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Genah Fabian
Born (1989-09-05) September 5, 1989 (age 35)
Auckland, New Zealand
Other namesFabioso
NationalityNew Zealand
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
DivisionFeatherweight
Reach74 in (188 cm) [1]
StyleMuay Thai
Fighting out ofAuckland, New Zealand
TeamAKA Thailand[2]
City Kickboxing
Kickboxing record
Total9
Wins7
Losses2
Mixed martial arts record
Total5
Wins4
By knockout3
By decision1
Losses1
By decision1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Genah Fabian (born September 5, 1989) is a New Zealand kickboxer and mixed martial artist.

Early career

As a youth, Fabian found early success on the athletics track qualifying for the junior Olympics as well as becoming a competitive rower when she lived in Australia. [3] At 19, she moved to Sydney and was working at media organisation News Limited, after finishing up in a sales and marketing role at Fairfax in New Zealand.[4]

In 2011, Fabian was involved in a serious car accident which left her home bound for about three months in Sydney. After becoming depressed due to being home bound, a friend told her about going to a muay thai training camp in Thailand. There she fell in love with the sport and relocated to Thailand.[5][6][3] Fabian's greatest achievement in sports so far is winning the WMC middleweight title.[7][8]

She is a cousin of City Kickboxing head coach Eugene Bareman.[3]

Mixed Martial Arts

PFL season 2019

After picking up a win on the regional Australian scene in 2015, Fabian returned to MMA for the 2019 Professional Fighters League season. In her first bout, she faced Bobbi Jo Dalziel at PFL 1 on May 9, 2019. She lost the bout via unanimous decision.[9]

Fabian faced Moriel Charneski on July 11, 2019 at PFL 4. She won the bout in the first round by dropping Moriel and finishing her on the ground.[10]

Fabian was scheduled to face Kayla Harrison at PFL 7 on October 11, 2019, but Fabian was forced to pull out of the bout due to illness and issues with her weight cut.[11]

PFL season 2021

Fabian made her return against Laura Sanchez at PFL 3 on May 6, 2021.[12] She won the bout via unanimous decision.[13]

Fabian faced Julija Pajić on June 25, 2021 at PFL 6.[14] She won the bout in the second round after dropping Pajić with a head kick and then finishing her with punches.[15][16]

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
7 wins (4 KOs), 2 losses, 0 draws
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2018-02-27 Win Canada Charmaine Tweet Oakland, United States KO 2
Fought for the WMC World Middleweightweight (−66.0 kg/145 lb) Full Contact Championship.

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
5 matches 4 wins 1 loss
By knockout 3 0
By submission 0 0
By decision 1 1
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 4–1 Julija Pajić TKO (punches) PFL 6 June 25, 2021 2 4:16 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 3–1 Laura Sanchez Decision (unanimous) PFL 3 May 6, 2021 3 5:00 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 2–1 Moriel Charneski TKO (punches) PFL 4 July 11, 2019 1 1:42 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Loss 1–1 Bobbi-Jo Dalziel Decision (unanimous) PFL 1 May 9, 2019 3 5:00 Uniondale, New York, United States
Win 1–0 Jo Jo Obolevics TKO (punches) Bragging Rights 7: Resurrection September 27, 2015 2 1:20 Madeley, Western Australia

See also

References

  1. ^ "Genah Fabian". www.pflmma.com.
  2. ^ "Genah Fabian". AKA Thailand.
  3. ^ a b c "NZ's rich MMA history unfolding on world stage". RNZ. 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  4. ^ "Boxing the sixth sport to spark Genah Fabian's fire". Newsroom. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  5. ^ "In the footsteps of giants: the young Kiwi fighters going global". Newsroom. 7 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Genah Fabian, the Beautiful Beast - Thanyapura Phuket". 7 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Waikato-Tainui fighter Genah Fabian wins world title". Māori Television. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Humans of the Islands: Genah Fabian — thecoconet.tv - The world's largest hub of Pacific Island content". www.thecoconet.tv. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  9. ^ Lee, Alexander K. (2019-05-09). "PFL 12 results: Harrison vs. Pacheco". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  10. ^ Anderson, Jay (2019-07-11). "PFL 4 2019 Results: Genah Fabian Drops Moriel Charneski Early". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  11. ^ "MMA: Genah Fabian out of Professional Fighters League playoff bout against Kayla Harrison due to issues with weight cut and illness". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  12. ^ Brand, Jeremy. "PFL 3 Features Fabricio Werdum vs. Renan Ferreira Main Event". mmasucka.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  13. ^ Jr, Adam Guillen (2021-05-06). "PFL 3 results: Live streaming play-by-play updates | Werdum vs Ferreira". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  14. ^ Newswire, MMA Fighting (2021-06-01). "Kayla Harrison vs. Cindy Dandois headlines PFL 6 card on June 25, Fabricio Werdum also returns". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  15. ^ "PFL 6: Kayla Harrison playoff-bound after submission win; Anthony Pettis, Lance Palmer fall short". ESPN.com. 2021-06-26. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  16. ^ Sherdog.com. "PFL 6 2021 Play-by-Play, Results & Round Scoring". Sherdog. Retrieved 2021-06-26.


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