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Watch A Preview of “Women’s MMA Fighting” on Nat Geo’s Taboo

posted by Wombat Sports
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 1:01am EST

Wombat sports is dedicated to women in combat sports. Former news editor of “Fightergirls” MarQ Piocos has been covering Women’s MMA for over three years, having picked up coverage of wrestling, boxing, and grappling. It is his vision to bring some of the best coverage to help bring and promote the ever expanding popularity of women’s MMA, wrestling, and martial arts with some of the best writers and athletes.

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Valenzuela & Rodrigues

As more and more stories come out about female MMA fighters, Nat Geo takes a different look at the growing sport.

Film this past summer, Nat Geo’s show “Taboo” followed amateur fighter Jill Valenzuela as she prepared for Maine’s first ever female MMA fight. Fellow fighter Tisha Rodriques was also featured; helping train Valenzuela and giving her take on the sport.

What makes the show different from other profiles is that they dive into society’s qualms and ideas of what it means to be a woman and how females in fighters are challenging conventional thought.

The show airs Tuesday night Jan. 17 on Nat Geo.


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