Former NFL cheerleader loses first MMA bout in bloody fight

Rachel Wray — the former NFL cheerleader who is making a transition to MMA — lost her first fight against fellow amateur fighter Nadia Nixon in a wild, bloody fight Friday night in Kansas City.

The beautiful blond — who traded her pompoms for MMA gloves  — lost a close split decision  at the Ultimate Blue Corner Battles for her first loss in three fights.

Nixon actually ended up looking worse, with blood covering almost her entire face by the end of the fight. Wray, who was a cheerleader for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012, seemed to hurt Nixon late in the second round with heavy punches, but was unable to finish her off.

Nixon is just 1-5 as an amateur, according to Sherdog’s Fight Finder, so it’ll be back to the heavy bag for Wray. It doesn’t seem like she minds. On her Twitter account, she tweeted a photo of her and Nixon punching each other with the caption “Yes that is blood...Greatest night of my life.”

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Former NFL cheerleader wins second straight MMA fight

Rachel Wray, the former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader turned female MMA fighter won her second fight in the cage and is still undefeated.

Wray, a beauty by way of Arkansas, beat Katelyn Radtka by a TKO in the second Friday night at the Ultimate Blue Corner Battles in Kansas City, Mo.  She is 2-0 as an amateur just months after she started training as an MMA fighter.

Wray won her first fight with a second round TKO over another opponent back in September after giving up cheerleading for leading with a left.



The pretty blond (wearing blue shorts) looked a lot sharper in her second fight after being trained by UFC fighter Jason High and WEC veteran LC Davis.  She sure has got skills.

Wray's looks and back story are what has her gaining quite a following but it is her right hand that is keeping her in the cage.

She doesn't have another fight scheduled yet but you can keep up with her at her Twitter account @CheerleaderMMA.

Who knew beauty and the beast could be one and the same?

Former KC Chiefs cheerleader chooses MMA fighting over pom poms

A former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader has hung up her pom poms and put on the gloves to the surprise of everyone she knows.

Rachel Wray, whose fierce left hooks seem to belie her model-like looks, spent last year as a cheerleader for the NFL team before taking up the brutal sport of MMA fighting.

The pretty blond, who originally comes from Arkansas, won her first fight back in September with a second-round TKO and is looking forward to her next bout in the cage at Harrah's in Kansas City in January.

Wray fell into the fight game by accident after using the sport as an alternative workout and was asked to step into the cage and spar one day.



"I was absolutely horrible," she told KCMMA.com.  "This drove me to want it even more. I knew I had to make a choice between fighting and cheerleading.  I chose fighting."

The sultry Wray describes herself as a "super girly girl" but doesn't look it in the ring.  In the video, she's the one in the black and white shorts.

Her goal is to compete in four or five more amateur fights before becoming a pro.

If this firebrand is only an amateur, can you imagine what it's like to get popped by Ronda Rousey?