Sarah Schneider at the "Bellator 21" weigh-ins. Photo courtesy of Tom Hill / www.TomHillPhotos.com
ProMMAnow.com‘s Tami Carswell is on the scene in Hollywood, Fla., where she caught up with Sarah Schneider, who is taking on the women’s MMA pound-for-pound queen Megumi Fuji tonight at “Bellator 21“.
Schneider discusses her training routine as well as the training partners who helped her get ready for this fight. Sarah also talks about a Bible study she goes to and says the other members pray for her and support her fighting career.
She will certainly need as much help as she can get as she faces the 19-0 undefeated Megumi Fuji tonight.
Tami Love Carswell is a member of Team Jackson's women's MMA and an instructor and "Team Bang" fighter manager at Tallahassee Combat Sports. Originally from California, Tami started training Boxing at King's boxing gym in Oakland alongside tough professional boxers like Andre Ward. After falling in love with boxing she became a Certified USA Amateur Boxing Coach and Certified Boxing Fitness Trainer so she could share "The Sweet Science" with her students. Tami has had the opportunity to train with 8-time world champion and now boxing trainer Ann Wolfe in Austin Texas. While managing a mixed martial arts gym and boxing program in Tallahassee, Tami was inspired to train as an MMA fighter. As a part of Team Jackson's women's MMA, she is doing what it takes to make a name for herself and all women in the sport. The goal is to use her "dogged determination" to make a big impact in women's MMA now and down the road She is a sponsored fighter and spokeswoman for Boom Superfoods. In the partnership with Boom Superfoods she hopes to influence others to feed their inner warrior in mind, body, and spirit. When Tami is not training. she is managing other fight careers, interviewing other professional mixed martial artists, and sharing her enthusiasm for pugilism by covering fights. Tami can be reached at [email protected]
What gym and boxing program do you manage in Tallahassee?
Tami
I used to manage and run the boxing program at World Vibe Mixed Martial Arts. I now work with my fighters at Tallahassee Combat Sports and manage fighters across the country.
