Laura D'Auguste is an American

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 female mixed martial artist. She initially started practising martial arts to protect herself and her daughter from her husband. She also works as a cardiac nurse.

Biography

D'Auguste's first experience with martial arts came in April 1996; previously, she had taken ballet and modern dance. Her mother, Anita d'Auguste, signed her up for a Woman's Safe Seminar at Tiger Schulmann's Karate Center, where she learned basic grab escapes and strikes. This came at a difficult time for the unemployed d'Auguste, who had recently left an abusive marriage, taking a 3 year old daughter along with her. Her escape to New York from Arizona had to be planned carefully; her husband had threatened to kill her if she ever left.

D'Auguste had already spent all of her money on child care and nursing school, but knew she needed further self-defence training. Sensei Peter Guzman, an instructor at the school, made an agreement with d'Auguste that she could work off her tuition fees through various chores at the gym; for example, taking calls, mopping the floors and cleaning the locker room. Soon, she was training regularly, eventually earning her 2nd degree black belt and level 2 Joshu.

D'Auguste began competing in MMA in 2000 for the TSK Fight Team, later becoming the top ranked female fighter in the world. Her last fight was a win against Megumi Yabushita

Megumi Yabushita

is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and judoka. She has participated in several Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions. She is a Japanese national judo champion and a former Smackgirl open weight champion and tournament...

 at Ring of Combat 11 on November 18, 2006.

MMA record

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| Win
| 9-0-1
| Megumi Yabushita

Megumi Yabushita

is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and judoka. She has participated in several Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions. She is a Japanese national judo champion and a former Smackgirl open weight champion and tournament...

| TKO (Corner Stoppage)
| Ring of Combat 11
| 11/18/2006
| 1
| 5:00
|
| Defended ROC Women's Welterweight Championship
|-
| Win
| 8-0-1
| Megumi Yabushita

Megumi Yabushita

is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and judoka. She has participated in several Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions. She is a Japanese national judo champion and a former Smackgirl open weight champion and tournament...

| Decision (Split)
| Smackgirl

Smackgirl

Smackgirl was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion focused solely on female fighters. The promotion also held grappling and amateur events along with its main line of professional MMA cards. After financial difficulties throughout 2008 the promotion was sold to Marverous Japan Co.,Ltd...

 - Dynamic!!
| 8/17/2005
| 3
| 5:00
|
|
|-
| Win
| 7-0-1
| Tevi Say
| Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
| Smackgirl

Smackgirl

Smackgirl was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion focused solely on female fighters. The promotion also held grappling and amateur events along with its main line of professional MMA cards. After financial difficulties throughout 2008 the promotion was sold to Marverous Japan Co.,Ltd...

 - Dynamic!!
| 8/17/2005
| 1
| 4:11
|
|
|-
| Win
| 6-0-1
| Roxanne Modafferi

Roxanne Modafferi

Roxanne Modafferi is an American female mixed martial artist.-Biography:Modafferi's training began in taekwondo as a teenager in Pennsylvania, moving on to Mark Lawler's Kenpō Karate two years later. Full of confidence, she then began attending the Dalton Judo Club in Pittsfield, Massachusetts...

| Decision (Unanimous)
| Ring of Combat 8
| 3/19/2005
| 3
| 5:00
|
| Defended ROC Women's Welterweight Championship
|-
| Win
| 5-0-1
| Christine Jensen
| TKO (Punches)
| Ring of Combat 7
| 11/20/2004
| 1
| 4:55
|
| Won ROC Women's Welterweight Championship
|-
| Win
| 4-0-1
| Amanda Buckner

Amanda Buckner

Amanda Buckner is an American female mixed martial artist. Her last fight was a decision loss against Takayo Hashi at FFF 4 - Call of the Wild on April 3, 2008....

| Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
| Reality Fighting 7
| 10/16/2004
| 2
| 3:39
|
| Defended Reality Fighting Women's Welterweight Championship
|-
| Draw
| 3-0-1
| Amanda Buckner

Amanda Buckner

Amanda Buckner is an American female mixed martial artist. Her last fight was a decision loss against Takayo Hashi at FFF 4 - Call of the Wild on April 3, 2008....

| Draw (Majority)
| Reality Fighting 5
| 11/1/2003
| 2
| 5:00
|
| For Reality Fighting Women's Welterweight Championship
|-
| Win
| 3-0
| Tanya Vlahac
| TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
| Ring of Combat 4
| 8/15/2003
| 3
| 1:58
|
|
|-
| Win
| 2-0
| Del Greer
| TKO (Punches)
| Reality Fighting 3
| 2/8/2003
| 3
| 2:46
|
| Won Reality Fighting Women's Welterweight Championship
|-
| Win
| 1-0
| Shannon Constantine
| TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
| Reality Fighting 2
| 11/2/2002
| 1
| 7:58
|
|

Career

• 1st Place Men's Advanced Grappling Division, Challenge of Champions XVII
• 3rd Place Men's Free Fighting, Challenge of Champions XVII
• Ring of Combat Women's Welterweight
  Welterweight
  Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
  
   Champion
• Reality Fighting Women's Welterweight
  Welterweight
  Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
  
   Champion
• 1st Place in NAGA Women's Advanced Lightweight, Women's Advanced Middleweight and 2nd in Men's Advanced Flyweight.

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