Angela Magaña

When Magaña was five, she lived in the streets of Los Angeles with her mother who was addicted to heroin. She slept in back alleys and ate out of garbage cans. Eventually her grandparents gained custody, but Magaña was already scarred with the issues she'd experienced. Her mother overdosed and died when Magaña turned 17.^[3] Magana's father is a Mexican national who was deported to Mexico when she was a child. At the age of 14, she was raped by the father of some children that she babysat for while the children's mother watched. The man was convicted for the crime and served 10 years of a 14-year sentence, while the wife was not charged with any crime.^[4]

In 2007, Magaña broke her back by falling down three stories of stairs. She has suffered two auto accidents, one of which put her in a coma for several days.^[5]

Magaña started her MMA career on March 23, 2007 at Gladiator Challenge 60 against Tia Castillo. She won via TKO in the first round.^{[citation needed]}

She suffered her first defeat when she tapped out to an armbar by Jessica Aguilar.^{[citation needed]}

Magaña then submitted her next two opponents both by armbar. A rematch was set between her and Aguilar at WFC 6, she lost via technical submission. ^{[citation needed]}

After a split decision victory over Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc at FCF 19, Magaña defeated Aguilar in their trilogy fight in the first round of the HOOKnSHOOT GFight 2009 Grand Prix via majority decision.^{[citation needed]}

Magaña fought Van do in the semi-finals. She won via rear-naked choke, and will face Lisa Hugo in the finals. She lost via unanimous decision. ^{[citation needed]}

After going 8-3 Magaña was set to face future Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Jessica Penne. She lost via submission.^{[citation needed]}

She then went on a three fight win streak including a victory over Barb Honchak.^[6]

In April 2019, Magana was left in an unresponsive coma after complications following spinal surgery at University Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[17] She woke up from her coma two days later.