Michelle Waterson, "the Karate Hottie" Is A Bad Ass Fighting Momma
Mom Brain
Gallery Media Group, Hilaria Baldwin & Daphne Oz
3.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2020
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Michelle Waterson must always win career day at her daughter's school. She is an MMA fighter and the former Invicta FC Atomweight Champ who was ranked the #1 women's Atomweight fighter in the world between 2013–2014. Currently she is #7 in the UFC women's Straw-weight rankings. Michelle is married and welcomed her daughter Araya in 2011.
Hilaria and Daphne have all kinds of questions for Michelle. Want to know what it's like to breastfeed your daughter minutes before an MMA bout? Michelle dishes about all of it in this conversation about athletics, combat sports, motherhood, and what happens when your daughter watches you lose a fight. Most importantly, Michelle talks about being a role model for her daughter and showing her how she goes above and beyond to achieve her dreams and follow her passions.
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Michelle: Vitamix Blender and her Kia Telluride
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| 0:00.0 | Being a mom is the toughest job there is and it doesn't come with instructions. |
| 0:05.0 | So it's okay if you don't have all the answers. |
| 0:07.7 | We'll figure it out together. |
| 0:09.4 | This is Mombrain with Alaria Bulbwin and Daphne Az. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome back to Mom Brain. I'm Daphne. And I'm Elaria and today we have one badass mama joining us. |
| 0:22.0 | She is none other than UFC fighting champ Michelle |
| 0:25.3 | Wadderson. That's right Michelle is the former in Victor FC Adam Waite champ. I have |
| 0:30.7 | no idea what I just said but it sounds really intense and cool, and she was |
| 0:34.0 | ranked the number one women's Adam White fighter in the world between 2013 and 2014. |
| 0:39.2 | And she's like, super inspiring and super like focused. You are going to laugh, you're going to cry a little bit, you're going to be super inspired. |
| 0:48.0 | Michelle Watterson is here to give us a little, I feel like she was training us. |
| 0:54.0 | Right. Mentally, emotionally, it was really, well, |
| 0:58.0 | you're gonna hear, it is such a fascinating conversation |
| 1:01.7 | around what it means to push yourself physically, |
| 1:05.2 | what it means to be a mom as an athlete, how we all, those of us who are not athletes, |
| 1:10.8 | but our moms who push ourselves every day. |
| 1:13.7 | And she makes you feel like an athlete though, right? |
| 1:15.9 | She does. |
| 1:16.9 | I feel inspired. |
| 1:17.9 | If you're a mom, you're an athlete. |
| 1:21.1 | So like you just, you're like, yes. And then you're like, feel, you you know like after you watch the karate kid you feel like you can actually do karate you can go break a board like you go out there you're like I got this and then you and then you punch a wall and you're like shit and |
| 1:33.0 | and hers. |
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