The bruising experience prepared her for a career in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) -- blending Thai kickboxing, Japanese judo and wrestling -- and she is now the nation's pre-eminent woman fighter.

At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, MMA was unsanctioned in the US and did not include any weight classes. However, in 1997, UFC introduced weight-specific titles, starting with UFC 12.

No other division had any changes to its top 10. Here are the ESPN pound-for-pound MMA rankings and a list of current UFC champions in all weight classes. Results are current; rankings as of Feb. 4.

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Heather Leigh began her career in news in 2009 when she did two internships at a station in Tampa, Florida, followed up by an internship in Jacksonville, Florida.

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At the reunion, cast members Angie Katsanevas, Lisa Barlow, Heather Gay, Bronwyn Newport, Mary Cosby, Meredith Marks, Whitney Rose, and Britani Bateman revised the messiest, most dramatic ...