Roxanne Modafferi
| Roxanne Modafferi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Roxanne Vicnenta Modafferi September 24, 1982 Wilmington, Delaware, United States |
| Other names | The Happy Warrior, Roxy |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Weight | 125–135 lb (57–61 kg) |
| Division | Bantamweight |
| Reach | 69 in (175 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Team | Syndicate MMA |
| Rank |
Brown Belt in judo Purple Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu |
| Years active | 2003–present (MMA) |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 32 |
| Wins | 19 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 13 |
| Losses | 13 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 9 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Brown Belt in judo
Roxanne Vincenta Modafferi (born September 24, 1982) is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to Invicta FC.
Modafferi's training began in taekwondo as a teenager in Pennsylvania, moving on to Mark Lawler's Kenpō Karate two years later. She then began attending the Dalton Judo Club in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her description of that experience was: "I thought I was all cool doing Karate, like the movie stars, but then in Judo I learned what it was like to fly." She trained for three years to gain a brown belt in the style, and then graduated from high school. Before leaving home to study at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a fellow brown belt brought Modafferi to a Royce Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu association in Adams, Massachusetts, where she trained intensively for three months.
Modafferi majored in Japanese Language and Literature with a minor in Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts. While at college, she found the Amherst Athletic club, where New England Submission Fighting is based. In addition, she trained at another Royce Gracie association in Hartford, Connecticut, for about a year (necessitating a weekly two-hour round trip), also investigating Jeremy Libiszewski's School of Self-Defence in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. During summer vacations in Boston, she trained at Joao Amaral's New England BJJ club, now associated with Brazilian Top Team. Modafferi says, "Those guys are tough as concrete is hard, and beat my weaknesses out of me when they found them." To work on her striking, she also attended the Sityodtong Muay Thai Academy's North American branch in Somerville, Massachusetts, run by Kru Mark DellaGrotte.
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