Undefeated as both a pro and amateur…Holds a victory over fellow TUF 20 cast mate Randa Markos…Spent the first five-years of her life living in a Russian orphanage, was then adopted by an American family…Mother put her in sports at a young age to channel her energy and “wild” behavior – she was diagnosed with ADHD as a child…After her fights she enjoys traveling back to the east coast to visit her family…Getting a UFC contract means that all of her hard work has finally been recognized.

TRAINING: Daily training includes either specific weight management or conditioning. We train grappling, stand up fighting and transitional stuff in relatively equal parts throughout the course of the week but days tend not to be the same by design. We focus on keeping a fresh central nervous system as priority.

When and why did you start training for fighting? I grew up in an orphanage and there was a bully that would pick on me every day. I think I fight to remind myself