2008 5:45 PM EDT reply actions
Have you seen who Watterson is fighting. Tyra Parker is just as DAMN hot and only 19 years old. I saw her fight in NC where she got a raw deal from the ref. She can kick some ass and is hot as hell.
http://fightchix.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/watch-these-chix-fight/
by Dean on Oct 2, 2008 6:22 PM EDT reply actions
Tyra Parker is HOT. This is going to be the battle of the HOTTIES. Check her out on the fighter chix blog.
by tony on Oct 2, 2008 6:45 PM EDT reply actions
Waterson seemed like more of a pretty face to me on Fight Girls. Not really that tough – more suited to doing something like TKD
by aa on Oct 2, 2008 7:47 PM EDT reply actions
Is this going to air on anything except the HDnet in Canada or the USA?
by halljam2 on Oct 2, 2008 8:49 PM EDT reply actions
Oh! Man! C’mon! tila tequila is a skank. As one comedian put it: She dumbed down MTV.
by chefdaddy on Oct 3, 2008 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
are you kidding? Tila has that awful nose!
by Bill Maher on Oct 3, 2008 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
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