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#8 Sara McMann
Sara McMann created history at the 2004 Olympics by becoming the first American woman to win a silver medal in Freestyle wrestling. The decorated grappler made her professional MMA debut in 2011 and won her first seven fights, which put her at the front of the queue to face erstwhile reigning queen Ronda Rousey.
McMann was stopped by a knee to the body in the first round, which many considered premature. Since then. she has gone 4-3 in the UFC, including a Performance of the Night against top 10 fighter Alexis Davis.
McMann has braved great personal tragedies - her brother was murdered in 1999 and her fiance was killed in a car accident in 2004, which she survived. They served to make her all the more compassionate, evidenced by the fact that she travelled to Sri Lanka to help victims of the 2004 tsunami rebuild their lives. In addition to fighting, McMann is the mother of an eight-year-old daughter.
