Michelle Waterson

Michelle Waterson - American athlete of Thai origin, MMA fighter and repeated participant of the show dedicated to martial arts. Michelle started as a model and during her career managed to appear on film screens as an actress, but her true vocation - fights.

Michelle E. Waterson was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on January 6, 1986. The girl has American citizenship, but has mixed roots. Her father comes from the Caucasus and her mother is Thai. The family had three children - Michelle has a brother and sister.

She grew up a future athlete in another city of Colorado, Orora, where she graduated from high school in 2004, and then for a while studied at the University of Denver, while moonlighting as a model. However, soon the girl realized that her life's work - sports, and closely engaged in a career in the field of mixed martial arts.

Michelle started karate as a child, at the age of 10. Since then, she has managed to become the owner of a black belt in karate, as well as to master wushu, Thai boxing, jiu-jitsu, boxing and wrestling. As a fighter in the direction of Thai boxing, she managed to participate in the reality show "Fight Girls" from the TV channel Oxygen. It wasn't her only appearance on the entertainment TV show - Michelle was also recognized as one of the best fighters of MTV reality show "Bully Beatdown".

In MMA Waterson came in 2007 with the help of Donald Cerrone. She made her debut on February 16, 2007, on "Ring of Fire 28: Evolution", where she entered the ring against Andrea Miller. By unanimous decision, Michelle won this battle, and there were no amateur fights on her account.

In December of the same year, the athlete fought with the champion Lynn Alvarez, but this fight lost in the 1st round. The following year, she made her "Strikeforce" debut against Tyra Parker. This time the fight also ended in the 1st round, but Michelle won, successfully holding a sub-match.

In March 2009, the opponent of the girl in the "Duke City MMA Series" was Karina Taylor, and again Michelle came out the winner, already with the help of the elbow lever. However, a month later fate showed how fickle she is, and Waterson was knocked out in the 2nd round by Elena Reed, ibBA boxing champion.

The next fight was victorious again - the flying lever helped the girl to defeat Rosary Kalifano just 15 seconds after the start of the fight. In April 2010, Michelle fought Masako Yeshida, and the contest brought Michelle another victory in the 1st round. This time the reason was a technical knockout.

In 2012, Waterson returned to MMA after a two-year hiatus and resumed her career in a fight with Diana Rael. This time the victory, again held in the 1st round, brought suffocating from behind. The next opponent was Lacey Shakman, whom Michelle defeated in the 4th round by the judges, although during the discussion the votes were divided.

In April 2013, she entered the ring against Jessica Penn. The victory came again in the 4th round and made Michelle the champion of "Invicta FC Atomweight". The following year, Waterson fought Yasuko Tamada, and in the 3rd round the Japanese lost due to a technical knockout. Later, the athlete's opponent was the Brazilian Erika Tiburcio. Michelle lost to her - the opponent successfully carried out guillotine suffocation.

The successful fights caught the athlete's attention in the UFC, with which Waterson signed in 2015. Her debut took place in July and was again crowned with victory - in the 3rd round with the help of a submaction athlete defeated Angela Magana. The next fight was to take place with Tisha Torres, but Michelle had to take a one-year break due to a knee injury.

She returned to the ring in December 2016, and Michelle's opponent was Paige Vansant, whom she defeated in the 1st round by TKO. This battle earned her the first "Performance of the Night" bonus. After that, in 2017, Michelle won dinner over Courtney Casey and lost twice: Rose Namajunas and Tisha Torres.

On March 18, 2011, the athlete's personal life changed - she gave birth to a daughter Araya. A year later, Michelle was married to Joshua Gomez. Waterson's husband is also a professional fighter - he is a U.S. boxing champion. The wedding ceremony took place at the Hacienda Vargas Hotel in Algodones. The couple's guests were friends, family members and fellow martial arts.

Michelle is artistic, and her life consists not only of martial arts. In 2014, the athlete tested her strength in the show "American Ninja Warrior", but quickly dropped out of the competition. She also starred in the music video for the American metal band "Megadeth" "Head Crusher", and when the documentary "Fight Mom" was filmed in 2016, Michelle became its main character.

Waterson blogs on Instagram and regularly delights fans with fresh photos. On the page you can find pictures and videos taken during training and fights, as well as personal photos with her husband and daughter.

Michelle is not shy about her body, which is not surprising - at the height of 160 cm the weight of the girl is 52 kg, she is in great shape, and subscribers can admire the photos of the athlete in a swimsuit.

On October 16, 2018, Waterson fought Felice Herrig. Before the fight, Michelle honestly admitted that her skills are higher than that of her rival. For most of the first round, the athlete mostly worked at long distance, but in the 4th minute Herrig managed to make a clinch, but it never came to takedown.

In the 2nd round Waterson led, but in the 3rd luck was on the side of Felice. However, thanks to the points scored in the previous 5-minute and the overall advantage, the victory ended up for Michelle, and the decision of the judges was unanimous.

Now in the sports biography of the girl in MMA 16 wins against 6 defeats, and fans of the sport, as well as Waterson herself, are looking forward to new fights Michelle.

2013 - Invicta FC Minimum Champion

2013 - Atomweight of the Year Women's MMA Awards

2013 - Women's MMA Awards Fight of the Year

2013 - Atomweight of the Year AwakeningFighters.com WMMA Awards

2014 - Women's MMA Awards Fight of the Year

2014 - Atomweight of the Year AwakeningFighters.com WMMA Awards

2014 - Most Vulgar Display of Power Award FightBooth.com UFC Night View Bonus

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