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Cheerleader ditches pompoms for chokeholds

12/14/2012

Give me a K! Give me an O! That spells K.O.! An NFL cheerleader has traded her high kicks for knees to the face, choosing to become a mixed martial arts fighter. Rachel Wray started training in MMA as a good workout for her day job with the Kansas City Chiefs but loved it so much she ditched the pompoms for the octagon. She won her first amateur fight with a second-round TKO (see the brutal video) and her second fight was canceled, because her opponent didn’t even show up. A gorgeous athlete who can break noses as well as hearts? We have a new hero.

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