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TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR APRIL 17 LIVE EVENTWelcome to TUFF, involving competitive women doing our version of submission grappling and other fighting. TUFF is the only all female REAL submission grappling promotion of its kind. We provide all the training (FREE), and there is NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. We have strict rules so the women can still be very competitive, but unlike UFC or WWE the women are not exposed to injury. Fill out our contact form on the Contact Us page, and we will get you involved!
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Highlghts of February 10, 2009 Article By Cynthia Vespia (trained MMA fighter from Las Vegas) for fightergirls.com
Tidewater Female Fighting in Virginia Beach is breaking ground with their amateur all female submission grappling. They've taken ground and pound to a different level, thinking outside the box to reduce injury still remain ultra competitive. TUFF houses a training facility where the girls get to learn the skills of submission grappling.
Every ten weeks or so TUFF holds live events where the fan following has doubled in size going into numbers of 200 or more, since early 2008. What's the draw? These girls mean business. This is no glorified T&A show. It's real submission grappling, with a twist. No striking, no chokeholds, no armbars. The rules come in to protect the girls from serious injury but still allow them to remain competitive. How do you win? Once you've rolled with these young ladies you quickly realize that body scissors and headlocks are just as effective as a choke. It makes you think outside the normal realm of traditional MMA to come up with different ideas on how to get someone to tap.The girls are very committed to their chosen sport. The girls are also finding that they themselves are building fan followings. TUFF is always looking for new recruits. So if you think you're TUFF enough check out www.tuffbeach.com. |
The TUFF women fight hard, but are not at risk of the types of injuries prevalent in UFC and other MMA combat sports. Our rules do not allow the women to strike to the head, use arm or wrist locks, or arm or hand chokes on the larynx. This reduces greatly the chance for serious injury. When fighting in live events, we stick to grappling, with no striking allowed anywhere (YET). This is NOT fake, posed or WWE-type action...it is all real. In the gym, our matches vary in rules and roughness based on the experience and rules agreed upon. We usually grapple to a tap-out, but you may see occasional matches with pins involved. We match the women by experience, size, and talent. In the gym we do allow striking, and teach full contact.
Make sure to come see our live events in the Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Hampton Roads areas about every 10 weeks. Our live matches are real female amateur submission grappling, sanctioned by the International Sports Combat Federation, which sanctions full contact Mixed Martial Arts events.The people who have seen our matches cannot believe that women so good looking can compete so hard.
If you are an interested female and would like to try TUFF, email us at
Now sit back, explore our site and tell us what you think! Order video downloads, DVD's, (merchandise soon to come). Email us to suggest match-ups. Buy a seat for our next live female grappling show. Support the women! Someday, when you see us on SpikeTV or on Pay Per View you can say you knew us "When..."
TUFF Artlcle Hampton Roads Pilot (Local Newspaper) Dec 1 2007
TUFF Article Hampton Roads Portfolio (Local Free Paper) Aug 12 2008
TUFF Article GameDayMagazine.com (Regional Virginia/DC/MD Online Sports Magazine) Oct 12 2008
TUFF Article FighterGirls.com (Leading Women's MMA site in the world) Feb 10 2009
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