Nationality American Wins by knockout 1 | Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) Name Kerry Vera Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |
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Fighting out of San Diego, California | ||
Kerry vera vs kim couture from the memorial hall in kansas city kansas
Kerry Cathleen Kasik (born 1975) is a former American female professional mixed martial artist. She competed in two professional fights, once for Strikeforce and once for Bellator Fighting Championships.
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- Kerry vera vs kim couture from the memorial hall in kansas city kansas
- Bellator mma kerry vera vs leslie smith round 1
- Early life
- MMA career
- Personal life
- References
Kasik rose to fame as the winner of the Muay Thai-themed Fight Girls reality show on the Oxygen television network in 2007. She also appeared alongside many female mixed martial artists on the Ultimate Women Challenge reality show in 2009 .
Bellator mma kerry vera vs leslie smith round 1
Early life
Kerry is the second daughter born to real estate agents. She was enrolled in dance at an early age but through her love of Bruce Lee, she discovered Tae Kwon Do and was enrolled in classes at age six. Her older sister, Kelly Kasik is a professional ballroom dancer. Kerry also started entering amateur boxing contests when she was eighteen.
MMA career
Kasik made her mixed martial arts debut on May 15, 2009 at Bellator Fighting Championships 7 and defeated Leslie Smith by unanimous decision.
She later signed with Strikeforce and faced Kim Couture at Strikeforce Challengers: Woodley vs. Bears on November 20, 2009. Vera won the fight by TKO in the first round.
Vera was scheduled to face Julianna Pena at Strikeforce Challengers: Lindland vs. Casey on May 21, 2010 but pulled out of the fight due to an injury. She has not fought since.
Personal life
Kerry married MMA fighter Brandon Vera on February 5, 2006. In September 2014, Kerry filed for divorce from Brandon.