The Cage Free Chicks Podcast Michelle & Nadya

For Episode 34, Michelle and Nadya are joined by Danyelle Wolf. Danyelle is a lifelong athlete, artist, advocate, believer of god, business woman and more. Having played every single sport under the sun, Danyelle was a three sport student athlete at Millersville University from which she graduated with a degree in teaching and fine art. After quitting her lucrative career as a life coach, Danyelle set out on a path to become a professional athlete never thinking that the road would lead her to the world of combat. She put on her first pair of boxing gloves at the age of 25 and two short years later joined the national team and became the face of US Women’s Boxing as well as a three time USA National Boxing Welterweight Champion. She currently splits her time between her Olympic Dream and her goal of becoming a mixed martial arts champion. It has not been an easy path, one filled with first time injuries and opponents that would drop out at the last minute. Still, Danyelle perseveres on, due to her innate discipline, commitment and work ethic as well as proven track record that when Danyelle says she will accomplish something, she always does. She takes us on a journey of her life and highlights events that have shaped her identity and instilled her with egoless confidence. 

Danyelle on social media:

WEBSITE

INSTA: @danyellewolf

TWITTER: @danyellewolf

FACEBOOK: Danyelle Wolf

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WE BROKE THE CAGE (Cage Free Chicks Theme Song) by Alex Schnablegger (DJ LiTHauS)

For Episode 33, Michelle and Nadya are joined by Sarah Bonney. Sarah is the WKA national kickboxing champion and TEAM USA Kickboxing member working steadfast towards her dream of becoming an MMA fighter. Having found boxing post college, Sarah found the courage to quit her stable and well paying government job to become a professional fighter. It was under the tutelage of Kaizen MMA’s Sensei Nima Mazhari that Sarah found physical agency, literacy and strength that she previously did not realize she had. From always being the last kid to cross the finish line, to losing over one hundred pounds to being told that she has a talent and potential for a sport very few are brave enough to try...Sarah is an infectiously positive presence and rising force in the world of fighting who will indubitably achieve great peaks as well as do everything in her power to make the sport a better place for her fellow fighters and generations to follow. 

Sarah on social media: 

INSTA: @valkyrie.mma | @kaizen_mma

FACEBOOK: Kaizen MMA

HELP SARAH ACHIEVE HER GOAL OF WINNING GOLD AT THE 2020 WKA Asian-Pacific Championship when she represents Team USA Kickboxing in March!

SARAH'S GO FUND ME

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WE BROKE THE CAGE (Cage Free Chicks Theme Song) by Alex Schnablegger (DJ LiTHauS)

For episode 32, Michelle and Nadya have the absolute pleasure of chatting with the one, the only: Carly “The Cookie Monster” Esparza. Carla is the innagural INVICTA FC strawweight champion as well as the innagural UFC straweight champion, a title she won in the finale of The Ultimate Fighter Season 20: Strawweights; the first ever all women season of TUF. Carla is an exceptional and learned wrestler, a graduate of the esteemed Menlo College wrestling program under the legendary Lee Allen. Carla is also a seminal part of our friendship and MMA fandom like her fellow TUF 20 cast member Jessica Penne. It was an absolute honor to chat with Carla about her life and her experiences as one of the key pioneers in the world of combat sports, regardless of gender. Enjoy.

Carla on social media:

INSTA: @carlaesparza1

TWITTER: @carlaesparza1

FACEBOOK: Carla Esparza

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WE BROKE THE CAGE (Cage Free Chicks Theme Song) by Alex Schnablegger (DJ LiTHauS)

For episode 31, Michelle and Nadya are joined by none other than Sa'idah Durkee aka The Ginja Ninja herself. Sa'idah is a highly accomplished purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu who has won Pans in both Gi and No Gi, a Masters Worlds, as well as a bronze in a Worlds Gi and a silver at a Worlds No Gi. Life has taken Ginja Ninja on a wild ride, from New Mexico to growing up in Egypt where she did high level gymnastics and later transitioned to Taekwondo. Upon the family’s return to the US, Sa’idah unfortunately had to give up martial arts because she could not find a school that took the sport seriously enough. After graduating college, Sa’idah was dealt another heavy hand: a diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis which incapacitated her for quiet sometime, making even the most mundane tasks painful let alone competitive athletics....until she found Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. It was the first sport In a long time that did not cause her immense physical pain and truly fulfilled her competitive soul.

Now Sa’idah strives to pay back the community that has already given her so much through the Lion Heart Initiative from Hyperfly which seeks to bring MMA to communities in Africa.


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Sa'idah on social media:

INSTA: @ginjaninjabjj | @mma4africa | @bjj4africa | @hyperfly

TWITTER: @ginjaninjabjj | @hyperfly

FACEBOOK: Ginja Ninja | MMA For Africa | Hyperfly

YouTUBE: Lion Heart Initiative | Hyperfly 

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WE BROKE THE CAGE (Cage Free Chicks Theme Song) by Alex Schnablegger (DJ LiTHauS)

In our last episode of 2019, we had the opportunity to sit down with ourselves and answer some fan questions! Thank you all, from the very bottom to the tippy top of our hearts for the most wonderful journey of the last nine months! We are super excited to bring all of you new stories and perspectives in 2020.

Happy Holidays & Happy New Year,

Nadya & Michelle



And as always, our song is:

WE BROKE THE CAGE (Cage Free Chicks Theme Song) by Alex Schnablegger (DJ LiTHauS)

For episode 29, Michelle and Nadya are joined by Kayla Hracho, a fighter out of the legendary American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida. Kayla found fighting at the age of 22 through boxing, which quickly transformed from simply a means to keep herself in shape into the stepping stones for building a career in MMA. Throwing caution to the wind, Kayla moved from Pennsylvania to Florida and never looked back, only forward. Kayla is very cognizant and deeply grateful for the opportunity to train in the same environment as some of the world’s most elite fighters yet she never allows herself to get lost in the sauce. Kayla is a wonderfully pragmatic, self aware and self reflective person, with a work ethic that will not only take her very far in the world of combat but also all of her post fight endeavors. 

Kayla on social media:

INSTA: @kayrockmma

TWITTER: @kayrockmma

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WE BROKE THE CAGE (Cage Free Chicks Theme Song) by Alex Schnablegger (DJ LiTHauS)