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Dallas Morning News · Aug 1, 2019

Ex-Baylor gymnast could be the next superstar MMA fighter

Hailey Cowan, a two-time All-American in acrobatics and tumbling at Baylor, has transformed into a professional mixed martial arts fighter. Legacy Fighting Alliance president Ed Soares says Cowan, a Waco Midway graduate, has all the ingredients to become "a superstar" in the UFC. Said Soares: "She's an attractive girl with an incredible personality. Very nice and sincere. You put all of those things together and it's a star in the making." Cowan, who fights Friday night in LFA 73 at Dallas' The Bomb Factory, spoke to The Dallas Morning News about her wild training style and how she wants to be the female Georges St. Pierre.

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