podcast · May 12, 2026 · TAKING AIM
The Karate Hottie Reveals What Nobody Sees Before She Walks Into the Octagon
In this episode of the Taking Aim podcast, host Rich Nance sits down with Michelle Waterson-Gomez, known as the Karate Hottie, for a wide ranging conversation that covers her remarkable journey from a karate-obsessed kid inspired by Mortal Kombat and Jean-Claude Van Damme movies to becoming one of the pioneering women of professional MMA. Michelle shares how martial arts gave her a voice and a sense of identity at a critical point in her life, how training at the legendary Jackson Wink gym alongside fighters like Donald Cerrone, Rashad Evans and Georges St-Pierre shaped her career, and how bei
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