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Name: Roxanne V. Modafferi
Age: 24
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 135-140
Current Dojo/Gym: Wajitsu Keishukai Honbu (Tokyo, Japan)
Previous Schools: New England Submission Fighting(Amherst, MA)/ Sityodtong (Somerville, MA), Joao Amaral's New England Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, now Boston Top Team Affiliate (Everett, MA)
Trainers: Moriyama Ryusuke, Kirik Jenness
Style: MMA, BJJ
Alternate styles: submission grappling, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Judo, Muay Thai
Record in MMA: 8-4
Titles/Awards: Fatal Femmes Fighting Light Weight Champin 2/2007, IFC Women's MiddleWeight Champion, Smack Girl World Remix Tournament 2004 Third place, Abu Dhabi Competitor 2005, NAGA fighter of the year 2002
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Updates:
3/26/07
On February 17th, I defeated Cassandra Blaso via split decision to become the Fatal Femmes Fighting Light Weight Champion. In March, my BODOG fight (fought on October 4th versus Shayna Bazsler) was aired on national TV. ) I lost via chicken wing. I am not 8 wins 4 losses.
10/31/06
Happy Halloween! :F Mwahaha. Still training hard, working hard. I added some pictures to my gallery, of my MFC fight with Tara, my rematch with Megumi, and some Keishukai pics. No competitions to report yet, but there seems to be a big future for women fighting with BODOG FIGHT, so check out their webpage at bodogfight.com. Watch Tara LaRosa vs Amanda Buckner! Best fight of the night!
8/13/06
July 23rd I competed in the Smack Girl Grappling Queen Tournament and took third place. Wins: Felecia Oh (by one advantage point) and Yoshiko Yamanaka (I might have translated that wrong...). Lost against Keiko Hattori (ALIVE).
5/10/06
On March 4th, I lost to Tara LaRosa by decision.
On May 6th, in Shinjuku (Japan), I had a rematch against Megumi Yabushita in a promotion called G-Shooto, and won by decision. My record is now 7 wins 3 losses.
1/30/06
I am training to compete in the Mixed Fighting Championship (http://www.mfcsport.com/) March 4th, at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Opponent: Tara LaRosa.
9/1/05
OFFICIALLY JOINED WAJITSU KEISHUKAI Dojo. (http://www.wk-net.co.jp/hon/index.html)
Began teaching English full time at Berlitz Inc, in Hon Atsugi, Kanagawa ken.
7/16/05
MOVED TO JAPAN!!!!
5/28/05
I competed in the Abu Dhabi 5/28/05 and lost my first match to Lekka Veira by straight arm lock.
5/22/05
I graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a major in Japanese Language and Literature, and a minor in Linguistics.
3/19/05
I fought Laura D'Auguste in Asbury Park in Ring of Combat 3/19/05 and lost via decision.
3/5/05
I fought Jennifer Howe at Salt Lake City in the IFC 3/5/05 and won by triangle choke.
About me (updated 11/21/05):
I'm an alumni of University of Massachusetts, majored in Japanese and minoring in Linguistics. I graduated this year in May, with an English teaching job secured with Berlitz, in Japan. I moved to Japan in July, and trained on and off at various places until my job got settled. I can now continue with my fighting career.
Training History:
I began training Tae Kwon Do in Pennsylvania as a teenager to be like my childhood heros, and continued for the love of the sport. I did TKD for about two years, then tried my fists at Mark Lawler's Kempo Karate, also in PA. This is where where I began kickboxing sparring.
After I believed I was the absolute coolest thing to fall from the sky, I went to the Dalton Judo Club in Pittsfield, Massassetts and learned what it was like to fly. After three years I acheived a brown belt, but had to leave for college. Just before I left, a Judo brown belt friend named John Wooster brought me to a Royce Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu association in Adams, MA. There, I trained obsessively for three months before moving to The University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
I found the Amherst Athletic club (where New England Submission Fighting is based), owned by Kirik Jenness. For about a year I trained at a Royce Gracie association in Hartford Connecticut, making a weekly two hour round trip with my good friends Eric Kleinberg, Andrew Yao, and James Dunn. We also checked out Jeremy Libiszewski's School of Self-Defense in Wilbraham, MA. That pro-kickboxing and MMA fighter has a great kickboxing class and is an incredible submission grappling instructor.
In Boston during summer break, I found Joao Amaral's New England BJJ club, now associated with Brazilian Top Team. Those guys are tough as concrete is hard, and beat my weaknesses out of me when they found them. I also found Sityodtong Muay Thai academy run by Mark DellaGrotte, and learned great stand up technique there, Thai style.
From September 2003 to June 2004, I did my junior year abroad in Tokyo, Japan. I had the time of my life, and applied my normal routine of "school during the day, and train at night" successfully there. I also did tons of sightseeing, competed in NHB and BJJ competitions, met people from around the world, broke my arm, ate REAL ramen, and spoke lots of Japanese. I'm hoping to write a book someday about my experiences there, but for now, see the "Japan" section on this website.
My plans for the now are to compete against the other talented women fighters across the world in MMA and grappling. For me, it's the ultimate test of what I've learned and am capable of. I'm also training to master Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and hope to some day achieve a black belt. I love the sport of fighting, and all the raw energy that surrounds it. Women's MMA is picking up, and I'm expecting very good things in the near future. Woman in the Abu Dhabi was a great first step nation wide. I am now in Japan where fighting is more mainstream, so I hope to have better opportunities to fight more tough international fighters.
I can be reached via email at: Roxanne@ifight.tv.
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