SI: Modafferi puts years of training to the test

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Pursuing passions is a way of life for Roxanne Modafferi. At the moment, she's happily chasing two, though that number seems to vary by the day.

"I'm pretty busy, not too much of a social life," said Modafferi, who is scheduled to face Marloes Coenen at Strikeforce card Saturday. "That's one of the drawbacks."

Conjoined at the top of her to-do list: become the best female fighter in MMA, and speak flawless Japanese. In a sense, the latter helped her find the former.

Following high school, Modafferi enrolled at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where she jumped into the linguistics program. Downtime was rare. From 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. she worked at a bagel shop. Classes filled her days, and gym time occupied evenings. Some would say earning a degree from UMass in four years is as impressive as anything Modafferi accomplished in the fight game, and there is plenty to boast of when it comes to that.

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Cool, glad to see someone excited about their craft.

oh man 16 hours every day in a bagel shop, and still found time to train and get her get her degree.

No idea how someone could not root for her...give em hell Roxy...

good luck rox

PatrickFreitas - oh man 16 hours every day in a bagel shop, and still found time to train and get her get her degree.

I think that line has to be a misprint (should have read "from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m."?), especially given the words that followed it:
From 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. she worked at a bagel shop. Classes filled her days, and gym time occupied evenings.

Nice article, but the hours at the bakery has to be typo. 5:00am - 9:00am, plus school and training, very tough but doable. 5:00 - 9:00pm plus training and school just doesn't sound possible.

Regardless, good luck Roxy.

TTT

man i will be very disappointed if CBS doesn't show this fight..

pandrews76 - man i will be very disappointed if CBS doesn't show this fight..

Well, prepare to be disappointed. I predict Jake/Miller will go into the 4th and 5th and kill any free airtime any shorter fights create.

 WAR Roxanne!  Nice interview.  I am stoked for this fight.

I really hope it ends up online somewhere if they don't show it. From what I've heard though, sometimes Strikeforce doesn't even bother recording their undercard bouts.

womens mma is fucking pointless and useless sorry girls no one fucking cares

DRen - womens mma is fucking pointless and useless sorry girls no one fucking cares


 Well, fellas, that's it...DRen has spoken, I guess we can lock all of these topics now.




FACT: the only reason womens mma gained any attention is because gina carano is hot

i am not trying to hate but its true, be supportive all u want but most people dont want to see it

DRen - FACT: the only reason womens mma gained any attention is because gina carano is hot


 You need to look up the word fact, my friend. That's your opinion, not fact.



How do you explain all of the bouts that both EliteXC and Strikeforce have shown on their cards that did not involve Gina that garnered praise and in some cases were featured on the main broadcasts? How do you explain all of the press that many female fighters get that are not named Gina Carano?



And besides, you bury your own arguments when you exaggerate and use sweeping terminology. I could maybe see someone saying Gina is the only female fighter to gain mainstream attention, but to say she's the only one to receive any attention and to state that no one cares about Women's MMA (which is exactly what you stated) is just plain silly.



There is a large base of fans that love and follow Women's MMA and you need look no further than this forum for proof of that. YOU might not care about Women's MMA outside of Gina's titties, but you are not representative of MMA fans as a whole.