Nicole Hartwig
| Nicole Hartwig | |
|---|---|
 © LGIS (New) | |
| Born |
Nicole Hartwig 1969 |
| Other names | Cassia |
| Nationality | German |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 141 lb (64.0 kg; 10.1 st) |
| Wrestles for | LGIS (New) |
| Years active | 1994 - 2007 |
| Assumed Competitive Female Wrestling Record | |
| Wins | 6 |
| Losses | 2 |
| Assumed Competitive Mixed Wrestling Record | |
| Other information | |
The inaugural LGIS (New) 1994 tournament featured a newcomer, Nicole Hartwig AKA Cassia, who rapidly became the focal point of the group. She was designated as "Captain" or sometimes vice-president, and as such accepted all challenges to box or wrestle. A powerful and relentless fighter she fought in a huge number of competitive matches of all types, particularly boxing matches, while also refereeing bouts, introducing/interviewing fighters and generally being the face of the company. Her view of female fighting was - "Fighting - wrestling as well as boxing - means hurting the opponent as well as taking the risk of getting hurt yourself, and not being afraid of either outcome."
By around 2000 the LGIS (New) group seemed to have become dormant with no new material appearing. However in 2003-2004 there was another, short-lived revival, this time fronted by middle-aged fight enthusiast Thalli but with Cassia still involved. This group set up a new website - Munich Wildcats - and for a time their new videos together with all ex-LGIS videos were available there. The site was also affiliated to the Kontex network for several years. The revived company seemed to be operating on a very low budget with matches staged in ordinary rooms in houses, and with only a small roster of girls to work with. All activity had ceased by around 2007.
Gallery
Cassia second from left in the inaugural tournament line-up
Cassia in the inaugural tournament line-up
Cassia defeated by Christiane in the inaugural final
Montage of 2nd Cassia vs Christiane bout
Montage of 3rd Cassia vs Christiane bout
Cassia with arch-rival Christiane
Cassia flexing during a workout
Cassia between rounds in a wrestling bout
Cassia and opponent are introduced to the audience
Cassia and Kristina in wrestling action
Cassia in boxing action
Cassia in boxing action
Cassia in boxing action
Cassia in boxing action
Cassia in mixed wrestling action
Competitive female boxing and wrestling record
A list of Nicole Hartwig's competitive F/F boxing and wrestling matches. This list is not complete.
| Date | Producer | Video Title | Opponent | Result | Rules | Clothes | Comments | Links | Pic |
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| 1994 | LGIS (New) | MW-5-7 | Christiane | KO | Boxing | Topless | Cassia and Christiane met in the final of the 8-girl 1994 tournament - Cassia was bigger but Christiane had more boxing experience. Cassia went straight onto the attack but lacked defensive skills so she was soon taking many hard and well placed punches. At the end of the 2nd round Cassia seemed to have shot her bolt and was knocked down for the first time. The end came in the 3rd round when, after another series of telling punches, Christiane sent her again to the canvas | N/a | 
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| 1995 | LGIS (New) | MW-6-4 | Jenny Dawson | KO | Boxing | Topless | This was the first semi-final of a boxing tournament. Jenny opened the match in a positive frame of mind, hitting her larger opponent with some good hard punches, but the longer the fight lasted the more Cassia began to dominate with her constant and aggressive attacks. The match was only going to end in one way and that end finally came in round four when Cassia floored Jenny with a solid punch from which the English girl could not recover | N/a | 
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| 1995 | LGIS (New) | MW-6-6 | Silke Roth | KO | Boxing | Topless | Cassia and Silke went after each other from the start in a ferocious slugfest, in the course of which Cassia suffered a split lip. The referee was concerned about the injury and wanted to stop the fight - however Cassia declined to retire. By the 5th round she was getting the better of her opponent and then knocked her down. Silke got up but Cassia was now rampant and, disregarding her bloodied mouth, she delivered a brutal blow to her jaw which put her straight to the canvas for a KO defeat | N/a | 
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| 1995 | LGIS (New) | MW-7-4 | Christiane | KO | Boxing | Topless | Cassia and Christiane boxed in a challenge bout - both girls were fully committed and the action was unrelenting as heavy punches were constantly exchanged. At first it appeared Cassia was sure to win as she bullied her lighter opponent from corner to corner and roughed her up in clinches - however Christiane had staying power and waited for Cassia to tire. At that point she launched her own attack and soon had Cassia in trouble before delivering a KO punch to end the bout | N/a | 
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| 1995 | LGIS (New) | MW-8-5 | Christiane | KO | Boxing | Topless | Cassia was keen to take revenge on Christiane for her KO defeat in the previous 1994 tournament. In the first rounds it was again Christiane who had the better punches against the constantly attacking Cassia, and as result she floored her twice with Cassia needing to take eight-counts to be able to recover. But in the fourth round Christiane was caught cold by a fierce punch which put her on the canvas, and though she tried to get back on her feet the referee had already counted her out | N/a | 
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| 1995 | LGIS (New) | MW-8-6 | Jenny Dawson | Pts | Boxing | Topless | Jenny took on Cassia, looking for revenge for her previous KO defeat. The match was restricted to three rounds which was an advantage to Jenny since Cassia was increasingly dangerous and aggressive once she sensed her opponent was tiring. Jenny defended herself well and got in some telling punches of her own, but Cassia scored with a greater number of shots and deservedly took the points decision against a game and determined opponent | N/a | 
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| 1996 | LGIS (New) | MW-3-1 | Christiane | 2-0 | Catfight | Naked | Cassia and Christiane staged a brutal naked catfight with minimal rules in which bare-knuckle punching was allowed as well as hair-pulling, breast-mauling and choking. Both girls clearly intended to hand out a punishing beating to the other and the action was savage at times despite their personal friendship. Cassia's greater strength told in the end, and she forced two submissions from her lighter opponent who was left beaten and exhausted on the mat | N/a | 
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| 1996? | LGIS (New) | MW-44-2 | Jenny Dawson | KO | Boxing | Topless | In an 8-round epic battle Jenny held her own for over half the fight, attacking whenever she could and keeping on the move to stay clear of her opponent. However, she gradually lost momentum and the more powerful Cassia took charge, knocking her down on more than one occasion and then handing her a sustained and brutal beating which was ended by the intervention of referee, who was forced to step in to halt the bout with Jenny trapped on the ropes and unable to defend herself | N/a | 
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Notable opponents
Cassia had an ongoing rivalry with ex-GMC fighters Silke Roth and Christiane but her most memorable matches were her boxing bouts with fans' favourite, the fearless English-born Jenny Dawson.
