Colleen Schneider

Colleen Schneider is a retired American professional mixed martial artist, born on 12 March 1982 in Syracuse, New York. She attended Cicero-North Syracuse High School and earned a physics degree at the University of California, Berkeley, where she competed in and taught taekwondo, which led her to mixed martial arts. She debuted for Strikeforce in August 2010 in a reserve bout of a women's welterweight tournament, losing to Liz Carmouche. After a 1-4 start she signed with India's Super Fight League, won at flyweight and submitted Sanja Sucevic with a keylock to become the first SFL World Women's Flyweight Champion. She then tried out for The Ultimate Fighter season 18 but lost to Shayna Baszler, and later fought for Invicta Fighting Championships, debuting against Irene Aldana in February 2015.