10 Successful MMA To Pro Wrestling Transitions

#8 Daria Berenato (Sonya Deville) (2-1)

"Put Your Hair Up & Square Up"

Coming into WWE with a 2-1 amateur MMA record (according to ESPN), Sonya Deville (Daria Berenato) is a former Tough Enough contestant who signed with the company in late 2015 after having trained in martial arts since the age of 16.

She bested her competition with punches and guillotine chokes during events like University of MMA: Fight Night 9 before deciding to take her craft to the world of sports entertainment.

Having a solid run in NXT where she personified the character of a serious fighter, Deville had respectable matches with experienced female wrestlers like Ruby Riott and Ember Moon.

Deville would go on to the main roster where she joined Mandy Rose and Paige for a brief stint as part of the Absolution stable.

Since then, she and Rose have relocated to the Tuesday night Smackdown Live program where they were given the honor of competing in the first-ever women's Royal Rumble and women's Elimination Chamber matches in 2018.