Julia Dorny (born 20 February 1990), is a German athlete, media scientist,[1] journalist and television presenter who has won various World and European Championships in three martial arts disciplines. She is the only female athlete in the world who has won championships in judo, mixed martial arts and sumo wrestling. She was the first German woman to become MMA European Champion and MMA World Champion in featherweight within the IMMAF amateurs. In her professional career she was an undefeated fighter until her first loss in March 2022. She fought for the German Mixed Martial Arts Championship (GMC) and was under contract with PFL. In May 2023, she signed a multiple fight contract in the women's league Invicta FC. Julia Dorny holds a black belt (1st Dan) in three sports and a BJJ purple belt.
Julia Dorny | |
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| Born | 20 February 1990 Berlin |
| Nationality | German |
| Mixed martial arts career Martial arts career | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 65.8 kg (145 lb; 10 st 5 lb) |
| Division | Featherweight |
| Style | Judo, Sumo, Kick-Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 4 |
| Wins | 2 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Losses | 2 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 1 |
| Amateur record | |
| Total | 15 |
| Wins | 10 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 3 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Other information | |
| Website | juliadorny |
Sports career (beginnings, judo and sumo career) edit
At the age of 7 Dorny began to be enthusiastic about judo. Since the age of 14 she has been fighting in the German Judo League. At the age of 17 she fought for the first time in the inaugural Judo Bundesliga (PSV Rostock). At 18, she was awarded her black belt in judo. Dorny is a multiple-time Berlin judo champion. She was German vice-champion in the individual classification, several times winner of the national ranking tournament and has countless international successes to her credit. In 2005 she qualified for the European Judo Championship, but was unable to compete due to injury. Dorny was a cadre athlete at the Olympic Training Center Berlin as well as in the German Judo Federation (DJB). Dorny was a student at the Werner-Seelenbinder-Sportschule, today's Schul- und Leistungssportzentrum Berlin (SLZB). With her former first division club JC Wiesbaden, she won bronze at the team championships. She is currently under contract for first division club JC 71 Düsseldorf.
Sumo career edit
In 2016 Dorny began sumo training and later that year she became German champion, won bronze at the European Championships, and took 5th place at the World Championships. In 2017 she received a shodan (1st dan) ranking in sumo wrestling. In her sumo career, Dorny became a multiple-time German champion (individual and open weight), secured 5th place at the 2017 World Games, and won silver at the 2019 US Open[2] in Los Angeles.
MMA career edit
Dorny won her MMA debut as an amateur at the German Championships (GEMMAF) 2015. In the same year she was nominated for the IMMAF World Championship in Las Vegas – winning bronze at her international debut. She then proved to be a consistent performer by winning another bronze medal at the IMMAF European Championship in Birmingham. In the following years, she participated in the IMMAF European (2016 runner-up[3] European Champion) and IMMAF World Championships (2016 runner-up World Champion,[4] 2017 bronze[5]). In 2018 she took her performance to the next level and managed to become European[6] and World Champion[7] on her first attempt. This rare feat made her the first German European champion and the first German World Champion in the featherweight division.
German Mixed Martial Arts Championship (GMC) edit
After winning the European and World Championships, Dorny made her professional debut in front of her home crowd on 29 June 2019 at GMC20 in Berlin against Miriam Santana Ramos. She defeated Ramos in the first round by TKO (ground and pound). This fight was also the first GMC women's fight broadcast on FreeTV. She had her second fight at GMC22 on 12 October 2019 against Mariam Tatunashvili, which she also won through TKO (ground and pound) in the second round.
Scientific and journalistic achievements edit
In addition to her sports career, Dorny works as presenter, and on-air reporter, media scientist, and speaker for Deutsche Welle TV[8] (DW) and N-tv.[9] Dorny completed her journalistic training at DW, German public, state-owned international broadcaster.
She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism and corporate communications in 2013. In 2017 she completed her master's degree in media studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin, majoring in the topic of "Framing in Journalism".
Since January 2020 Dorny has been running her own podcast, "WOMEN HIT HARDER – The Female Power Podcast by MMA World Champion Julia Dorny" and regularly releases new episodes. Among her previous guests are actor Jürgen Vogel, boxer Axel Schulz, boxing world champion Regina Halmich and chief editor of ICON Inga Griese such as actor Ken Duken, marathon twins Anna und Lisa Hahner and Olympic champions like Kevin Kuske, Matthias Steiner and Eric Franke.
In April 2020 she was appointed to the "Athletes' Commission"[10] of the IMMAF.
Mixed martial arts achievements edit
Mixed martial arts record edit
| 4 matches | 2 wins | 2 losses |
| By knockout | 2 | 1 |
| By submission | 0 | 1 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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| Loss | 2–2 | Riley Martinez | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Invicta FC 54: McCormack vs. Wójcik | October 27, 2023 | 1 | 1:48 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jeslen Mishelle | TKO (punches) | PFL Challenger Series 3 | March 4, 2022 | 1 | 3:51 | Orlando, Florida, United States | Lightweight bout. |
| Win | 2–0 | Mariam Tatunashvili | TKO (punches) | GMC 22 | October 12, 2019 | 2 | 2:21 | Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 1–0 | Miriam Santana | TKO (punches) | GMC 20 | June 29, 2019 | 1 | 3:04 | Berlin, Germany | Featherweight debut. |
Amateur mixed martial arts record edit
| Amateur record breakdown | ||
| 15 matches | 10 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 1 | 1 |
| By submission | 3 | 1 |
| By decision | 6 | 3 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 10–5 | Paulina Kosakowska | TKO (punches) | Cage FS 9 | February 2, 2019 | 1 | 1:56 | Graz, Austria | |
| Win | 9–5 | Jenni Kivioja | Submission (armbar) | 2018 IMMAF-WMMAA Unified World Championships | November 17, 2018 | 2 | 2:09 | Manama, Bahrain | Tournament Championship. |
| Win | 8–5 | Meng Chen | Submission (rear-naked choke) | November 15, 2018 | 2 | 2:01 | |||
| Win | 7–5 | Jenni Kivioja | Decision (unanimous) | 2018 IMMAF European Championships | June 22, 2018 | 3 | 3:00 | Bucharest, Romania | Tournament Championship. |
| Win | 6–5 | Anniina Ervasti | Decision (unanimous) | June 21, 2018 | 3 | 3:00 | Return to Featherweight. | ||
| Loss | 5–5 | Gase Sanita | Decision (split) | 2017 IMMAF World Championships | November 16, 2017 | 3 | 3:00 | Manama, Bahrain | |
| Win | 5–4 | Izabel Hristova | Decision (unanimous) | November 15, 2017 | 3 | 3:00 | Lightweight debut. | ||
| Loss | 4–4 | Joanne Doyle | Decision (split) | 2016 IMMAF European Open Championships | November 26, 2016 | 3 | 3:00 | Prague, Czech Republic | Tournament Championship. |
| Win | 4–3 | Iiris Nihti | Decision (unanimous) | November 25, 2016 | 3 | 3:00 | |||
| Loss | 3–3 | Leah McCourt | TKO (punches) | 2016 IMMAF World Championships | July 10, 2016 | 1 | 1:54 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Tournament Championship. |
| Win | 3–2 | Fatime Nánási | Decision (unanimous) | July 8, 2016 | 3 | 3:00 | |||
| Win | 2–2 | Chamia Chabbi | Submission (armbar) | July 7, 2016 | 1 | 0:33 | |||
| Win | 1–2 | Malwina Golczak | Decision (unanimous) | MMA Meets Wild West | April 9, 2016 | 3 | 3:00 | Templin, Germany | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sanna Merta | Submission (armbar) | 2015 IMMAF European Open Championships | November 21, 2015 | 3 | 1:58 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jamie Herrington | Decision (unanimous) | IMMAF 2015 World Championships | July 9, 2015 | 3 | 3:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Featherweight debut. |
References edit
- ^ Bachelor degree
- ^ Results US Sumo Open 2019
- ^ Results IMMAF European-championship 2016
- ^ Results IMMAF world-championship 2016
- ^ Results IMMAF world-championship 2017
- ^ Results IMMAF European-championship 2018
- ^ Results IMMAF world-championship 2018
- ^ Reporter for DW TV on DW TV
- ^ TV-Presenter for N-tv
- ^ Julia Dorny confirmed as IMMAF Athletes’ Commission Member
- ^ IMMAF 2018 World-championship fight
- ^ Julia Dorny got gold at the IMMAF world-championship on GNP1
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Julia Dorny". Sherdog. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
External links edit
- Official website
- Julia Dorny after winning the world-championship at GNP1
- Julia Dorny at Berliner Morgenpost before the European-championship titel
- Julia Dorny "WOMEN HIT HARDER – The Female Power Podcast by MMA World Champion Julia Dorny" Podcast