Julie Kedzie
| Julie Kedzie | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 18, 1981 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Other names | Fireball |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) |
| Reach | 64.5 in (164 cm) |
| Style | Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Fighting out of | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Team | Jackson's Submission Fighting |
| Rank | 3rd degree black belt in Taekwondo from Monroe County Martial Arts |
| Years active | 2004–2013 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 29 |
| Wins | 16 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 10 |
| Losses | 13 |
| By submission | 7 |
| By decision | 6 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Julie Kedzie (born March 18, 1981) is a retired American mixed martial artist. She is a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and specializes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Kedzie was Greg Jackson's personal assistant at Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts. Kedzie has been working for Invicta Fighting Championships as a fight commentator and interviewer. In December 2013, Kedzie became the new matchmaker for Invicta FC.
Kedzie was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Bloomington, Indiana when she was twelve so her mother could pursue a doctorate in neurobiology from Indiana University. She has a sister named Jenny Raff.
She and her sister were enrolled in Tae Kwon Do by her father when Julie was five years old.
She studied under Steve and Linda Scott at Monroe County Martial Arts. She later returned to teach a one-time mixed martial arts class.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Indiana University.
Kedzie rose to prominence in mixed martial arts on November 19, 2005, when she won the one-night HOOKnSHOOT Women's Grand Prix in Evansville, Indiana.
On February 10, 2007, Kedzie faced undefeated rising star Gina Carano in a featured bout at EliteXC: Destiny, which aired live on Showtime. She was defeated by Carano, but the fight received Fight of the Night honours.
Following the Elite XC fight, Kedzie defeated Kelly Kobold at BodogFight - Vancouver on August 24, 2007. She won the fight by unanimous decision.
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