Age, Biography and Wiki
Katja Kankaanpää (Katja Kalliokoski) was born on 30 June, 1981 in Seinäjoki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland, is a Finnish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. Discover Katja Kankaanpää's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?
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Katja Kalliokoski |
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| Age |
42 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
| Born |
30 June 1981 |
| Birthday |
30 June |
| Birthplace |
Seinäjoki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland |
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She is a member of famous Fighter with the age 42 years old group.
Katja Kankaanpää Height, Weight & Measurements
At 42 years old, Katja Kankaanpää height is 5ft 4in .
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5ft 4in |
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Katja Kankaanpää Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Katja Kankaanpää worth at the age of 42 years old? Katja Kankaanpää’s income source is mostly from being a successful Fighter. She is from . We have estimated Katja Kankaanpää's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Fighter |
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Timeline
Katja Kankaanpää (born June 30, 1981) is a Finnish former mixed martial artist who competed in the strawweight division.
She is currently signed with Invicta FC.
Kankaanpää started martial arts training at her teens when she was 15 years old with Goju-ryu karate.
Later she had interest about combat sports by training submission wrestling and other combat arts.
Katja leads the Nordic (all Skandinavia) strawweight rankings and Finnish women, all weight classes MMA rankings.
Invicta initially wanted longer deal, but eventually agreed with Kankaanpää and closed a three-fight contract in early 2013.
She made her first fight for the organisation at Invicta FC 5: Penne vs. Waterson where she defeated Brazilian Juliana Carneiro Lima by unanimous decision.
The first defeat of her career Kankaanpää suffered at Invicta FC 7 on December 7, 2013.
The same month, Finnish sports journalists honored her as 'Sportswoman of 2014', category MMA.
In addition to her career in MMA, the BJJ purple belt competes in submission wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournaments.
On May 17, 2014 Katja returned to the cage at Lappeenranta Fight Night 10 in Finland where she defeated Ukrainian Alyona Rassohyna via submission in round 2.
This fight took place outside her InvictaFC contract.
According to her manager, Kankaanpää took the fight against Daly in Cage Warriors to get Invicta's attention.
Kankaanpää was offered a contract with Invicta Fighting Championships immediately after she emerged victorious from the fight with Daly.
On September 6, 2014 Kankaanpää fought for the vacant strawweight title against Stephanie Eggink at Invicta FC 8.
She defeated Eggink via submission in round 5 and became the second InvictaFC strawweight Champion.
The bout was named "Fight of the Night".
On January 2, 2015 she was awarded 'Nordic Female Fighter of the Year'.
As of September 13, 2015 she retired from MMA.
Her debut fight against Paulina Suska at Oulu Fight 2, was won by unanimous decision.
In her next three fights versus Dalia Grakulskyte, Niina Aaltonen and Ekaterina Tarnavskaja Kankaanpää was able to achieve an untimely victory by submission or TKO.
The next five fights went the whole distance with four unanimous decision wins against Karla Benitez, Mei Yamaguchi, Aisling Daly and Juliana Carneiro Lima.
On January 17, 2015 Invicta FC announced the prolonging of the contract for 3 more fights.
Katja's first title defense took place at Invicta FC 12: Kankaanpää vs. Souza on April 24, 2015 in Kansas City, Missouri.
After dominating the first three rounds, she got caught by Brazilian Lívia Renata Souza in the fourth in a Triangle choke and had to tap out.
Kankaanpää fought DeAnna Bennett in Kansas City on September 12 in the co-main event of Invicta FC 14.
Kankaanpää lost the fight via controversial unanimous decision and subsequently announced her retirement from MMA the following day.
Katja is married; her maiden name was Katja Kalliokoski.
She studied electronic business and is currently working as a media person in charge.
