After many busy years in the sport, former Invicta Fighting Championships and Strikeforce champion Sarah Kaufman has decided to call it a career.
On social media on Thursday, Kaufman announced her retirement from MMA, concluding her time in the sport that began professionally in 2006. The WMMA pioneer, who has competed for most of the major MMA promotions that held her division, will move on after putting together a record of 22 victories opposite two defeats and a no contest. Of note, she claimed the inaugural Strikeforce women’s bantamweight belt, the first major women’s title in North America, when she defeated Takayo Hashi in 2010.