mo4ch:>‘My parents were against it, but I love fighting’ – new UFC recruit Liana Jojua (VIDEO) | Mo4ch News
Sometimes the battles MMA fighters face extend beyond the cage – just ask the latest addition to the UFC’s women’s ranks, Liana Jojua.The Georgian bantamweight, 23, penned a four-fight deal with the world’s leading MMA promotion earlier this month.Jojua heads to the UFC with a record of seven wins from nine fights, as well as the accolade of being the first-ever female professional MMA title holder in Russia, having claimed the inaugural Fight Nights Global bantamweight championship in Moscow last year.Also on rt.comEnter 'The She Wolf': Russia's first female MMA champ Liana Jojua pens UFC deal (PHOTOS)Speaking to RT’s Ruptly video agency at a gym on the outskirts of the Russian capital, Jojua said she is pursuing a dream she has nurtured since her youth, which she spent idolizing American women's MMA pioneer Gina Carano. “I’ve being doing sport since I was six, but MMA for the past four years professionally,” Jojua said.“I love fights, watching fights, I watched the …