Laura Sanko

Some Lesser Known Facts About Laura Sanko

• At the age of 7, she moved with her family from Illinois to Kansas City.

• She kept her nickname Fancy after an acquaintance told her she was too fancy to fight than train in mixed martial arts.

• In May 2005, she joined Fleishman-Hillard Inc. as a senior account executive and worked until September 2006.

• In September 2006, she joined The Whittaker Group as a vice president and worked until January 2010.

• In September 2006, she joined Adorn Ventures as vice president of business development and worked until April 2010.

• In October 2012, she became the owner and Head heifer of Grassy Pants Beef LLC.

• In 2013, she became the winner of the Invicta Fighting Championship held in Kansas City, United States.

• In December 2014, she started working as a sideline reporter for Invicta FC.

• She became the first commentator to work in the Zuffa or Endeavour era of the UFC when she worked as a commentator for Dana White’s Contender Series season 5 in 2021.

• In 2021, she started a YouTube channel known as One On One | MMA.

• On January 2023, she joined the broadcast booth at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Spivac and became the first female colour commentator to appear on a UFC broadcast since Kathy Long.

• She maintains her fitness by working out at the gym.

  

• She has earned a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

  

• She drinks alcohol occasionally.

  

• She knows horse riding.