I watch them fight. Since I don’t purchase the PPV part of the MMA broadcasts - my choices are a little smaller. I enjoy well matched cards - so sometimes the women’s fight is more evenly matched than many of the men’s fights.
Top female fighters like Amanda Nunez, Rose Namajunas, Cris Cyborgnd and Joanna Jędrzejczyk are really skilled. The lower ranked fighter bouts are generally a little boring.
But watch this head kick knockout. Absolutely sick!
I'm not into MMA but I go to BWW some Saturday nights when they are showing it and I like watching the women fighters like Holy Holm and Paige Van Zant, and before that Rhonda Rousey.
I know what you mean. It's not my thing either. But Gina Carano was really hot. Back when she was still fighting, it was almost enough to make me want to watch. Almost, but not quite.
Gina Carano is hot! I watched her on the American Gladiators (reboot or whatever) that only lasted two seasons. Her Gladiator name was Crush. Best sign I saw was "I have a crush on Crush". I think it may have been a young (early 20s) guy holding it.
Some of the original Gladiators, like Lace who was beautiful, appeared in Playboy back in the day (full nudity). No luck with Gina though unfortunately.
Damn I feel old now remembering the original American Gladiators show. Oh well!
When female MMA was up-and-coming, there were many times when the female fights were more exciting than the men's fights. Maybe they had something to prove, but I'd be sitting there at the fights, and you get these cautious defensive men's fights, and then the women would come in and THROW DOWN like warriors, so exciting. These days, I don't have that same impression -- many women's fights just seem sloppy, or maybe they've lost their novelty. There are, of course, still female warriors who really bring it and make things exciting.
Overall, I enjoy female MMA, although as it becomes more and more "just like men's fights, only less skill and explosiveness", I enjoy it less and less. There are exceptions, of course -- Joanna being a killer and seeming to be a terrible person, Rose's unlikely defeats of her, etc., as exciting as any men's fights
I actually like watching fights. Not MMA, but street fights, as long as the girls can fight. My mom taught me how to fight when I was like 11 (she always said I was so beautiful that girls were going to pick on me and try to ruin my pretty face... Her words). She has done kickboxing growing up so she knows her shit. She was first person who taught me how to throw a good punch.
I used to be a huge boxing fan........not much on the MMA stuff although more and more people seem to equate it to boxing more so than WBC or WBA sanctioned fights........I've met Laila Ali........she'd probably beat the snot out of most of us in the ring.......so I have a healthy respect for anyone in the shape it takes to get in the ring.
@twentyfive years ago I used to attend a lot of fights but its been a long time since anyone has my attention to go root for them.
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But watch this head kick knockout. Absolutely sick!
https://www.mmamania.com/2018/6/24/17498…
Some of the original Gladiators, like Lace who was beautiful, appeared in Playboy back in the day (full nudity). No luck with Gina though unfortunately.
Damn I feel old now remembering the original American Gladiators show. Oh well!
Overall, I enjoy female MMA, although as it becomes more and more "just like men's fights, only less skill and explosiveness", I enjoy it less and less. There are exceptions, of course -- Joanna being a killer and seeming to be a terrible person, Rose's unlikely defeats of her, etc., as exciting as any men's fights
@twentyfive years ago I used to attend a lot of fights but its been a long time since anyone has my attention to go root for them.
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