Gabi Garcia, who made headlines recently for stating she would be open to fighting a man if a promotion, namely Rizin, could arrange for such a fight to occur. Garcia and her camp made these statements out of frustration after not being able to find an opponent large and brave enough to get into the cage with the former world grappling champion.
Well, Rizin has found a woman large enough and brave enough to take on Gabi. Former women’s pro football player turned MMA fighter Destanie Yarbrough. For those of you hoping that this woman would turn out to be the daughter of former MMA “fighter” Emmanual Yarborough, unfortunately that is not the case.
Garcia first caught the attention of mixed martial arts fans when she appeared on season 3 of the Ultimate Fighter Brazil as a grappling instructor for the team coached by Wanderlei Silva. Her unique and intimidating presence led many to wonder who this woman was.
On 9 occasions Gabi Garcia has won gold in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world championships, and has won gold twice in the +60kg division in Abu Dhabi. So in other words she is not just large, she knows how to use that mass.
