Paloma Fabrykant
Argentine mixed martial artist and journalist.
Paloma Fabrykant, born 7 December 1981 in Buenos Aires, is an Argentine mixed martial artist and journalist. Based in Buenos Aires, she is the daughter of famous Argentine author Ana María Shua and photographer Silvio Fabrykant. She began martial arts training at 13, practicing judo and aikido while attending Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. Fabrykant started her professional writing career early, publishing two books before her teens: Things I hate (Ed. Abundant spring, 1998) and as mother of a teenage daughter, written by a teenage daughter (Ed. Planeta, 2001). She later studied at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Buenos Aires, wrote for the supplement of Clarin, and at twenty had her own regular column in Live, Sunday magazine of the same newspaper. She discovered karate and later worked as press chief for kickboxer Jorge Acero Cali, writing for Clarin, Pagina 12, and Télam while advocating for mixed martial arts in writing and on television.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 7 December 1981
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Nationality
- Argentina Argentine
- Weight
- 125 lb / 56.7 kg
- Reach
- 70.0 in / 1.78 m
- Style
- Karate
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Relatives
- Ana María Shua (mother)
Facts from the source article.
MMA Journalism
In 2007, Fabrykant decided to take the big step: she devised, produced, and starred in the 'Vale Todo' segment of Chronicles Extreme on America 2 channel, marking the first time MMA appeared on broadcast TV in Argentina. The rating accompanied the news. While training Muay Thai in Thailand, the Department of Productions in Spanish UFC was alerted about her work. When she returned to Buenos Aires, she found an invitation to Las Vegas to attend a UFC event and discuss possible collaborations. Since 2008, Fabrykant worked as a correspondent for UFC, traveling Latin America and writing weekly reports on the progress of MMA in each country. At the same time, she started working as a manager for leading Argentine athletes, Uruguayans, Paraguayans, Peruvians, and Costa Ricans to compete in international events. Also in that year, she practiced Jujitsu, studying the art at Gracie school. In 2010, Space channel decided to begin broadcasting MMA for Latin America and Fabrykant was chosen for specialized comments. She is currently a sports commentator for Fox Sports Latinoamérica and has been for the last 7 years in Argentina, and a columnist for Télam.
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