Satoko Shinashi

This entry is different from our usual fitness models, bodybuilders and physical trainers.
Satoko Shinashi is a female Japanese mixed martial arts fighter.
Of course no one doubts that MMA fighters are fit, a lot of the fitness models here and on my other fitness blogs use MMA training as one of their ways to stay in shape.

Satoko was born on January 29, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan.
(Hmmm...thats me, Liza Kampstra and Satoko all born on January 29th.)
She uses Judo, Sambo, and jiu-jitsu in her matches, and is known for her armbars.
Actually she is 28-2- 2 ( her website lists her record at 30-2-2 ) in fighting with 22 of those wins being via submission and 17 of those submissions were armbars.
Pretty much if she gets an armbar locked in, it's over.
Her two losses were to Mai Ichii by decision and Hisae Watanabe by knockout.



You wont be seeing her in the ring anytime soon though.
Back in January, it was announced that Satoko is pregnant.

You can visit her website here:
http://www.shinashi.com/

And here is a video of her in action against various opponents.

Michelle Waterson - The Karate Hottie

On this blog we have had fitness models, bodybuilders, fitness competitors, swimmers and now here is a lady we can add to the list of MMA fighters we have had here.
This beautiful young lady is Michelle Waterson.
Her nickname, by the way, is the well deserved "The Karate Hottie".
This five foot three 110 pound beauty is a native of Aurora, Colorado and is half American and half Thai.
Michelle took her first karate class at the age of ten and she hasn't looked back since.
She has been a bikini model, she was in Oxygen's "Fight Girls" (she was defeated by Ardra Fernandez in the fourth episode), she's been a Hooters girl, a spokes model and appeared on MTV's Bully Beatdown.
Michelle has a black belt in karate, and trains in MMA, Wushu and Muay Thai.

Her current MMA record is 8-3-0 with her last fight being a win over Masako Yoshida (via TKO) at Crowbar MMA - Spring Brawl on April 24th, 2010.

Michelle isn't fighting right now because on September 16th, 2010, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child.

And should you think this is all hype, take a look at this MMA fight between Michelle and Tyra Parker......



You can visit Michelle's MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/thekaratehottie




Michelle Waterson - The Karate Hottie, posted to http://barangabru.blogspot.com/ on 3-25-2009