i'm looking for a martial arts manga preferrablely dealing with tournament and better yet a female lead but doesn't have to..something like gamaran would be great too. thank you thank you thank you

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Yu Yu Hakusho
Dragonball
Sorry can't think of any with female lead but I can almost guarantee it's a shoenen and action.

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all rounder meguru though the main character is a male but there is a female as one of the main characters and they put a bit in for her

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Hajime no Ippo for sure

You might want to try out yureka. It's not martial art, but it has a tournament and the characters are amazing.

And here's the link for Martial Arts + Tournament:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?perpage=50&ge nre=Martial%20Arts&category=Tournament&orderby =rating

Grappler Baki

Wrestle! Idol very perverted ...and funny

Change Guy is good...no more like awesome

Tenjou Tenge deal with tournaments and a couple of nice girls

Kinnikuman Lady fighting females...in tournaments[kind of]

and as Novaflowne said
Grappler Baki and all the spinoffs is good...artstyle is a bit grotesque but its very intence...if you cant stand the artstyle lol...watch the anime

Teppu is an MMA with a female lead