Danielle Taylor defeats Lena Hellqvist

On Saturday January, 5 2013 at King of the Cage: "Future Legends 12" at Edgewater Casino in Laughlin, Nevada.

Danielle Taylor (3-0-0) defeated Lena Hellqvist (1-3-0) by TKO (due to punches) in the third round of their 115-pound amateur MMA match.

Danielle is a 5'0 twenty-three year old fighter from Palmdale, California where she trains at SoCal Fight Factory.

Danielle is coming off of a win in September of 2012 against Angela Hancock who she defeated by third round TKO. Her other win came in June of 2012 when she defeated Tamara Iglesias by first round armbar.

I asked Danielle what got her into MMA, this was her answer, "Its crazy I never planned on doing MMA in my life when I first joined SoCal Fight Factory I just wanted to learn self defense because I work for the Los Angeles County Sheriff department. But once I started taking Wrestling with Coach Tony an Judo with Coach Angel Jacobo made me want to put what I learned to the test an start competing in Wrestling Judo an Jiu jitsu. I spent my first year at SoCal fight factory competing in those three sports. Then I started to consider competing in MMA but I wanted to get my hands better before doing that. So I started taking boxing with Coach Christopher Sparks an that was the best thing I could ever do he helped me so much I felt confident enough to start competing in MMA. After my second MMA Fight I knew I was messing something big an that was Muay Thai my Coach Kru Pan help me out alot with that. Thanks to that amazing gym an coaches even the owner Rene Leyva I couldn't have done it without them."