Olympic, Brazilian World Judo Champion Rafaela Silva Moves to MMA
Kayla
Harrison will not be the only female Olympic judo champ that
decided to move to MMA.
Brazilian Rafaela Silva, the 2013 world judo champion and former
2016 Olympic gold medalist below 57 kgs (125 pounds), has
officially started her MMA training. Joining the new MMA academy
led by Professional Fighters League lightweight
fighter Joilton
Lutterbach, she has already begun picking up striking
fundamentals. According to Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Claudio
Silva, who held mitts for her for the first time, the judoka s
future looks bright.
“An Olympic champion is a different animal,” Hannibal said
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