The sheer size of this woman is something to behold in this sparring video from TMZ Sports. According to her sherdog.com page she’s listed at six foot two inches tall and weighs in at two hundred and five pounds. Judging from other images and videos of her online she seems like the type to fluctuate however and I bet her weight goes much higher than that when not cutting weight.

That’s also no lightweight she’s sparring with. That’s Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral, former light heavyweight title contender who’s six foot one himself and two hundred plus pounds. Gabi makes him look small. Her quads alone rival top bodybuilders and power lifters.

Those massive quads seem to translate over to kicking power at least in this video. She lands some powerful leg kicks and body kicks to Sobral that look like they left some marks. They sure made enough noise. Though her striking is not her strong point (she comes from a jiu-jitsu background) it seems like she is making some good progress, more than holding her own against a former title challenger who’s also a man.

Babalu, while not going super hard, is not going super light on her either. Look at the leg kick he lands at the fourteen second mark. You could tell that one hurt her from the way she shakes it off afterward.

You can sort of tell in this video that she’s not a natural striker however – or at least one who is still learning rather. Her movement is kind of stiff and she tends to flail with her punches and leaves her chin a little too high. Another issue for Gabi is that there isn’t a lot of quality competition for her at that weight. That will probably change with time however and it will be interesting to see her progress.