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Originally Posted by Dent
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Call it sexism if you will, but I can't see the value in women repeatedly punching each other in the face, be it Boxing, Kickboxing or MMA. (I know, there is some discrepancy when I think that Knockdown has so many benefits, particularly for women, but this seems borderline voyeurism.)
Is it just cultural/ age-based dissonance, or do others feel the same?
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I agree with you, "kind of", but due to different reasons. Ever since I got involved with Muay Thai in '96 and was competing and/or cornering fighters I have seen many attractive females "win". Gina is a good fighter, I won't take anything away from her but I know for a fact that certain female fighters in the muay thai world are only there because they're attractive and sell tickets. I'm not going to name any names because some of these females actually know me, or used to due to who I have trained with.
I have no problem with female fighting if it's based on no "worked" fights and fair calls. I'm glad to see promotions like Smack girl with fighters like Megumi and Cindy Hales because I know they're true warriors that give it their all.
Fortunately, I think this is changing because I don't see it as much in MMA as I used to in muay thai.