A Mother's Fight — Olivia Vanni

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Miranda Granger straps on her UFC grappling gloves before a workout at Charlie’s Combat Club on May 13, 2021, in Everett, Washington. Granger was in her second trimester of pregnancy and had to be cautious while performing grappling movements.

Miranda Granger watches one of the women’s mixed martial arts classes she helps coach at Charlie’s Combat Club on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021 in Everett, Washington.

Miranda Granger performs a dumbbell lift for one of the workout routines customized for her by pregnancy coach Brianna Battles at Charlie’s Combat Club on Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Everett, Washington.

Miranda Granger raises her fist up to punch a grappling dummy during one of her workouts at Charlie’s Combat Club on Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Everett, Washington.

Brianna Battles, a pregnancy coach, talks Miranda Granger through one of her workouts while she is in town at Charlie’s Combat Club on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Everett, Washington.

Austin sleeps while her mother Miranda Granger carries her into Charlie’s Combat Club on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Everett, Washington.

UFC fighter Miranda Granger makes a face at her daughter Austin while she does an overhead squat during a warmup in February 2022 at Charlie’s Combat Club in Everett, Washington. Six months after giving birth, Granger finally ramped up the intensity

Before a workout class, Miranda Granger changes her daughter Austin’s diaper on the floor of Charlie’s Combat Club on Nov. 8, 2021, in Everett, Washington. Granger often brought Austin with her to the gym, along with a baby bag of items for diaper c

Miranda Granger holds Austin and walks down a hallway covered in photographs of fighters at Charlie’s Combat Club on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, in Everett, Washington.

Austin holds onto her favorite bath toy, Squirt from Finding Nemo, while her mother Miranda Granger bathes her on Monday, May 16, 2022, in Lake Stevens, Washington.

Kaden Barish holds his daughter Austin while her mother Miranda Granger bends down to kiss her after a bath on Monday, May 16, 2022, in Lake Stevens, Washington.

Making breakfast at home, Miranda Granger makes a funny face at her daughter Austin on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Lake Stevens, Washington.

Miranda Granger holds her daughter Austin and reaches out to close the blinds for nap time on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Lake Stevens, Washington.

Kaden Barish, right, holds daughter Austin as his wife Miranda Granger trains at Charlie’s Combat Club on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, in Everett, Washington. Barish often came by after work to watch their daughter, allowing Granger to focus more during he

Miranda Granger grapples with Eddy Kouthong during one of her fight camp training sessions at Charlie’s Combat Club on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Everett, Washington.

A few weeks before what could be her final professional UFC fight, Miranda Granger grimaces as she pushes a 45-pound plate up her driveway on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in Lake Stevens, Washington. Her daughter Austin, age 11 months, is strapped to her

Scowling, pro fighter Miranda Granger hits a round kick in one of her final training sessions on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, weeks before she headed to Las Vegas for a UFC fight.

After a training session, Charlie Pearson and Miranda Granger walk down her driveway in silence on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in Lake Stevens, Washington.

Miranda Granger catches her breath in her sauna suit at the start of her weight cut in the UFC Performance Institute on Aug. 4, 2022, in Las Vegas. In professional mixed martial arts, most fighters fight at a weight below their regular weight to gai

Miranda Granger does a light workout in a sauna suit at the beginning of her weight cut at the UFC Performance Institute on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Las Vegas.

Miranda Granger is helped back into the sauna for a seven-minute session by her husband Kaden Barish and coach Charlie Pearson, during her weight cut at the UFC Performance Institute on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Las Vegas.

Inside a 180-degree sauna, Miranda Granger lays on her side during her weight cut at the UFC Performance Institute on Aug. 4, 2022, in Las Vegas. Granger spent 10-minute, seven-minute and five-minute intervals inside the sauna until she had sweated

Cheryl Granger, left, Miranda Granger’s mother, dries and brushes her hair after her post-weight cut shower Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Las Vegas. Granger’s mother always brushes and dries her hair the evening of a weight cut because the fighter is n

Austin touches heads with her mom at the home of Miranda Granger’s parents on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Las Vegas.

Miranda Granger runs a lap around the training area at the UFC Performance Institute after a successful weigh-in earlier in the morning on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Las Vegas. After making weight, Granger was finally able to eat and drink water norma

In one of their final workouts before fight night, Miranda Granger punches training partner Bilal Hasan on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Las Vegas.

Miranda Granger and her corner — husband Kaden Barish, coach Charlie Pearson and training partner Bilal Hasan — say a prayer before heading out to the Octagon for her fight at the UFC Apex on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas.

Miranda Granger faces off with opponent Cory McKenna after weigh-ins at the UFC Apex on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Las Vegas.

Coach and lead corner Charlie Pearson, left, wraps Miranda Granger’s hands before her fight at the UFC Apex on Aug. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas. Pearson has been Granger’s coach since she was 4 years old. He has wrapped her hands before all of her profess

Miranda Granger is escorted down a hallway by security as she makes her way to the Octagon for her fight on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas.

Miranda Granger squats and kisses Austin on the head with tears in her eyes after losing her fight against Cory McKenna at the UFC Apex on Aug. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas.