52-year-old MMA fighter Phaidra Knight makes her debut at MSG
Phaidra Knight, a 52-year-old rugby hall of famer, will make her MMA debut at Madison Square Garden on September 26. She is set to face Soledad Zapata at the Infosys Theater during the Flex Fight Series. This event marks Knight's transition from professional rugby to mixed martial arts.
At 52, world-renowned rugby hall of famer Phaidra Knight is trading the pitch for the cage as she prepares to make her Madison Square Garden debut, where she will be competing as a newly christened MMA fighter. Knight will face Soledad Zapata at the Infosys Theater MSG on Saturday, Sept. 26 at “Flex Fight Series...
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