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Female MMA Fighter Kimberly Tanaka Novaes had the shock of a lifetime when she discovered she was 12 weeks pregnant after winning a unanimous decision victory in a professional MMA fight against opponent Renata Baldan at Brazilian MMA promotion Noxii Combat back in May of 2015 “We did a morphology ultrasound last week and the doctor said I’m 24 weeks pregnant, almost six months, and my baby is healthy and strong,” Novaes told MMA Fighting.
“I’m a little stubborn, I don’t like to go to the doctor,” Novaes explained. “I’ve been feeling sick for a while, colic, headaches and cramps. I was feeling tired recently, couldn’t even run, and it was really tough for me to cut weight. I was cutting weight for my RFA debut, but couldn’t lose weight. I did a stricter diet four weeks before the fight, and I actually gained 2.2 pounds in six days. I was desperate. I realized my belly was hard, so I thought I had some intestine issue. I took laxative and other things, but a guy that does massages for me told me to go to the doctor.”
You can definitely see a little bulge in her belly during the weigh-in’s and during the fight.
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