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La Paix

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La Paix

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Swayze – The Queen of Cuts

In 2006, Swayze saw a billboard in Anchorage that promoted an AFC MMA fight. She parked her car, bought her ticket, and went into the event. After experiencing the powerful atmosphere of the event, she had fight fever and had to be a part of it! Dreaming of becoming the first Cutwoman in the UFC, Swayze contacted the Legendary Jacob “Stitch” Duran to find out how to become a Cutman. Following his advice, she studied his videos and watched Cutmen in action at UFC fights.

While living in Idaho, Swayze volunteered at a gym five days a week and wrapped all of the fighters’ hands she could. The 120 mile round trip drive was no hurdle at all for a woman on a mission! In 2010, Swayze and her two children moved to Washington where she contacted every promoter she could find and drove hours to work a variety of Pro/Ammy MMA shows.

Swayze was invited to help out with Tuff N Uff’s Candle Lighters promotion, called Knock Out Cancer, that was being held at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas in 2011. On fight day, she was introduced to a fellow Cutman, Adrian “Tenacity” Rosenbusch, and together they worked wrapping hands. Swayze later contacted Adrian to ask him to provide her further training as a Cutwoman. That training turned into a mentorship that helped Swayze improve her Cutwoman skills, make new contacts, and work new venues, beginning with Battle at the Roseland and Sport Fight, run by UFC veteran Matt Lindland in Oregon, and the U of MMA, in Los Angeles....
 

sparkuri

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Welcome!
There's some serious dedication in you!
Good to have another Washingtonian too ;-)
 

Star-Lord

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Welcome Swayze! Hopefully one day I'll have you in my corner as my cutwoman!
 

IschKabibble

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Hi Swayze! Welcome to our corner of the internet. Hope you can join us in some fight night threads when you're not busy practicing your craft.
 

Swayze

The Queen of Cuts
Mar 25, 2015
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Hi everyone!! Thank you SO much for the kind words and warm welcome!! You all ROCK!!
 
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Hi everyone!! Thank you SO much for the kind words and warm welcome!! You all ROCK!!
I'm not gonna lie. I think you are awesome and what you do is awesome.
But nothing makes sense to me -- you walked in, saw everything going on in an MMA fight, and said I've got it! I'm gonna call STITCH and learn to do what he does.

Your gumption is badass. But what the hell did you see in a show that made being a cutwoman the goal!? I get it later on, but to have that vision so early is crazy and cool.