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MMA fighter in Brazil wins strawweight title ... while 12 weeks pregnant

File this under: "You Don't See This Everyday" and close it with a #ThankYourLuckyStars hashtag.

Female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters have a much different set of potential problems -- many more then their male counterparts -- and pregnancy is chief among them.

Brazilian Strawweight contender, Kinberly Novaes, fought and defeated Renata Baldan on May 17, 2015, to win the Noxii 115-pound title. Unbeknownst to her, however, she was three months pregnant at the time.

In fact, she didn't discover the baby growing in her belly until she was encountered trouble cutting weight for her bout agaisnt Jocelyn Jones Lybarger, which was set to go down on Aug.