Years ago Dana White famously told TMZ that women would never fight in the UFC. Today, women’s fights are featured on FOX, Fox Sports, and PPV and women are some of the sport’s biggest stars. White, for his apart, did later admit his mistake.

Gina Carano is still responsible for some of the most watched fights in history and Ronda Rousey was the fourth most searched person on Google in the world in 2015.

With the growing popularity of women’s mixed martial arts and the opportunities for women in the sport increasing every day, it’s no surprise that more and more women are looking at the sport as a viable future.

One the women who is looking to make a splash soon is former USA Boxing Champion, Danyelle Nicole Wolf. Wolf is an accomplished boxer and trains muay thai and jitsu. Recently she released an impressive video of her training all the skills that show she could be a formidable force in the future of women’s mixed martial arts:

About Danyelle Wolf

Danyelle, a self-described lifelong athlete, is an Olympic hopeful for the 2016 Olympic female boxing event. But she hasn’t by any means been practicing boxing her entire life.

I had never seen a boxing glove before 2008, said the Pacific Beach resident. But I’m up for any challenge when it comes to sports. I’ll try anything.

After Danyelle graduated from Millersville University, she came to California by way of small-town Pennsylvania. She was constantly running, biking, or swimming, and her physique prompted more than one person to ask if she was a fighter. It surprised her because she had never considered boxing, but it also planted a seed. She decided it was a sport worth checking out.

After she began taking boxing classes and coaching herself at local gyms, more people started taking notice. One boxing fan asked her to meet him at a gym to show him her skills.

He asked me to throw a jab, she said. I didn’t even know what a jab was. But he showed me a few moves, and I just felt comfortable with them. It felt natural.

source: danyellewolf.com