Bec Hyatt
Rebecca " Bec " Hyatt ( born February 11, 1989 in Launceston as Rebecca Rawlings ) is an Australian MMA fighter.
Life
Bec Hyatt grew up on the Australian island of Tasmania. In her early years she played basketball, gymnastics and athletics. After a rapid increase in weight in 2010 she discovered kickboxing for themselves, to get these problems under control. Due to the limited opportunities to practice their sport in Tasmania, in 2011 she moved to Brisbane to. Dan Hyatt, The Centre can coach and later husband, her enthusiasm for MMA. Bec Hyatt has two sons, Zake and Enson.
Sports career
Australia
Known for their aggressive fighting style and her extravagant appearance Hyatt began her career in 2010 in Tasmania, first with kickboxing. After moving to Brisbane, she made her MMA debut on October 15, 2011 at the event " Brace for War 12" in Hobart, Tasmania. This fight was scheduled bantamweight. So had to Hyatt against their much more experienced opponent, Rhiannon Thompson, left their native weight class straw weight for this fight. Through a spectacular head kick by Thompson Hyatt lost by KO in the first round. After she had changed back to the straw weight, they won their next four fights against Australian opponents Sarah Morrison, Daniela Marjanovic, Rachel Sheridan and Christina Tatnell. Result, the U.S. MMA organization " Invicta Fighting Championships " was the end of 2012 attention to them.
Invicta Fighting Championships
In November 2012 Bec Hyatt signed a contract for three fights in InvictaFC. My first assignment was already on 5 January 2013 in the event InvictaFC 4: Esparza vs. Gadelha instead. First, she was there to fight the Scottish Joanne Calderwood. Due to an injury by Claudia Gadelha shortly before the event, she was offered to contest the main battle for the " Invicta FC Straw Weight Championship" against Carla Esparza. Despite the short preparation time took Hyatt on without hesitation. From the experts declared as a clear outsider, Bec Hyatt held the full combat time of 5 rounds with good and could even the winner Carla Esparza greatly put towards the end still under pressure. The result was a unanimous points decision by the referee for Esparza. When it became known that the first Australian woman was booked in U.S. for a big MMA event, the Australian media began heavily to care for them. In numerous TV shows, newspapers and magazines she has been interviewed and written articles. This sat down then continued in United States. The German website " Boxhaus blog" also published an interview with Hyatt. Thus they got a lot of new fans and was chosen from these to "2012 Favourite Female Fighter". Bec Hyatt fought at the event Invicta FC 5 on 5 April 2013 Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City (Missouri ), USA against the Austrian Jasminka Cive. This battle she could win by a submission hold ( Armbar ). In InvictaFC 6 on 13 July 2013, it was beaten the 18 - year old Japanese Mizuki Inoue.