The great expectations that greeted Kayla Harrison’s arrival in mixed martial arts have been met with flawless results thus far. She turns 30 on July 2.
Others in MMA celebrating a birthday during the month of July:
JULY 1
Amar Suloev, 1976-2016Vener Galiev, 45
Forrest Griffin, 41
Cat Zingano, 38
Ali Yaakub, 36
Karlos Vemola, 35
Norman Paraisy, 34
Craig White, 30
William Macario, 29
Mario Bautista, 27
JULY 2
Jose Canseco, 56Brad Cardinal, 42
Dawond Pickney, 42
Reuben Duran, 37
Vinny Magalhaes, 36
Sevak Magakian, 35
Godofredo Castro, 33
Brett Cooper, 33
Kayla Harrison, 30
Hakeem Dawodu, 29
JULY 3
Joe Moreira, 59Mike Bencic, 54
Brendan Seguin, 44
Wanderlei Silva, 44
Tommy Depret, 41
Danny Abbadi, 37
Sascha Weinpolter, 34
Tim Williams, 34
Adam Milstead, 33
Jesse Bazzi, 29
JULY 4
Yoshihisa Yamamoto, 50Kelly Dullanty, 43
Dave Vader, 43
Julia Budd, 37
Shamil Zavurov, 36
Harry Johnson, 34
Danaa Batgerel, 31
Tyree Fortune, 30
Charlie Ontiveros, 29
JULY 5
Tengiz Tedoradze, 53John Alessio, 41
Edson Berto, 37
Kevin Knabjian, 36
Ian McCall, 36
Maurice Greene, 34
Waqar Umar, 30
Luis Pena, 27
Keanu Subba, 26
Joe Giannetti, 25
JULY 6
Tom Erikson, 56Valerie Coolbaugh, 46
Masaaki Sugawara, 41
Mike Rio, 39
Gesias Cavalcante, 37
Laura Howarth, 33
Nick Roehrick, 33
Hans Stringer, 33
Dmitriy Sosnovskiy, 31
Randy Costa, 26
JULY 7
Michael Westbrook, 48Jason Brilz, 45
Pat Barry, 41
Eliot Marshall, 40
Stav Economou, 34
Jon Manley, 34
Patricio Freire, 33
Adam Yandiev, 32
Cody Garbrandt, 29
Adam Borics, 27
JULY 8
Taiei Kin, 50Nick LoBosco, 36
Aleksei Butorin, 34
Michael Arrant, 33
Yosuke Saruta, 33
Ryan Walker, 31
Randy Brown, 30
Jonas Billstein, 29
Kiamrian Abbasov, 27
Angela Lee, 24
JULY 9
Matt Lee, 49Tim Credeur, 43
George Sotiropoulos, 43
Gerald Turek, 41
Peter Davis, 39
Alan Patrick Silva Alves, 37
Cristiane Justino, 35
Vitaly Shemetov, 35
Ashlee Evans-Smith, 33
Belal Muhammad, 32
JULY 10
Pete Williams, 45Gabriel Miglioli, 39
Gleison Tibau, 37
Lester Caslow, 36
Brock Jardine, 35
Chel Erwin-Davis, 34
Aaron Derrow, 33
Helen Peralta, 32
Adam Acquaviva, 28
Austin Lingo, 26
JULY 11
Jesse Finney, 46Masutatsu Yano, 45
Sky Moiseichik, 42
Adam Maciejewski, 40
Josh Clopton, 39
Enoc Solves Torres, 36
Brandon Thatch, 35
Kron Gracie, 32
Izabela Badurek, 29
Demetrius Wilson, 26
JULY 12
Keiichiro Yamamiya, 48Amir Rahnavardi, 46
Brock Lesnar, 43
Soa Palelei, 43
Carlos Eduardo Rocha, 39
Mitch Whitesel, 39
Koshi Matsumoto, 37
Anthony Dizy, 32
Stephanie Eggink, 32
Cody Pfister, 30
JULY 13
Ricardo Liborio, 53Dave Strasser, 51
Tom Aaron, 42
Hidehiko Hasegawa, 42
Jonathan Goulet, 41
Tom Watson, 38
Lee Burns, 36
Rina Tomita, 36
Juan Barrantes, 33
Cynthia Calvillo, 33
JULY 14
Kazushi Sakuraba, 51Mostapha Al-Turk, 47
Falaniko Vitale, 46
Wagnney Fabiano, 45
Rolles Gracie, 42
Leonard Garcia, 41
Shane Roller, 41
Alex Garcia, 33
Conor McGregor, 32
Jason Knight, 28
JULY 15
Antony Rea, 44Matt Mitrione, 42
Leonardo Pecanha, 38
Edward Faaloloto, 35
Kevin Croom, 33
Chris Curtis, 33
Roman Dolidze, 32
Viktor Pesta, 30
Andres Quintana, 29
Steven Rodriguez, 29
JULY 16
Joe Charles, 62Christophe Leninger, 58
Roland Payne, 56
Bobby Lashley, 44
Javier Vazquez, 43
Toby Imada, 42
Kazuhiro Nakamura, 41
Walel Watson, 36
Lacey Schuckman, 32
Louis Smolka, 29
JULY 17
Alexander Otsuka, 49Yuki Kondo, 45
Sean McCorkle, 44
Ricardo Arona, 42
Mamed Khalidov, 40
Travis Browne, 38
Marcus LeVesseur, 37
Saul Elizondo, 35
Bruno Santos, 33
Mike Byrnes, 30
JULY 18
Crosley Gracie, 41Damir Mihajlovic, 38
Hatsu Hioki, 37
Ben Askren, 36
Alexander Yakovlev, 36
Yerzhan Estanov, 35
Andreas Michailidis, 32
Philip Rowe, 30
Andrey Kovalev, 27
Grachik Bozinyan, 25
JULY 19
Jeremiah Constant, 46Freddy Assuncao, 38
Raphael Assuncao, 38
Mark Dickman, 36
Elvis Mutapcic, 34
Hector Sandoval, 34
Jon Jones, 33
Justin Willis, 33
Manny Bermudez, 26
Valerie Loureda, 22
JULY 20
Aaron Simpson, 46Pat Healy, 37
Ryan Healy, 37
Ryan McCurdy, 35
Brenton Taylor, 35
Gilbert Burns, 34
Aaron McKenzie, 32
Alec Williams, 30
DiMarcco Hutchison, 27
Alexey Vartanov, 23
JULY 21
Paulo Cesar Silva, 57Aaron Stark, 45
Chris Leben, 40
Yushin Okami, 39
Alessandro Ricci, 38
Joey Gomez, 34
Antonio dos Santos Jr., 32
Ivan Castillo, 30
Filip Pejic, 28
Danilo Belluardo, 26
JULY 22
Carlos Barreto, 52Adrienna Jenkins, 39
Mark Hominick, 38
Eddie Gordon, 37
Cain Carrizosa, 34
Israel Adesanya, 31
Rory MacDonald, 31
Lerone Murphy, 29
Reina Miura, 24
Wellington Turman, 24
JULY 23
Guram Gugenishvili, 1987-2014Georgy Kaysinov, 49
Akira Kikuchi, 42
Sergio Moraes, 38
LeVon Maynard, 37
Kalindra Faria, 34
Chad Laprise, 34
Marcus Vanttinen, 33
Julius Anglickas, 29
Teruto Ishihara, 29
JULY 24
Jason DeLucia, 51Takahiro Kajita, 44
Nathan Coy, 42
Mike Lullo, 41
Tim Carpenter, 40
Josh Sampo, 36
Anderson dos Santos, 35
Igor Svirid, 34
Julian Lane, 33
Jamall Emmers, 31
JULY 25
Seth Kleinbeck, 47Tiequan Zhang, 42
Tom Niinimaki, 38
Michel Prazeres, 37
Vitaly Bigdash, 36
Eric Wisely, 36
Dean Garnett, 32
Chris Honeycutt, 32
Alex Trinidad, 30
Brendon Raftery, 29
JULY 26
Jeff Blatnick, 1957-2012Yukio Sakaguchi, 47
Tony DeSouza, 46
Jacen Flynn, 42
Devin Clark, 32
Anthony Smith, 32
Mandel Nallo, 31
Mike Wootten, 31
Thomas Gifford, 28
Costello van Steenis, 28
JULY 27
Joe Rodriguez, 43Drew McFedries, 42
Lauren Murphy, 37
Daniel Straus, 36
Julia Borisova, 35
Rafael Carvalho, 34
Jessica Eye, 34
Macy Chiasson, 29
Akhmed Musakaev, 27
Phumi Nkuta, 25
JULY 28
Brian Johnston, 52Dana White, 51
Fabiano Iha, 50
Danny Davis Jr., 38
Cain Velasquez, 38
Ilir Latifi, 37
George Pacurariu, 36
Darrell Horcher, 33
Greg Hardy, 32
Gunnar Nelson, 32
JULY 29
Branden Lee Hinkle, 47Dave Menne, 46
Yoshihiro Akiyama, 45
Jay Hieron, 44
Jacob Noe, 40
Justin Robbins, 40
Steve Bosse, 39
Matt Grice, 39
Travis Perzynski, 32
Krystian Kaszubowski, 26
JULY 30
Murilo Bustamante, 54Kristof Midoux, 48
Josh Haynes, 43
Fabricio Werdum, 43
Marius Zaromskis, 40
Robert Emerson, 39
Steve Lopez, 36
Shane Primm, 36
Anthony Christodoulou, 33
Devonte Smith, 27
JULY 31
Anthony Torres, 42Wagner Campos, 39
Joseph Benavidez, 36
Edwin Figueroa, 36
Uriah Hall, 36
Dalcha Lungiambula, 35
Julian Erosa, 31
Aljamain Sterling, 31
Daniel Spitz, 30
Thomas Almeida, 29