Besikwazi oku kakade, kodwa UGina Carano ayinguye yedwa umfazi one-MMA cred ibali lethu sililandela. Sivumele ukuba sikwazise UAmanda Lucas - umlweli we-MMA oqeqeshiweyo othe wayilwela izolo Nzulu 57 'S isihloko se-openweight, kunye nentombi ka UGeorge Lucas , owenza iimuvi zesithuba okanye into. Nangona ngelixa usapho lwakhe ludumile, ngumlo wakhe lowo yamkelwa mva nje. Ngena ngaphakathi! Siza kuthetha malunga nokuba ungakanani u-Amanda Lucas okhaba iesile!
U-Lucas akoyiki kwaphela ukuthetha ngoyise odumileyo. Kodwa xa eziphakamisa njengomlwi wobungcali, ukhetha ukukhetha indlela yakhe. Njengoko kuvela, abantu abenza eyona nto ikhuthazayo bahlala bekhona Idabi leenkwenkwezi Iintsholongwane. Ukuqhubela phambili kumlo owawuza kumnika isihloko esivulekileyo sabasetyhini, uninzi lweendaba lubandakanya umfanekiso kaDarth Vader ecaleni kukaLucas. Emuva ngo-Okthobha, umgqugquzeli waseJapan onzulu naye wasebenzisa umculo ukusuka Idabi leenkwenkwezi njengomculo wakhe wokungena-ngokuchasene neminqweno yakhe. Kuyamangalisa njengoko kufanelekile ukungena kumsesane kuMkhosi woBukhosi, ngokuqinisekileyo oku kuyaqondakala. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, uLucas uzama nje ukuthathwa nzulu nangakumbi njengomlwi, ngaphandle kokuba ngumntwana womntu odumileyo.
Abalandeli baseJapan banenzondelelo ngeeMfazwe zeNkanyezi. Ndiyayifumana kwaye ndiyayixabisa, utshilo uAmanda oneminyaka engama-30. Ndinebhongo kakhulu kusapho lwam kunye nokuphunyezwa kukabawo. Imalunga nokufumana ulungelelwano olufanelekileyo.
Ngaphambi kokuba aqale umsebenzi wakhe we-MMA, uLucas wayengutitshala womdaniso we-hip-hop malunga neminyaka eli-10. Utshatile kwaye kubonakala ukuba ulungele into eyahlukileyo ngandlela zonke, waqala ngoqeqesho lokuba ngumlobi weMMA. Ngoba, kutheni? Ekuqaleni, wafunda i-muay Thai nomyeni wakhe, uJason, ukuze nje abe semgangathweni. Kwaye, sithetha ngamava ngelixa siboleka isicatshulwa seSports Illustrated, kukho umtsalane othile wokubetha iiphedi kunye neebhegi zokukhaba. I-Muay Thai ikhokelele kwi-jiu-jitsu yaseBrazil, emva koko yabambana. Kwaye uLucas wayifumene indawo yakhe kwaye waqala ukukhuphisana. Yena nomyeni wakhe benza isivumelwano: akukho ukuthetha ngoTata, ngaphandle kokuba bekukho iyimfuneko ngokupheleleyo .
Ukuqala kwakhe kukhuphiswano lobungcali kwakunzima, ukutsho nje okuncinci. Kwaye xa amajelo osasazo abamba into yokuba uLucas, enyanisweni, wayeyintombi kaGeorge Lucas, yamenza ukuba aqwalaselwe nangakumbi. Kodwa ngaphandle kokuthatha isabelo esifanelekileyo sokubethwa eringini, wayengakulungelanga ukuhamba-kuba wayengumlwi.
Ndingumntwana okhulupheleyo okhulayo, watsho uAmanda. Ndandidanisa ukususela xa ndandinokuma, ndixhonywe entweni, ndibetha umculo. Kodwa ndimthiyile u-P. Andizange ndenze imidlalo. Babendenza buhlungu kum, yayisesinye isizathu sokuba nditsaleleke emfazweni. Ukuba ndandiqhubeka ndisilwa, ndandisoloko ndisazi ukuba ndandikwimo entle.
UAmanda Lucas ungene umlo wayizolo ngokuchasene noYumiko Hotta ngerekhodi le-3-1-0; I-Hotta yayinama-5-3-0, ilahleko yakhe yokugqibela yenzeka ngo-2000. Kwaye ucinga ntoni? ULucas uphumelele isihloko se-openweight sabasetyhini , ebetha uHotta, kwaye eqhubeka nokwenza indlela yakhe yokuhamba phakathi kwabona balweli banamhlanje. (Ungawubukela umlo uphela kwikhonkco, ngendlela.)
Ukuba nabaphi na kuni bafundi banomdla wokulandela i-MMA yabasetyhini, ndifumene ibhlog yethu esinokuthi sonke sijonge ukubizwa I-MMA yabasetyhini Namhlanje .
