who is erin toughill?
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From the ever-reliable wikipedia (at least before one of the pranksters on here gets on the site and changes it to say that she works on a llama farm or something, lol):
Erin Young Toughill (born June 13, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois) is a mixed martial artist and boxer. She says she originally got into martial arts "so that I could have a positive outlet for my aggression". Toughill took up kickboxing at the age of 18, then brazilian jiu jitsu two years later. She started as a professional fighter back in 1999, under the care of her trainer Sean McCully, from the LA Boxing. Erin began to compete in mixed martial arts on 27 September 1999, drawing with Irma Verhoeff at World Vale Tudo Championship 9 in Aruba. Less than a year later, she made her professional boxing debut, on 20 July 2000. Her most recent boxing match was against Laura Ramsey. Toughill lost by TKO.
Along with her MMA competitive record, in boxing she has 7 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw.
Erin is currently ranked #1 in the 155 -170 lb division in women's MMA.When her martial arts career is over, Erin said that she wants to continue involved in the sport, as a trainer or manager. In Jiu-Jitsu, she trains with Paulo "Junior" Gazze, who is a second degree black belt and highly decorated Jiu Jitsu competitor. In Boxing, she trains with Danny Zamora who trains super middleweight champ and WBC contender, Librado Andrade.
Toughill has decided to retire from both boxing and MMA.[1]. She now competes as Steel [2] in second season of of American Gladiators (2008 TV series).