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Amanda Buckner Bodog
After dropping a war of a fight against Tara Larosa in
’06, Buckner reestablished herself in ’07 as one of the
most legit female threats in all of North America. //
Kedzie W / Akano W //
Megumi Fuji Bodog/SmackGirl/Shoot
Known by most as the Fedor of women’s MMA, Fuji just
wrecked her opposition this year, including leaving Serin
Murray with a busted leg that looked like it was somethin’
from a Tarantino flick. It took her all of 20 seconds to
mess Murray up bad... real bad. // Murray W /
Yoshida W / Welchin W / Ward W //
Takayo Hashi SmackGirl/DEEP
One of Smack Girls’ top draws, Hashi has only lost one
fight her entire career, and she ended up cleaning that loss
up with a massive win over Akano this year. //
Morifuji W / Starr W / Lee W / Akano W //
Su Hi Ham DEEP/SmackGirl
The biggest new name in women’s MMA, Su Hi Ham exploded
like a dirty bomb into the DEEP title picture, decisioning
against a woman most had as the best in the world at the
start of the year, Hisae Watanabe. //
Hisae Watanabe W / Miku Matsumoto L / Ayumi Saito W //
Tara Larosa Bodog
What a god damned year for the Captain America of women’s
MMA. Bodog handed Tara some of the toughest fights they
coulda dreamed up and she either subbed or KO’d everyone
in her path. No woman fought as much high profile talent as
Larosa did in ’07. // Berezikova
W / Baszler W / Kobald W / Welchin W //
Miku Matsumoto DEEP
She ran over anyone put in front of her, rebounding from a
loss to Lisa Ward pretty nicely by tearin’ it up and
closing out her year with a massive win over Wanatabe.
She’s new school yo. // Saito W /
Su Hi Ham W / Takimoto W / Watanabe W //
Roxy Modafferi FFF
After a rough ’06, Modafferi posted one of the most
impressive one night showings of any woman in this sport
maybe ever. She went old school and tooled up three fighters
in one night at the K-Grace 1 card, including a decision in
the final over Dutch monster, Marloes Coenen. //
Rivers-Blasso W / Lee W / Yabushita W / Coenen W //
Satoko Shinashi DEEP/SmackGirl
DEEP is running out of options for opponents for Shinashi,
cuz she’s is as close to unstoppable as it gets. Her
takedowns alone look like they’d hurt the average dude and
her sub skills are on par with the best in the world, male
or female. She may look cute, but she’ll rip your face off
and feed it to her dog if you look at her the wrong way. //
Kim W / Takimoto W / Sachi W //
Yuka Tsuji SmackGirl
As much hype as Fuji gets as the best pound-for-pound lady
on the planet, it’s not hard to argue vet Yuka Tsuji as
the top draw either. A submission killa, Yuka used ’07 to
show off her mitts instead. //
Poovey W / Tavares W //
Lisa Ward FFF/Bodog
A controversial loss against world ranked numero uno Fuji is
the only blemish Lisa has on her record for a while now. Her
wrestling skills landed her gold at this year’s FILA World
Wrestling Games. Bodog’s gotta hook her up with a rematch
against Fuji in ’08. // Takimoto
W / Yoshida W / Nagamine W / Fuji L / Yabushita W //