Happy Birthday Miss Rara—Love FIGHT CHIX

Here is Miss Rara dancing on stage with Rampage Jackson on her birthday! We love you girl!

Here is one more video from the night…the Bisping “Bubble Bath”

FIGHT CHIX back from IMMAE

Happy Birthday Rara!

We have returned to Chicago after a kick ass weekend in Cali! How can you go out to So Cal and not want to stay? The IMMAE event was outstanding. All the major MMA brands where out in full force. We were right across from our good buddies over at Throwdown. It is always good to see Justin! Warrior Wear had Tim Sylvia and Sean Sherk at their booth. I have to admit—it was a funny site seeing one of the largest and one of the smallest fighters walking in at that same time. We where introduced to BJ Penn’s Mom….a super nice lady, and I told her that her son was my favorite fighter! We also ran into our good friends Mika, Sarah and John from MMA Warehouse. For those who don’t know—mma warehouse is THE online retailer for all your MMA needs and mostly wants

The events promoters Brian, Steve and Miss Rara did an UNREAL job with putting together one of the most professional well run events we have attended. The list of fighters there was awesome…Tito Ortiz, BJ Penn, Sean Sherk, Tim Sylvia, Joe Stevenson, Cung Lee, Josh Barrnet, Urijah Faber, Michael Bisbing and TONS more! And of course the MMA rock stars where on hand as well—the TapouT Crew, who have always been cool with us, and the “hotdog” Ryan Loco from Triumph United.

Drea, Arianny, and Rara

We will be posting a video soon but check out photos on Tracy Lee’s combatlifestyle.com and dont forget to grab some of the new FIGHT CHIX gear

Thanks to combatlifestyle for the great photo work

Fight Chix Sponsored Fighters

We have gotten a few questions about if and who we have sponsored or currently sponsor in MMA. So we thought we would shoot out a list of athletes that we have supported and thank them all for representing the FIGHT CHIX name. Thank you, to each and every one of you for your support and dedication to MMA—and for representing the SEXY side of our sport!

Kim Rose made her MMA debut wearing FIGHT CHIX and fought the well know Kim Couture---and won breaking Couture's jaw in the process.

Kim Rose throwing bombs

Dan SAVAGE LaSavage. He also owns Combat Corner in WI. Dan has rocked our logo in several of his fights—and if you haven’t seen this kid fight—wow—non-stop action, usually resulting in knockdowns and submissions!

Dan SAVAGE LaSavage

Ashley LOCA Sanchez has fought some very tough fights and her last fight earned fight of the night honors.

Ashley NEVER backs down and crowds love seeing her fight!

Amanda Lucas, the daughter of Star Wars creator, George Lucas, was part of the Princesses of Pain. This all female fight team is sponsored by FIGHT CHIX on their trip to New Zeland to battle in a team match. This has blown up into a reality series that should appear on networks very soon.

Amanda Lucas is a member of the Team USA branch of the Princesses of Pain. Fight Chix sponsored Team USA

Adam Maciejewski most recently fought in the Adrenaline show in Chicago. He trains out of Hackney’s Combat and is consistantly improving his all around game.

Adam getting ready to load up a big right hand---Fight Chix logo on the thigh!

This is just a small sample of who we have worked with. We have also worked with Darius Turcinskas, Felice Herrig, Roberto DeLeon, Kristin Niedzielski, Tessa Simpson, Lynn Alvarez and more!

In addition to these fighters we have sponsored, we have provided clothing to the wives and girlfriends of several top flight fighters. These woman stand behind their men as they get ready for battle. As the rock in the support structure that lets these fighters succeed, we wanted to give them some credit. To protect the privacy of these great ladies—we will just list some of the men they support. Andre Arlovski, Jens Pulver, Jeff Curran, Bart Palaszewski, Jay Hieron, Randy Couture, Gideon Ray, and MANY more.

We love this sport and appreciate the chance to give back to it!

NEW FIGHT CHIX GEAR IS HERE!

New Fight Chix After Hours Shred Tank $45

New Fight Chix Burnout V-Neck “Tease” tee $55

Check out that foiled back!!!

Fight Chix Yoga Pants $55

Visit us at www.fightchix.com

See us in person at www.immae.tv

And Remember Free Shipping on all orders when you enter IMMAE as the coupon code until July 31

Fight Chix on 20/20

See the video and Article here
Fight Chix will continue to sponsor the Princesses of Pain Team as they continue to carve out a name for themselves in Women’s MMA. They make us proud and honored and we appreciate them representing FIGHT CHIX!

Amanda Lucas is on the team, as we mentioned in earlier posts. We actually sponsored the team not even knowing this fact! The captain came to us and we saw a groupd of tough Chix who wanted to represent the USA and leave it all in the ring. Thanks again Princesses of Pain!
Click here to check out the Rash Guard Amanda is fighting in!

FIGHT CHIX is going to IMMAE

We just booked our trip and will be hitting up the west coast for the first time…LONG overdue. Fight Chix will be coming to IMMAE and the heart of Mixed Martial Arts in California. We will be bringing plenty of hot woman’s mma gear to sell. We will also have samples on hand of our entire Fight Chix line and even some item that will be making their way to stores world wide very soon. Please come out and support Fight Chix and the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. Get tickets here Oh and if you don’t know WHO is going—wow—the TapouT Crew, Tito Ortiz, Tim Sylvia, BJ Penn, Sean Sherk, Joe Daddy, MMA Warehouse, OTM, our girls Miss Rara and Drea will be at our booth signing and taking pictures with fans! It is gonna be a BLAST! Remember Huntington Beach Convention Center Aug 2-3!

Oh—and check out Bas Rutten showing Fight Chix some love and rock’n our Mens After Hours shirt.

Lastly–we have a deal going on right now, from the time we leave (JULY 31) on our site. Enter IMMAE as the coupon code and get free shipping on all orders!

Fight Chix…what is ahead

Fight Chix has some big things coming up and we want you to be the first to know.

 

Godz  of War event will feature FIGHT CHIX ring card girls as well as both Lynn Alvarez and Tessa Simpson wearing Fight Chix gear. Be sure to check out these two great ladies going head to head this fall—as the June 21st event was just postponed.

 

UFC Jackson vs Griffin viewing party featuring FIGHT CHIX models, raffles and giveaways will be taking place at Maple Ave Pub on the corner of RT 53 and Maple Ave in Lisle IL. Come out and join us for a fun night of fights, great drink specials and tons of huge TVs and a private VIP area for Fighters and Fans of FIGHT CHIX.

 

Total Fight Challenge- FIGHT CHIX Ring Card girls will be on display and we will be selling the Sexiest in MMA apparel at the Total Fight Challenge in Hammond IN on Saturday June 28^th. Also going to be there is Eddie Bravo brown Belt Jason Chambers and WEC Bantam weight Champion Miguel Angel Torres

 

The last thing is that FIGHT CHIX will be releasing some new items in the next few weeks. Come out and see them at one of the live events. Also check out the pictures on our myspace page from this past weekends Adrenaline show!

The Force of FIGHT CHIX–Amanda ‘Powerhouse’ Lucas

As Reported on tv3.com.nz
The daughter of legendary Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas made her debut appearance in Auckland last night.  But her performance had nothing to do with the silver screen.

Amanda ‘Powerhouse’ Lucas was part of the opening act of an event called the Princesses of Pain.
.
The force was strong in Amanda Lucas last night, but not quite strong enough.

George Lucas’s daughter was having her debut fight against Kiwi kick-boxing champion Nicole Kavanah, but the American Princess of Pain team member was ruled out in the third round.

It was a really gutsy fight, she showed plenty of heart.

Lucas’ performance in her first ever mixed martial arts fight earned her plenty of new fans, and a lot of respect.

Lucas is the daughter of one of Hollywood’s richest and most influential director’s George Lucas.

But while her arrival in New Zealand a week ago has created a buzz among martial arts followers, the billionaire’s daughter has not asked for any special favours.

“She is staying in a backpackers in a central Auckland and is eating the same food. She hasn’t been a prima donna about it at all,” says Tui Gallagher from Auckland Boxing Association.

Before turning her hand to martial arts Lucas was well known in Hollywood acting circles appearing in three of her father’s Star Wars films.

But for now it is the rough and tumble world of martial arts that has got her striking back.

Despite losing last night Amanda Lucas won’t go home empty handed.  Organisers were so impressed with her performance they awarded her the medal for the night’s gutsiest fighter.

Welcome the New FIGHT CHIX—TESSA SIMPSON

Tessa will be making her MMA debut in Godz of War Promotion featuring a main event with Jeff Monson and Kevin Randleman.

Tessa will be the Goddess on the fight card and her resume speaks for itself.  She has extensive history in ground work and is trained by Relson Gracie.

Competition History:

2007 Gold, King of Kombat Women’s Gi Division in Austin, TX
2007 Gold, King of Kombat Women’s No Gi Division in Austin, TX
2007 Silver, Elite Grapplers Championship Women’s Blue Belt division in Dallas, TX
2007 Gold, Winter Wars Women’s Featherweight Blue Belt division in Dallas, TX
2007 Competitor, Winter Wars Women’s Blue Belt Open Weight in Dallas, TX
2007 Silver, NAGA Women’s No-Gi in Honolulu, HI
2007 Bronze, NAGA Women’s Blue Belt in Honolulu, HI
2006 Silver, Ground Control Championship Women’s Blue Belt in Houston, TX
2006 Bronze, Elite Submission Championship Women’s Gi Absolute in Houston, TX
2006 Bronze, Elite Submission Championship Women’s Blue/Purple in Houston, TX
2006 Gold, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu World Championship Women’s Blue Belt in Torrance, CA
2006 Competitor, Elite Grapplers Championship Women’s Blue Belt in Dallas, TX
2006 Silver, Arnold’s Women’s Blue Belt Open Weight in Columbus, OH
2006 Competitor, Arnold’s Women’s Amateur No-Gi in Columbus, OH
2005 Competitor, Grapple Mania Women’s White Belt Open Weight in Houston, TX
2005 Competitor, Grapple Mania Women’s No-Gi Open Weight in Houston, TX

She is fighting out of Austin TX and weighs in at a ready to scrap 115lbs.

Get more info on this great card at http://godzofwar.tv/

Miss RaRa—Sexy Side of the UG

Fight Chix spokesmodel and Queen of the Underground (www.mma.tv) had a killer interview on www.fighthype.com . We just wanted to thank her for the love she showed www.fightchix.com

Checkher out on our site and in our video on youtube.

Here is the interview:

Here is the link on FightHype.com:
TAMARA “MISS RARA” SUGUITAN: “YOU HAVE TO COME TO NAMMAE”
By Percy Crawford | April 08, 2008

“If you come to our event, you will see a lot of demonstrations. We’ll have grappling demonstrations, Muay Thai demonstrations, there are going to be mats where people could just roll and when you walk into the venue, you’re going to see exhibitor booths…You kind of get a feel for the industry and at the same time, you learn more about the sport and interact with the big name fighters that represent that particular sport,” stated Tamara “Miss RaRa” Suguitan, VP of Promotions and one of the founders of NAMMAE (North American Mixed Martial Arts Expo), as she talked about their next two events, her own history in the industry and much more. Check it out!

PC: How’s everything going with you?

TS: Everything is going good. I’ve just been traveling a lot. Last week, I went to the WEC in Vegas, then I came to LA and went to the King of the Cage and then I went to San Jose for Strikeforce and then back to LA for Fatal Femme.

PC: My goodness. So you get to see plenty of fights?

TS: I do and I love going to them. I don’t even look at it as being part of my job now or interacting with the people in the MMA industry. I look at it as, “Oh, wow, this is fun!” It’s just me being me; the little net worker woman that I am.

PC: For those who are not familiar with you, and that list is very short from what I see, can you explain what role you play in the sport of mixed martial arts?

TS: I’m actually one of the founders and the VP of Promotions for NAMMAE (North American Mixed Martial Arts Expo) and I’m also the co-host and IM girl for Yac&J’s MMA and Boxing Show on TheStream.tv, which syndicates off of ProElite.com, Yahoo Live and Blog TV.

PC: You stay very active in the sport. How do you make time to fit everything that’s going on into your schedule?

TS: Most of my work consists of me being on the internet and networking with people, constantly sending out emails. When I’m not on my computer, I’m glued to my Blackberry, sending out emails from my Blackberry, responding to instant messages and I even check The Underground, mma.tv, which is now mixedmartialarts.com. That’s what I do. I’m always connected and if I’m not connected, I feel kind of naked, like walking out of the house with no cell phone, you know?

PC: Do you ever take some time off and get a break away from everything?

TS: To me, I feel like I’m working all of the time. No matter what I do, I feel like I’m constantly working. I do try to find time for myself. I’m a lady so I like to go and get my nails done and get my hair done.

PC: And shop I’m sure?

TS: No, I’m actually not a shopper. I’m not much of a shopper. I grew up a tomboy. I was a soccer player my entire life. I’m hardly one for like glamour clothes or brand names or whatever; that’s just not me. I just like to be me. Even when I go to these events, I already feel like it’s a vacation in a sense too. You’re going to the UFC and you’re in Vegas at the afterparties and you go to the hotels and there’s the pool and you can chill and get a massage or something. I bring my best friend Drea. Drea comes along and Eddie Bravo produces music for her. She’s one of my best friends so when she comes along, it’s even better. It’s even more of a vacation; you got your girl with you, you go to the fights, you hit the afterparty with your girl and you hit the pools looking cute in your bathing suit. It’s vacation in a sense and work at the same time.

PC: Where does RaRa come from?

TS: My name is Tamara and growing up, my father called me Tamarara. When he would play with me, jump me up and down, he would be like, “Tamarara. Tamarara.” So RaRa just stuck with me.

PC: I though it was because you got rowdy at the fights or something so I was way off.

TS: Nah, not at all. My dad gave me the name and it just stuck with me. I am daddy’s little girl.

PC: When is the next NAMMAE event that the fans can look forward to?

TS: The next NAMMAE event…we’re actually doing like a mini NAMMAE show with King of the Cage April 19th at the Shrine Auditorium called Fight Night at the Shrine. We have the whole Shrine Auditorium dedicated to MMA that day so at about 11:00, doors will open and you’re going to see kind of like a mini NAMMAE show, like we had in Anaheim for our first show, and I think we have over 20 exhibitors already; 20-25 exhibitors so far. Gracie Barra is coming through and they’re going to give a demonstration and teach classes at the event. When about 6:00 rolls by, we’ll start the King of the Cage fights and then after the fights, we’re going to back to the Shrine and Expo Center and we’re going to have an afterparty, so that’s that event.

And then our big event is back at the Anaheim Convention Center on July 11th, 12th and 13th. So I’m looking forward to that show. We already have Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell signed to come through and headline the event. Last year, we had Randy Couture headline our event. Tito Ortiz was there, Eddie Bravo of course; we had a bunch of other fighters that were there, Kendall Grove, “Razor” Rob McCullough, a bunch a guys from Punishment Athletics and Xtreme Couture. Gray Maynard, Tyson Griffin and Gina Carano came and Brandon Vera came through so we just had a bunch of fighters coming through. We’re going to have the same presence this year, although last year we had about 7,000 people who came through over that weekend and we’re actually expecting probably double or triple that this year.

PC: For someone who has never attended a NAMMAE event before, what could they expect if they attend this one?

TS: If you come to our event, you will see a lot of demonstrations. We’ll have grappling demonstrations, Muay Thai demonstrations, there are going to be mats where people could just roll and when you walk into the venue, you’re going to see exhibitor booths and these are companies that are involved in the mixed martial arts industry; Punishment Athletics, Throwdown Industries to cage manufacturers. You kind of get a feel for the industry and at the same time, you learn more about the sport and interact with the big name fighters that represent that particular sport. It’s going to be great. Actually, King of the Cage is going to do a fight with us on Saturday night and then OTM is going to do a grappling tournament that weekend too. I’m hoping and we’re trying to get a Muay Thai event that Friday night. Then it will be Muay Thai and then MMA and then grappling throughout the weekend. You get a feel for the entire sport. They walk in that building and they’re going to be like, “Wow, this is MMA right here!” I’m very excited for it.

PC: You have the best job in the world. I need to change my occupation.

TS: It was really tough, our first show, but the only reason it worked was because everybody that’s involved in our industry wanted to make it work. They have so much love for the sport that everybody wanted to wok together and be a part of it. I think that was a really great thing. What we wanted to do was show the public how big MMA has become and that’s exactly what we do; that was exactly the presence that we gave and we’re going to continue to do. Now, my long term goal is to have NAMMAE travel throughout the United States and throughout the world eventually. My goal is to travel internationally so we could cater to all MMA fans around the world.

PC: That was actually one of my questions was the goal to eventually expand outside of California into some other states and countries?

TS: Of course! Definitely! I have a lot of people that hit me up online and on The Underground like, “When you going to come out to the East Coast, Chicago and here and there?” For people that already know about NAMMAE and know how big our first event was, for them to want them to come to them, I want to cater to them and show them love. The love that they show me, I want to show them love too. I want to go to Florida. Obviously there’s a bunch of MMA fans out there with ATT being out there. I want to cater to those guys on the East Coast too.

PC: It’s still kind of unusual to see a female so deeply involved in the sport. How did you get into mixed martial arts?

TS: This is a story. Are you ready for this story?

PC: I’m ready and sitting!

TS: (Laughing). Where do I start? Well, I started to get into the sport because Eddie Bravo produces music with Drea. Drea is my best friend and has been for 10 years. We moved to LA and we live together; she is my sister. So when Eddie Bravo came into her life, it’s kind of like he came into my life too at the same time. When I got familiar with him, I was like, “Oh, shoot, that’s him on TV!” Getting to know Eddie’s personality and starting to know him as a person, I started to understand his role in the MMA industry and Jiu Jitsu and things like that. I thought that was pretty cool because he’s a really great person and very down to earth. I think if people got the chance to sit down and have a conversation with Eddie, they would be surprised; very intelligent! He’s just a very good person all around and even the people that are around him, his friends are all really great people. It tells you something about a person from the people they hang around with. The Underground, which is on mixedmartialarts.com and it’s actually a site where…because mixed martial arts is still such an underground sport and not legal yet in a couple of states, so The Underground was a place where people would go and talk about the sport. It’s been around for a very long time, like 10 years, you know? A lot of people in the industry go there: fighters, fans, company owners, Eddie, Joe Rogan, Bruce Buffer and Joe Silva, I mean the list goes on and on. It’s our social networking ground for MMA for the industry. Eddie would post him and Drea’s music on The Underground so when he started to do that, I would go there and see what people would say about there music and comments that they would get and I started reading about what people would say about Eddie.

Eddie and Joe treated Drea and I to the UFC in Sacramento and I met one of Eddie’s friends out there. His name is Alex and I was telling Alex how I admired how he has Eddie’s back in The Underground. When people would say something about Eddie, he always had his back and I quoted things from some of the stuff he said and he was like, “You go to The Underground?” I told him yeah! He was like, “No, no, really, you go to The Underground?” I was like, “Yeah!” He was like, “Dude, you gotta be fucking kidding me?” So he told me he had to write a thread about it and next thing I know, he writes a thread titled “Hot hot lurker (pics)”. It was like, “I met this girl when I was chilling with Eddie in Sacramento and I didn’t know she lurked here until she quoted things that I said in the threads.” He posted my pictures in The Underground and then the thread got so many hits to where they were like, “get her in here”. I was asked to become a member and then I became a member and started posting. One of the reasons I became a member is to continue to promote their music and stuff like that. At the time, I was doing business development and sponsorship marketing for Red Carpet events and celebrity product placement for a company called Quantum Leap Entertainment here in Hollywood. During that thread, Quantum Leap got hired to find sponsors for the first North American Mixed Martial Arts Expo. After I met Brian Jaus, the main founder of NAMMAE, he was like, “Dude, we have to have you onboard.” I came onboard and now I think that thread has been up for 9 months and it has about 119,000 hits. I’m known as the hot, hot thread girl and I was nominated as “Queen of The Underground.” I don’t consider myself the queen of The Underground. There are plenty of women who post there that are beautiful and who contribute to the sport too. It’s not all me. I consider all of the women that post on the “UG” queens in my eyes, but for now, I’m known as the “Queen of the Underground” and that’s how I got into MMA.

PC: I would have never guessed that, but that is a great story.

TS: It is a great story. It’s crazy how they kind of attracted to me. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of the secret or anything like that, but that’s something that Eddie showed Drea and Drea showed me; the secret and the laws of attraction and things like that. When I look to the secret, I think, “Wow, this is something I attracted” and now it’s just a part of my life. I’ve met some of the greatest people who are good friends of mine now who are from the industry and from The Underground. Here I am making way for our second event and now I also do Yac&J’s MMA and Boxing Show too every Monday.

PC: FightHype.com will definitely have to be in the building in July for the show.

TS: You have to come to NAMMAE. I hope you guys do come through.

PC: For the guys who haven’t had a chance to see Miss RaRa, she is very hot. Do you do any modeling?

TS: (Laughing). No, I haven’t, but I was really asked to be featured as the “Knockout Girl” for MMA Sport Magazine and I took pictures for that. I think it’s going to come out in June. I’ll have to ask. I haven’t really did any modeling or anything like that and honestly, the first time I took professional pictures was with the photographer for this magazine. If you go to fightchix.com, I’m all over their website. Some people tell me I’m a legend because The UG only changes a few peoples lives and they feel like I’m one of them. It certainly did change my life though.

PC: Were you into MMA before meeting Eddie?

TS: The only martial arts that was in my life was my uncle owned a Dojo in Stockton. I’m from Stockton, the 209, you know! You know the Diaz brothers from Stockton; Stockton got that lil swag. Yeah, my uncle owned a Taekwondo Dojo and I was a soccer player so I only took a couple classes and I was like, “this isn’t for me.” That was pretty much my basis. I could kick really good actually and I can street fight.

PC: You from Stockton of course.

TS: I’m from Stockton. I can street brawl (laughing). I’ve been in a couple of little quarrels in the club, but that was a long time ago.

PC: Look at you, fighting in the club.

TS: The only time I would fight is for my family.

PC: I saw your pictures on myspace and you are throwing me off with the “tomboy” and “fighting in clubs” talk.

TS: You know I played soccer all of my life, like I said. I played all through college. I have the record for the most assists at the college I went to; I’m a soccer player. Honestly, I didn’t start coming out of my woman shell until I was 20-something. I just started wearing dresses to the club recently. I was always the girl that wore jeans and a tank top. I hated wearing heels and now I’ve finally come out my little woman shell.

PC: I have to ask this for the fellas, but are you single and if so, are you looking?

TS: I am single and no, I’m not looking.

PC: Alright, well I tried fellas.

TS: (Laughing). I really don’t have time for that right now. That’s not my main focus right now. My main focus is me and the only way you could be happy in your relationship is to focus on yourself first and then you could focus on somebody else. I’m still making little adjustments and I’m just doing me right now and after I’m done doing me, maybe I can do somebody else! It’s hard because I have to always keep things on a professional level and I’m always around all of these fighters and this and that and even people in the industry and I can’t…I always have to remind myself, “business, business, business.” I couldn’t even really see myself dating somebody anytime soon because I’m just not ready. I’m not just going to give anybody that chance.

PC: I’m not touching that one anymore (laughing). You go to a lot of events. Who are some of your favorite fighters to watch?

TS: Anderson Silva by far. He’s definitely a great entertaining fighter to watch. If anybody listened to my interview on Whoop Ass Radio, I am a fan of GSP and his shorts. I’m a fan of GSP’s shorts so there you have it…no (laughing). It’s becoming tough too, becoming friends with some of the fighters, to watch them; not tough, I get more into it, but it is hard to watch somebody that you personally know fight. It’s totally different. I remember in the IFL, I was watching Shad Lierly fight and he got knocked out. Oh, my heart broke. I was yelling at the TV, “Get up Shad!” I was shocked.

PC: It was a pleasure talking with you. In July, like I said, FightHype will have to be in the building.

TS: Yeah, definitely come through and give me a call anytime if you need anything I’m here for you.

PC: I appreciate it and the same to you. I know you have some people to shout out and thank.

TS: If you can go to www.nammae.com, it’s the acronym for North American Mixed Martial Arts Expo or you could go to my myspace at www.myspace.com/raramma and if I had to thank any sponsors, I would have to thank frontrowticketing.com, fightchix.com, combatlifestyle.com and of course the guys at taggradio.com.