There is no sport that can be described as easy as each of them requires the utmost dedication and commitment to become the best they can be. However, the truth is that few athletes will achieve peak form in their various sports, but the few athletes who do will be rewarded with glory for their hard work and Julie Kedzie will be counted among them. This woman was a mixed martial artist, who had her share of wins and losses, read on as we reveal more about her.
Bio – Who is Julie Kedzie?
Julie Kedzie was born on March 18, 1981, in Chicago where she was also raised. She is her parents’ second child and has an older sister named Jenny Raff. When they were children (Julie was only 5 years old), her father had registered her to take tae kwon do lessons with her sister. After a few years in Chicago, the family had to move because of her mother, who wanted to get a doctorate. in Neurobiology from Indiana University. The move took place when Kedzie was twelve years old.
It’s not known what high school she attended, but for her first degree, she followed in her mother’s footsteps to Indiana University. She earned a degree in English Literature before pursuing her Masters of Fine Arts degree at the University of Iowa.
Julie Kedzie battled bulimia, an eating disorder, as a teenager; she opened up about her ordeal which she says began a year after her parents divorced. She was cooking food and throwing up right after. Julie is of the opinion that the prescription medications she was taking to treat acne made her depressed and increased her anxiety and then her eating disorders. Thanks to her sister, she was able to undergo therapy and improved.
She also credited mixed martial arts with helping her overcome her issues; she became familiar with the game after watching episodes of Indiana-based Mixed Martial Arts HOOKnSHOOT. After watching these episodes, she moved to California, and while in California, she trained in the sport. Her training in Tae Kwan Do during her childhood also helped her and in 2004 she returned to Indiana ready to fight for the first time.
The battle was on HOOKnSHOOT on November 19, 2005 and she won it. She is a third degree black belt in Tae Kwan Do and a specialist in the martial arts fighting style of Brazilian Jui-Jitsu.
The next time she fought was February 10, 2007 and it was a match against Gina Carano, who hadn’t been defeated since she started fighting. Julie Kedzie lost the fight, but because of the tremendous brawl between the two women, out of all the matches fought that day, the fight between Carano and Kedzie went by the name of Fight of the Night. This match was historic as it was the first live women’s mixed martial arts match.
In all her time as a fighter, she played a total of 29 games, where she lost thirteen of those games and won sixteen. She is considered a great in the world of women’s mixed martial arts; she retired in 2013 and has acted as a voice actor in several films. Kedzalsolos serves as a commentator and interviewer for women’s mixed martial arts promotion company, Invicta Fighting Championships.
Mixed Martial Artist Net Worth
At last count, Kedzie’s net worth is estimated to be $175,000; This is the fruit of his nine years of existence in mixed martial arts, as well as his teaching and his work as a sports commentator. It may not seem like a lot of money, but Kedzie is a force to be reckoned with in the sport of mixed martial arts.
Height and width
Although Julie Kedzie is now a retired coeducational artist, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t stay in shape and try to maintain her figure, especially since she coaches other people in sports. She is of average height and is 5 feet 5 inches tall which is 1.65 meters tall and weighs 61 kg or 135 pounds.