Erin Toughill
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Erin Young Toughill is a mixed martial artist and former boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

.

She began kickboxing at the age of 18 and started training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

 soon after.

Under the watch of her LA Boxing trainer Sean McCully, Toughill debuted in mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 on September 27, 1999 and fought to a draw with Irma Verhoeff at World Vale Tudo Championship 9 in Aruba.

Less than a year later, she made her professional boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 debut on July 20, 2000.

Along with her MMA
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 career, Toughill holds a professional boxing record of 8 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw and 1 no contest.

She counts IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 Super Middleweight
Super middleweight
Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...

 contender Librado Andrade
Librado Andrade
Librado Andrade Ornelas is a Mexican boxer in the super middleweight division. His brother is fellow boxer Enrique Ornelas.-Personal:...

, a long-time sparring partner, among her close friends.

Boxing career

Though she reigned undefeated through her first nine fights, Toughill is most famous in boxing for her battle with Laila Ali
Laila Ali
Laila Amaria Ali is a retired American professional boxer. She is the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali from his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali.-Boxing career:...

, which Ali won by TKO in the third round.

Her final boxing match was against Laura Ramsey. Toughill lost the fight by TKO in the first round and retired soon after with a record of 8-2-1, 1 NC.

Mixed martial arts career

After going 1-1-1 in her first three bouts, Toughill won five straight fights before losing in the finals of the 2004 Smackgirl
Smackgirl
Smackgirl was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion focused solely on female fighters. The promotion also held grappling and amateur events along with its main line of professional MMA cards. After financial difficulties throughout 2008 the promotion was sold to Marverous Japan Co.,Ltd...

 World ReMix Tournament to Megumi Yabushita
Megumi Yabushita
is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and judoka. She has participated in several Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions. She is a Japanese national judo champion and a former Smackgirl open weight champion and tournament...

.

She competed once more and scored a TKO victory over Jen Case in 2006.

In 2007, Toughill retired from both boxing and MMA.

She later appeared as "Steel" on the second season of the American Gladiators
American Gladiators (2008 TV series)
American Gladiators is an American competition TV show that aired on NBC and Citytv in Canada. Hosted by Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali, the show matches amateur athletes against each other and the show's own "gladiators" in contests of strength, agility, and endurance...

 remake.

Toughill came out of retirement from MMA and fought Jan Finney
Jan Finney
Jan Finney is an American female mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the 135-pound bantamweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:...

 on November 20, 2008 at Palace Fighting Championships 11.

Despite cutting over 20 pounds (9.1 kg) to make the contracted weight limit, Toughill was victorious and later went on to defeat Karen Williams and Emily Thompson in subsequent events for PFC after a fight with Adrienna Jenkins
Adrienna Jenkins
Adrienna Jenkins is an American female mixed martial artist. She trained as part of the Miletich Fighting Systems team along with former UFC champions Pat Miletich and Jens Pulver.-MMA career:...

 was cancelled due to injury.

Strikeforce

Toughill was set to make her Strikeforce
Strikeforce
Strikeforce is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, California. It is headed by CEO Scott Coker and owned by Zuffa, LLC...

 debut on November 7, 2009 at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers
Strikeforce / M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rogers was a mixed martial arts event held on November 7, 2009. It was the first MMA event on network television since the now-defunct EliteXC promotion broadcast its final event, EliteXC: Heat, on CBS on October 4, 2008. The event had a four-fight main card...

 in a rematch with Marloes Coenen
Marloes Coenen
Marloes Coenen is a Dutch mixed martial artist. She has competed professionally since 2000 and is a former Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion....

, whom Toughill defeated in 2004. However, she later withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed medical condition.

On March 18, 2010, Toughill announced that she was planning to leave Strikeforce
Strikeforce
Strikeforce is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, California. It is headed by CEO Scott Coker and owned by Zuffa, LLC...

. She had been scheduled to compete on the undercard of Strikeforce: Nashville
Strikeforce: Nashville
Strikeforce: Nashville was a mixed martial arts event held on April 17, 2010 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and broadcast domestically on CBS.-Background:...

 on April 17. However, in a second posting on April 9, 2010, Toughill attributed the disagreements with Strikeforce to misunderstandings and stated that she would be staying with the promotion.

Toughill was scheduled to face Shana Olsen at Strikeforce: Houston on August 21, 2010, but the fight was cancelled due to concerns over Toughill's ability to make weight. According to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker, Toughill's next fight will not take place in Strikeforce, but she remains a part of the promotion's roster.

Toughill was offered to face Cristiane Santos
Cristiane Santos
Cristiane Justino Venancio Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and the Strikeforce Women's Featherweight Champion . Santos won the title on August 15, 2009 by defeating Gina Carano via TKO...

 for a bout in 2010, but the fight never came into fruition.

Outside of Strikeforce

Toughill was scheduled to compete outside of Strikeforce against China's Bao Yu Dan at Martial Combat 9 on September 15, 2010 in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. However, on September 13, Toughill withdrew from the fight after citing a broken clavicle
Clavicle
In human anatomy, the clavicle or collar bone is a long bone of short length that serves as a strut between the scapula and the sternum. It is the only long bone in body that lies horizontally...

.

Toughill returned to active competition after nearly two years at Freestyle Cage Fighting 46 on April 9, 2011. The fight was against Ashley Sanchez at a 160 lb (72.6 kg) catchweight (per Toughill's request). Toughill lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Toughill agreed to face Anna Barone at BlackEye Promotions 5 on October 1, 2011 in Fletcher, North Carolina
Fletcher, North Carolina
Fletcher is a town in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,185 at the 2000 census.Fletcher is home to Asheville Regional Airport, which serves Western North Carolina...

, but withdrew from the fight after suffering a rib injury in training.

Personal life

Erin married Neil Melanson
Neil Melanson
Neil Melanson is the Head Grappling coach at Xtreme Couture Las Vegas. His official title on Randy Couture's official website is head Jiu Jitsu Coach. Melanson specializes in Jiu jitsu , catch wrestling, guard, leg locks and triangle chokes. He has trained under Gene LeBell, Gokor Chivichyan, and...

, a grappling coach and lead Jiu-Jitsu instructor at Xtreme Couture, in a private ceremony on November 20, 2009. Melanson also serves as the primary grappling coach for UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture
Randy Couture
Randy Duane Couture is a retired American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, actor, a three-time former heavyweight champion, two-time former light-heavyweight champion, former interim light heavyweight champion and UFC 13 tournament winner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

, and has cornered Couture during several recent MMA fights. The couple is currently going through a divorce.

Toughill's younger sister, Megan, was killed in a car accident on September 19, 2004, which was about three weeks before her title fight with Yvonne Reis.

Mixed martial arts record

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| Loss
| align=center | 10-3-1
|   Ashley Sanchez
| Decision (Unanimous)
| Freestyle Cage Fighting 46
|
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 5:00
| Shawnee, Oklahoma
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Shawnee is a city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 29,857 at the 2010 census. The city is part of the Oklahoma City-Shawnee Combined Statistical Area; it is also the county seat of Pottawatomie County and the principal city of the Shawnee Micropolitan Statistical...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


|
|-
| Win
| align=center | 10-2-1
|   Emily Thompson
| Decision (Unanimous)
| PFC 13: Validation
PFC 13: Validation
PFC 13: Validation was a mixed martial arts event held by Palace Fighting Championship on Friday May 8, 2009 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California. The event included three championship bouts, flyweight, lightweight and welterweight. two of which were vacant titles. Only the...


|
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 3:00
| Lemoore, California
Lemoore, California
Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, United States
United States
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|
|-
| Win
| align=center | 9-2-1
|   Karen Williams
| TKO (Punches)
| PFC: Best of Both Worlds
PFC: Best of Both Worlds
PFC: Best of Both Worlds was a mixed martial arts event held by the Palace Fighting Championship on February 6, 2009 in Lemoore, CA.-Fight Card:...


|
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 2:06
| Lemoore, California
Lemoore, California
Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


|
|-
| Win
| align=center | 8-2-1
|   Jan Finney
Jan Finney
Jan Finney is an American female mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the 135-pound bantamweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:...


| Decision (Unanimous)
| PFC 11 - All In
|
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 3:00
| Lemoore, California
Lemoore, California
Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


|
|-
| Win
| align=center | 7-2-1
|   Jen Case
| TKO (Punches)
| VF - Showdown at Cache Creek II
|
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 2:22
| Brooks, California
Brooks, California
Brooks is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California located in the Capay Valley in the northwest of the county. Brooks' ZIP Code is 95606 and its area code 530. Brooks is home to a large casino Cache Creek Casino Resort. It lies at an elevation of 341 feet .A post office was opened...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


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|-
| Loss
| align=center | 6-2-1
|   Megumi Yabushita
Megumi Yabushita
is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and judoka. She has participated in several Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions. She is a Japanese national judo champion and a former Smackgirl open weight champion and tournament...


| DQ (Elbows)
| Smackgirl
Smackgirl
Smackgirl was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion focused solely on female fighters. The promotion also held grappling and amateur events along with its main line of professional MMA cards. After financial difficulties throughout 2008 the promotion was sold to Marverous Japan Co.,Ltd...

 - World ReMix 2004
|
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 2:39
| Shizuoka, Japan
|
|-
| Win
| align=center | 6-1-1
|   Marloes Coenen
Marloes Coenen
Marloes Coenen is a Dutch mixed martial artist. She has competed professionally since 2000 and is a former Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion....


| KO (Punch)
| Smackgirl - World ReMix 2004
|
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 5:00
| Shizuoka, Japan
|
|-
| Win
| align=center | 5-1-1
|   Miwako Ishihara
| TKO (Corner Stoppage)
| Smackgirl - World ReMix 2004
|
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 0:27
| Shizuoka, Japan
|
|-
| Win
| align=center | 4-1-1
|   Miwako Ishihara
| Decision (Unanimous)
| Smackgirl - Dynamic
|
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 5:00
| Shizuoka, Japan
|
|-
| Win
| align=center | 3-1-1
|   Kaoru Ito
| Decision (Unanimous)
| W - Fusion
|
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
| Win
| align=center | 2-1-1
|   Megumi Yabushita
Megumi Yabushita
is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and judoka. She has participated in several Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions. She is a Japanese national judo champion and a former Smackgirl open weight champion and tournament...


| Technical Submission (Armbar)
| ReMix - Golden Gate 2001
|
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 3:08
| Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


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|-
| Loss
| align=center | 1-1-1
|   Svetlana Goundarenko
| Submission (Scarf Hold)
| ReMix - World Cup 2000
|
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 2:47
| Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


|
|-
| Win
| align=center | 1-0-1
|   Irina Rodina
Irina Rodina
Irina Rodina is a Russian judoka. Rodina also competed in mixed martial arts. She competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the heavyweight division, finishing in equal seventh place.-Achievements:...


| Decision (Split)
| ReMix - World Cup 2000
|
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 5:00
| Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


|-
| Draw
| align=center | 0-0-1
|   Irma Verhoeff
| Draw
| World Vale Tudo Championship 9
|
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 15:00
| Aruba
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...


|

Boxing record

Win
Draw
Loss
Date Opponent Result Location
August 31, 2006 Laura Ramsey  TKO (Round 1) Harveys Lake Tahoe
Harveys Lake Tahoe
Harveys Lake Tahoe is a resort located in Stateline, Nevada. The hotel has 740 rooms and suites, as well as six restaurants, and a casino with of space. The hotel also has a wedding chapel, pool, convention center, and a full-service health club...

, Stateline, Nevada
Stateline, Nevada
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,215 people, 510 households, and 245 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,803.3 people per square mile . There were 562 housing units at an average density of 834.1 per square mile...

, United States
United States
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January 27, 2006 Laura Ramsey  Unanimous Decision The Palladium, Hollywood, California, United States
United States
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June 11, 2005 Laila Ali
Laila Ali
Laila Amaria Ali is a retired American professional boxer. She is the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali from his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali.-Boxing career:...

 
TKO (Round 3) MCI Center, Washington, DC, United States
United States
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October 22, 2004 Yvonne Reis  Unanimous Decision Municipal Auditorium, Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
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, United States
United States
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July 31, 2004 Cassandra Giger  Unanimous Decision Sam's Town Casino, Tunica, Mississippi
Tunica, Mississippi
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, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

November 14, 2003 Kuulei Kupihea  Unanimous Decision Quiet Cannon, Montebello, California
Montebello, California
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, United States
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July 24, 2003 Nicole Conant  Unanimous Decision Performing Arts Center
Performing arts center
Performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is used to refer to* A multi-use performance space that is intended for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre....

, Oxnard, California
Oxnard, California
Oxnard is the 113th largest city in the United States, 19th largest city in California and largest city in Ventura County, California, by way of population. It is located at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is an important agricultural center, with its distinction as the...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

June 4, 2002 Jackie Frazier-Lyde
Jackie Frazier-Lyde
Jacqueline "Jacqui" Frazier-Lyde is an American lawyer and former professional boxer, who is the daughter of former world Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier. In the year 2000, she shocked the boxing world by announcing that at the age of 38, she would begin participating in the sport of...

 
No Contest The Temple Corps, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

December 6, 2001 Dakota Stone  Draw Palace Indian Gaming Center, Lemoore, California
Lemoore, California
Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, United States
United States
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October 7, 2000 Veronica Sanchez  Majority Decision Centennial Garden Arena, Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield, California
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, United States
United States
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August 26, 2000 Correena Grizoffi  Unanimous Decision Selland Arena
Selland Arena
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, Fresno, California
Fresno, California
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, United States
United States
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July 20, 2000 Elizabeth Rumpf  Unanimous Decision Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California
Irvine, California
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, United States
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Accomplishments

  • Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
    Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
    Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

     under James Boran
  • 2001 ReMix Golden Gate Japan Champion
  • W-Fusion 2001 Japan Champion

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