Debi Purcell

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Debi Purcell
Statistics
Nickname	Whiplash
Height	5ft 7in (170cm)
Weight	135lb (61kg)
Born
Fighting out of	Ruas Vale Tudo
Town of birth	Laguna Niguel, California
Fighting style	Vale Tudo
Mixed martial arts record
Wins	4
By knockout	2
By submission	1
Losses	1
Draws	0
No contests	0

Debi Purcell is an American mixed martial artist. She is formerly an assistant coach to the Southern California Condors of the International Fight League.

1 Biography
2 Career
3 MMA Record
4 References
5 External links
6 See also

[edit] Biography

Purcell has been involved in fitness and martial arts for over twenty years, with competitive experience in Vale Tudo, submission grappling, boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, wrestling, Tae Kwon Do and gymnastics. Her introduction to MMA came in 1993 during the inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship, when she was training alongside some of the first competitors in Huntington Beach. Having taken kickboxing, boxing and JKD, she moved on to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and finally Vale Tudo under the famous Marco Ruas, when she says "everything started to make sense".

She is actively involved in supporting women's MMA, having set up Fightergirls.net and the WMAA (Women's Martial Arts Association), along with competing herself. Her eventual goal is to develop quality competitions on a regular basis for female MMA fighters, as she discusses in a 2004 interview with TheFightGame.tv.

Her last fight was a loss by unanimous decision against Hitomi Akano at Smack Girl, on February 15, 2006.

Purcell signed a three-fight deal with Elite XC.^[1]

[edit] Career

First woman to ever compete and win in King of the Cage
Ultimate Wrestling World Title Belt Holder
Hook-N-Shoot Revolution Winner, 2002
Headliner on the first ever all women NHB card in US history
Ultimate Wrestling Minnesota Winner
Black Belt in Ruas Vale Tudo
Black Belt in Taekwondo
Only female coach in IFL history

[edit] MMA Record

Result	Opponent	Method	Event Title	Date	Round	Time
4-1-0 (wins-losses-draws)
Loss	Hitomi Akano	Decision (Unanimous)	Smackgirl - Advent of Goddess	02/15/2006	2	5:00
Win	Nicole Albrect	Decision (Unanimous)	KOTC 17 - San Jacinto	10/19/2002	2	5:00
Win	Amy Pitan	TKO	UW - Ultimate Wrestling	06/29/2002	1	N/A
Win	Christine Van Fleet	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	HOOKnSHOOT - Revolution	04/13/2002	1	2:42
Win	Amber Mosely	TKO	UW - Street Fight Minnesota	09/30/2001	1	N/A