A bizarre video shows a brave woman in Florida sticking her head into the mouth of an alligator during a wrestling competition.

Ashley Lawrence, a 32-year-old woman, was caught on cam sticking her head inside an alligator’s mouth during the competition.

Ashley, who is 4 feet 11 inches, achieved the feat during the Freestyle Alligator Wrestling Competition in Brighton.

Before the bizarre act, the woman gets the beast under control, then she shows off a bit by staring directly down the fearsome jaws of the alligator.

The alligator that she was playing with was 8 and a half feet long, which weighs around 70 to 90 kilograms.

Ashley, who is originally from Miami, Florida, said, “The greatest challenge for me during the event was my own mind.”

She added, “When you are breaking ground or entering any sort of arena where you are ‘the first’, it’s natural to feel the pressure and to worry that you are not good enough.”

She continued, “Being able to dig deep down in those moments and find that trust in yourself, in your own skills and hard-work and reminding yourself that you know you can – that’s when you can calm the mind and let the body do what it’s been trained to do. The greatest challenge for me is staying out of my own way. The part of this whole experience that had the biggest impact on me was the strength and love I was surrounded with from the community, from the spectators, from my own competitors.”

Ashley said a lot of women that were watching came up to her to tell her how their 6 minutes of watching her went.

She explained, “It was so moving to hear the excitement and love from women who felt inspired by me that day. If I had to describe this experience in one word it would be humbling.”

She added, “Sometimes we as humans can’t see our own strength inside and on these rare occasions you are given the opportunity to just stand up and be 100 percent yourself. It is utterly humbling when you are embraced and applauded for your efforts and that is how everyone made me feel that day.”

Ashley continued, “I used these traditional techniques to show not only my own knowledge and understanding of the alligators behaviours and movements but also to show the strength and power of these incredible creatures. [The techniques were] used by the Seminole Tribe of Florida to safely capture alligators without the use of weapons.”

Not going to lie, the woman has some balls.