MMA Star “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings In Workout Gear Says “Nailed It”

MMA star “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings is showing off her new workout gear in a social media selfie. Rawlings, 35, shared a video of herself posing in front of a mirror wearing jogging pants and a pink tank top, her strong, toned fighter's physique on display. The voiceover she chose for her video made fun of how she doesn’t look like the typical “girly girl”. “Nailed it 💅🏻,” she humorously captioned the post. Here’s how the Australian fighter stays strong, fit, and focused.

1. Bare Knuckle Queen

Rawlings’ bare knuckle style gives her an advantage in the ring. “I grew up pretty rough,” she told Combat Press. “I love to fight, and when they approached me, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. I’m excited about being able to showcase my boxing skills without the threat of a takedown or kicks, that’s for sure. No gloves isn’t too far off from MMA gloves, so I’ve adapted well compared to a pro boxer that’s always boxed in [big] gloves.”

2. Daily Training

Rawlings goes running in the morning and trains for up to four hours a day, which includes two hours of boxing. “I love the adrenaline of it. I love the rawness of the sport,” she told CNN. “It’s not just the physicality, it’s not just the athleticism, it’s your mentality and your heart to fight and keep going. I’m forever tested no matter how my fight goes. I learn something new about myself and I think that’s what keeps me coming back for more and it’s the same with training.”

3. Strawweight Category

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Rawlings was thrilled to move from strawweight to flyweight. “Normally I’m very focused and concentrating on my diet and trying to get through training camp basically on zero calories,” she told UFC Espanol. “Whereas this camp I’ve eaten well. I still eat clean and I still track everything I’m doing just because I’m very obsessive with my fight camps and take everything very seriously. But I’ve been able to focus a hundred percent on fighting. I felt amazing this camp. It’s crazy.”

4. Raising Awareness

Rawlings hopes her story will encourage other women to try combat sports. “It was originally a male-dominated industry, but women are gaining more traction now within combat sports,” she told Providence. “I helped break down the barrier and stigma that women can’t fight and that we are too fragile to compete in combat sports. I also shared with Fighters Against Child Abuse Australia a horrible and embarrassing truth about my personal life: how I walked away from an abusive relationship while raising my two sons. I hope sharing my story helps others and creates awareness that even people like myself can still fall victim to domestic violence.”

5. Mental Health Protection

Rawlings is careful to protect her mental as well as physical help. “We can know our worth, and we can fight for it,” she told Providence. “Because of my experiences, I have to learn how to love and learn how to be loved again. I don’t know if I’ll ever be the same, but I will be okay, I’ll fight another day. I remind myself each day to be kind to myself. The biggest turning point for me with my mental health was learning to love myself, and reminding myself that I’m worthy of good things, good people, and success.”

WWE star Zelina Vega is showing off the impressive results of her intense training routine, on social media. Vega, 33, posted highlights of her life recently, including a stunning snap of her posing in gray sweats and a matching sports bra, looking strong and toned. “Thank you all for the bday love yesterday. Means more than you know. Never know what helps fuel a person to keep fighting. Or just to simply not feel alone. Love you guys. Now, back to work💪🏽,” she captioned the post. Vega works hard to stay strong and ready for the ring—here’s how she does it.

1. HIIT and Muay Thai

Vega does plenty of HIIT workouts mixed up with martial arts. “I workout probably, like, six days a week,” she told Muscle & Fitness. “My husband [Malakai Black] likes to make these, like, powerlifting routines for me and then we also mix it up with Muay Thai. So, it’s a lot of different things that I feel like helps me a lot in the ring, whether it’s strength-wise, speed-wise, so yeah, it’s tough but you gotta fit it in.”

2. Diet Advice From The Rock

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Vega enjoys a vegan diet, and brings her own food on the road. “It is very difficult to eat though, I will say that, because you are just so busy running around all the time,” she told Muscle & Fitness. “Like even with [media calls], I completely forgot to eat, but I learned this from Dwayne Johnson: He had a timer on his phone that showed ‘OK, it’s time to eat’ and he would stop what he was doing and he’d make sure he gets his meals in, and then he would continue doing what he was doing.”

3. Video Game Star

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Vega appeared in the Street Fighter 6 video game as a commentator, and would love to expand to other games. “I've always loved Mortal Kombat and Tekken 2,” she told Screen Rant. “I think what's cool about the fighting game community is that I think we just kind of support all games. It's not even just after one, that's all you can ever be. But also, I would love to be a part of something that has to do with Naruto or Demon Slayer or something like that, because I'm such a big anime head that I'd love to kind of blend those two. Because obviously, I've played Naruto and Ninja Storm, stuff like that. So in some ways, I'd like to find a way to blend the anime gaming space there.”

4. Puerto Rico Pride

Vega is thrilled about the increased diversity in the wrestling world. “It has always been important to me. I’m Puerto Rican from New York,” she told TV Insider. “We’re all very proud of who we are. My family, I’m proud of them and feel like I’m representing them. I’m also representing the culture while I’m doing what I’m doing. I want that to reflect well on all of us as Latinos and Latinas. You think of Eddie [Guerrero] and Rey [Mysterio], but I wanted people to initially, especially in NXT, to think of me. That was a huge thing for us.”

5. Pre-Fight Ritual

Vega has a moving ritual before she gets in the ring for a fight. “I have a moment where I talk to my dad,” she told HOLA! USA. “I call my guardian angels. I go through my list: my dad, my uncle, my grandfather. I mean, even my little puppy that I lost. So I get to talk to them and tell them to be there with me because, without them, I wouldn’t be where I am. And even though they’re gone, I feel them making sure that I’m safe in the ring. I always say, ‘Make sure I’m safe, make sure I remember everything, make sure that the fans love it.’”

Deonna Purrazzo, a powerhouse in the wrestling world, has solidified her success with IMPACT, even winning the Knockout Championship. Having also been a part of WWE’s NXT brand, Purrazzo is no stranger to hard work and determination. Recently, she shared inspiring messages and workout tips in an Instagram collaboration with coach Cezar Bonni.

1. She Worked With A Coach

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Purrazzo shared her journey into wrestling with Yahoo Sports. She says that she worked with a coach to help her train. “Nine years after informing my parents of my career decision, 130 pounds soaking wet, I stepped into a professional wrestling gym for the first time. The gym – The Adams Pro-Wrestling Training Camp - was barely 20 minutes from our house. There were half a dozen trainees. I was the only girl. The coach, Damian Adams, directed us to the ring, which was set up towards the back under a low ceiling.”

2. She Works Hard

Purrazzo tells Yahoo Sports that she makes sure to work hard when it comes to training. “For the next year, I trained like that every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. My body toughened up and as I learned the fundamentals of the craft. Training exclusively with men, I see now, wasn’t a disadvantage. My offense had to be extra crisp to be believable against them — and I had to hit the technique on a slam or suplex exactly right every single time. Unlike some of the guys, I couldn’t rely on pure muscle to get the job done.”

3. She Stood Up For Herself

Purrazzo opened up about her decision to leave NXT with Yahoo Sports. She says that she wanted to stand up for herself and receive feedback from them, and they weren’t giving it to her. “After a year of frustration and doing anything I could to please, I finally stood up for myself by — politely — suggesting an alternative: Couldn’t I lose to someone new? Wouldn’t wrestling someone different make sense all around? The answer came back, no, you are losing to the same wrestler. No discussion, no ‘we understand your concern,’ no sign that one side of this professional relationship was prepared to listen to the other. Something changed in me. I thought about it and then I emailed back, with respect, that wasn’t in my own interests and I’d prefer not to be part of that television taping. It was very liberating. I felt like I did when I was wrestling on the independent circuit, ready to take a chance on myself again.”

4. She’s Authentic

While Purrazzo plays a character in the ring, she tells Yahoo Sports that it is pretty authentic to who she is. “When I made my big return to IMPACT Wrestling last summer, it was as a heel and I sewed the experience of the previous year into my character. In my persona’s mind, I’d been held down, treated unfairly and there was every justification to selfishly go after what I wanted. My character — and my real self — would not be asking for permission anymore. I fit in at IMPACT. Its women’s division – the Knockouts – is run by Gail Kim, one of the legends I looked up to as a kid. I hit the ground running, excited to prove what I could do with this new chance.”

5. She Does Cardio

Purrazzo revealed in her Instagram post that she does a lot of cardio to stay in shape. Cardio workouts are important. The Mayo Clinic reports, “During aerobic activity, you repeatedly move large muscles in your arms, legs and hips. You'll notice your body's responses quickly. You'll breathe faster and more deeply. This maximizes the amount of oxygen in your blood. Your heart will beat faster, which increases blood flow to your muscles and back to your lungs.”

Paola Mayfield, the 90 Day Fiancé star, has been many things—an entrepreneur, fitness coach, nutrition coach, model, and now she’s a pro wrestler. The results of her workouts were on full display in a recent swimsuit photo which she captioned with all heart emojis. “😍😍😍 cuanta belleza,” commented fellow wrestler Martibel Payano. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Paola Mayfield stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. Wrestling Clicked for Her

Mayfield got into wrestling after watching the movie Fighting with My Family. “I have done so many things in my life—modeling, acting. I was a shoe designer and for me I never felt fulfilled. I'm a personal trainer but that is something that I do for people. You know, I love training people. I love helping people with their fitness journey, but what about me? So when I watch this movie and I heard the part, what she was saying, when she gets into the ring, how to feels about it. So it kind of clicked for me. I feel like when I get into the ring, I can be this person, I can be this strong person. I can do so many things in the ring that like me in my normal life, I wouldn't do,” she told The Wrassingh Show.

2. She Says It’s Never Too Late to Try Something New

“I didn't grow up in wrestling. I didn't grow up watching wrestling and it's not common in Colombia. And that's why for me starting, I don't wanna say that I'm starting late because it's never too late to start something that you feel passionate about, because you can do so many things, but what if something else is what you are supposed to do? And I feel that that's me right now: Wrestling. If I knew about wrestling, I would've done this while ago, but the time is right now and I'm here,” she said on The Wrassingh Show.

3. She Works Out Hard

“You normally have three to four classes a week. Sometimes I have to travel to other states to train with other people, because it requires me for what I'm working right now. My current coach is Loki and he's very strict. He's very intense with his training. I'm always learning. Look, when you have passion for something, you just go and learn it and you do everything it takes to actually make it work and make it happen. And that's what I'm doing. And not just that, I also have to do my own training, which is something that requires weights, completely different. So I have to” work hard “to be among the best ones,” she said on The Wrassingh Show.

4. The Show Comes With “Ups and Downs”

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“The show” 90 Day Fiancé "comes with a lot of ups and downs. Like I feel like I have got so much hate just to be who I am and in some way it does affect me and it has affected me before. But I have so many awesome fans, that I just love to communicate with them. And when they tell me that they, with my story, I just love them. That's what I, it keeps me up like, okay, I can give bringing the” good times," she told Us Weekly.

5. She Went Vegan

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As a certified nutrition coach, Paola was “always ready to give my clients the best.” That includes herself. After pregnancy, “I started to feel sick because all of the junk food and the fast food.” She added, “My stomach was hurting, my stomach was always bloated, and I was feeling super super bad, so I went to the doctor.” Finding them no help, she turned vegan and feels better. She also does it “out of respect for the animals.”