Former Miss USA trains BJJ and MMA

Whitney Miller, the 2012 Miss United States pageant winner, has taken up Brazilian jiu-jitsu and placed second in her first tournament, just three months into training.

Miller attended last month’s UFC 168 in December to watch Ronda Rousey defend her women’s bantamweight title against Miesha Tate in Las Vegas.

And she’s thinking about making the transition into MMA.

“It’s been talked about,” Miller told FOX Sports. “It’s a definite possibility.”

Miller, 24, has always competed in sports since she was a girl – from soccer to track and field to professional wake surfing. She saw BJJ as “one of the hardest things to do” and wanted the challenge.

http://msn.foxsports.com/ufc/haymaker/former-miss-united-states-takes-up-bjj-could-transition-to-mma-011614

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