What
is Up #MMAFamily & #WMMAFamily?!
Hey
everybody, this is Gemini Snow or as most may know me on twitter @LatestScoop2012 I decided to
create this blog to simply share my comments & opinions on the very
misunderstood sport of Mixed Martial Arts as well as trying to promote up &
coming fighters who may get overlooked for simply not having the
"right" connections. I am in no way an expert, just
a dedicated fan with hopes of seeing the sport catapult into a
respected form of athletic expression for both men & women.
See I
grew up with dreams of one day fighting in the UFC after watching the very 1st
Pay-Per-View with the legendary Royce Gracie back in the 90's... I
thought that I had finally found what it was I wanted to do with my life,
but there was a little itty bitty problem... I was a girl and I quickly
realized that females were not only frowned upon but not allowed in
the Octagon, so my little 13 year old heart was crushed (I think I just
gave away my age lol) and i settled for other female accepting sports
instead. Although I never gave up on the idea that a female would one day
step into a cage and furthermore the UFC octagon, I put my dreams on hold
and did the next best thing...I joined the Army. Almost 20 years
later I'm super excited to say I am able to cheer for not only the BJ
Penns & Yoislandy Izqieurdo's but also from the Gina Carano’s to
the Cat Zingano's... wether you been fighting for years or just happen to
be at the beginning of your amateur career, I wanna know and I wanna bring it
to the fight fans everywhere!
It
may be too late for my own dreams of entering that cage but it is only the
beginning for the ladies in the sport today... I want to bring attention
to those fighters that get overlooked or simply fall through the cracks
because the lack of exposure and support. Social media is a growing
monster and can easily connect 2 people anywhere on the map, so I'd like
your help in supporting up & coming fighters in both MMA & WMMA and
with the addition of @InvictaFights & the very genius #MMAMomma Shannon Knapp (@ShanKnapp) (and of
course Janet Martin @JLMartin54) I believe that no other little girls dreams will
ever be put on hold or up in smoke because someone says
"You
can't fight in this cage because you're a female"!
Follow on twitter @LatestScoop2012
"Keep your eyes peeled, Talent is Everywhere, support your local fighters"
