Category Archives: Tara LaRosa

Philly’s Tara LaRosa submits Kelly Warren at RFA 2

Warren, left, and LaRosa, weigh-in for RFA 2. Top-ranked Philly fighter Tara LaRosa made a triumphant comeback to the cage this weekend, according to MMAJunkie: “notable female fighter Tara LaRosa (21-2) returned from a yearlong layoff to submit Kelly Warren … Continue reading

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Women’s MMA landscape looking strong + twitter battle between Tara LaRosa and Ronda Rousey

LaRosa and Rousey. Philadelphia fighter Tara LaRosa got into a bit of a twitter battle with “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey after Rousey notched another quick armbar victory at Strikeforce Challengers on Friday. LaRosa: “I’m not fond of Miesha Tate (135lbs)… but … Continue reading

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HDNetFights’ Fight of the Week – Tara LaRosa vs Carina Damm

Fight of the Week – LaRosa vs Damm at Shark Fights 14. Tara, who trains at The Fight Factory in Philadelphia, showed crisp, hard striking and persistent aggressiveness in this fight. She really pushed the action and cut off the … Continue reading

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MMA Fighting: Villefort Wins, LaRosa Steals the Show at Shark Fights 14

By Michael David Smith, MMAFighting.com: Danillo Villefort won in the main event at Shark Fights 14 Friday, but it was Tara LaRosa who put on the night’s best performance. Villefort took a one-sided unanimous decision over Matt Horwich, winning 30-27 … Continue reading

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Tara LaRosa on win over Takayo Hashi at DaMMAge Fight League and who is next

Philly’s Tara LaRosa interviewed by The Fight Nerd after her 5-round battle for the DaMMAge 125-lb. women’s belt.

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Eddie Goldman’s No Holds Barred podcast: Tara LaRosa

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with one of the top women mixed martial arts fighters in the world, Tara LaRosa (http://www.taralarosa.net). She will next be fighting this Wednesday, November 24, on the debut card … Continue reading

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NJ MMA: daMMAge Fight League features UFC vets in its first event

Recently, I blogged about a new MMA organization, called daMMAge Fight League, promoted by Asylum Fight League’s Carl Mascarenhas. Now we have the fight card for its first event, called The Big Bang. It features quite a few UFC vets … Continue reading

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DaMMAge Fight League looking to make its mark on the East Coast

A little while ago, I blogged about a new MMA organization coming to New Jersey called DaMMAge Fight League. Well, I’ve got some new intel. on this organization. First, check out these tweets from Philly fighter Tara LaRosa from today: … Continue reading

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Philadelphia Fight Factory – rich in talent and tradition

One of Philly’s most prominent and prestigious MMA academies, Philadelphia Fight Factory, recently re-tooled and re-launched their web site. Check it out here. Launched by longtime fighter Stephen Haigh, not only does undefeated King of the Cage competitor Sam Oropeza … Continue reading

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Eddie Goldman’s No Holds Barred: Roxanne Modafferi

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again speaks with one of the most interesting fighters in mixed martial arts, Roxanne Modafferi (http://www.roxannemodafferi.net) In what many observers have said was the best fight on the card, … Continue reading

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