HOOKnSHOOT

HOOKnSHOOT
Private
Industry Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded 1995
Founders Jeff Osborne[1]
Defunct March 3, 2017
Headquarters Evansville, Indiana, United States

HOOKnSHOOT was a mixed martial arts promotion based in the Evansville, Indiana, United States.[2] It was one of the first MMA organisations in the United States to allow Women's MMA.[3][4][5][6]


In 2002 HOOKnSHOOT put on an all women’s card labeled ‘Revolution’. It was headlined by Debi Purcell and Christine Van Fleet. In 2005 they held an all-women, one-night-only tournament featuring Julie Kedzie, Jan Finney, and Lisa Ellis.[7] On March 3, 2017 HOOKnSHOOT closed.[8]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Breaking Barriers". Sherdog. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  2. ↑ "From parking lots to the record books: Celebrating 20 years of HOOKnSHOOT". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  3. ↑ "HOOKnSHOOT full catalogue to be added to UFC Fight Pass". SI. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  4. ↑ "History Lessons: HOOKnSHOOT and the Early Miesha Tate and Kaitlin Young". MMA Corner. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  5. ↑ "She's a Knockout!". Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "One of the longest-running MMA promotions is almost finished, but will its history die with it?". 21 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Male Gaze in Women's MMA - Part 1: Genesis, Gina, and getting past Dana". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. ↑ Al-Shatti, Shaun (24 February 2017). "HOOKnSHOOT may be coming to an end, but its influence is everywhere". Retrieved 25 February 2017.


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