Danielle Taylor (fighter)
| Danielle Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born | Danielle Taylor October 25, 1989 Lancaster, California, United States |
| Other names | Dynamite |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | African American |
| Height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) |
| Weight | 115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb) |
| Division |
Strawweight (115 lb) Flyweight (125 lb) |
| Reach | 60.0 in (152 cm) |
| Style | Wrestling, Jujutsu, Boxing |
| Fighting out of | Van Nuys, California |
| Team | Saekson Muay Thai |
| Trainer | Julio Trana (Striking Coach) George Garcia (Wrestling Coach) |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 11 |
| Wins | 9 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 5 |
| Losses | 2 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Amateur record | |
| Total | 5 |
| Wins | 4 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| Losses | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Occupation |
Athlete Custody Assistant |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Danielle "Dynamite" Taylor (born October 25, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist. She was the Strawweight King of the Cage (KOTC) champion (2 times), and she is currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women's strawweight division.
Danielle Taylor was born in Lancaster, California, United States on October 25, 1989, ad she is a full-time Custody Assistant for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic, California.
Danielle started training in boxing , when she first got on with the Sheriff's Department in 2010, as she believed she needed to know some self-defense for her job . After struggling to find boxing matches to compete, she moved her focus to MMA and she began to add wrestling and jiu-jitsu into her training. She was encouraged by her coach to try on MMA competitions and felt in love with the sport where she fought a total of 5 amateur fights with record of 4 wins and 1 lost, paving the path to her MMA career
She joined King of the Cage (KOTC) promotion for 2 years, from March 2014 to March 2016. She picked up all first five bouts and captured women's strawweight division championship from Glena Avila. However she did not manage to defense her title against Jamie Colleen, but able to reclaim the title by TKO from Collen in the rematch in KOTC: Night of the Champion in 5 March 2016, and soon later she joined Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 2016.
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