Should there be female vs male MMA style fights?

[Apinya97]

Some years ago when Manny Pacquiao was asked if Ronda Rousey could beat Floyd Mayweather in an MMA fight, he answered “I believe so. She’s strong. Strong enough to beat Floyd Mayweather in MMA”. Around that same time UFC President Dana White also said “Ronda wins that fight and hurts him badly”.

While Ronda admitted herself that Floyd “would definitely beat me in a boxing match”, she also claimed that where MMA was concerned, “in a no-rules fight, I believe I can beat anyone on this planet”.

With this in mind, should female vs male ‘no rules’ MMA style fights, that forbids body/groin protection and allows strikes anywhere above or below the belt, be commonly practiced? If the competitors were matched up fairly balancing physical attributes against technical ability?

As someone who regularly spars and competes against both women and men under these rules at club level, I would love to watch such fights. What do you think? Thank you.

[Levin]

I really respect female martial artists and would love to train with some in real life.

However, this making things realistic argument is rather silly.

I think a 'real' fight, where you take the gloves off, will be over within 30 seconds. That's hardly sustainable. If you're genuinely about no rules and realistic fighting, you can do a lot of damage to someone very quickly. What's the point in that exactly? Some people have some kind of point to prove or some kind of inferiority complex. You shouldn't be wanting to permanently damage your sparring partner.

[Levin]

by the way, a lot of the female martial artists who would fair well against men are probably those that are naturally physically bulky, 'amazonian', have rather male characteristics. A lot of women are definitely very strong, and would fare well against a male opponent. Having said that, it's well known, as a general rule, men are a lot stronger than women.

[jbasch]

I think a dude would need to have a death wish to agree to a "no rules fight that forbids groin protection" against Ronda Rousey. If she kicked a dude in the crotch, he'd have nothing left. So yeah, seems suicidal to me lol

[jbasch]

Oh, I was going to send this to you as a message @Apinya97 , but you don't follow me, so I can't. I thought you might find this tweet amusing, given the subject of your post: twitter.com/.../143133179958669313

[Apinya97]

Well that’s it, it’s a great leveller in mixed fights to ban groin protection.

[jbasch]

As a guy, I'd say it tips the scales in women's advantage more than a 'leveller' would lmao

[Apinya97]

Maybe so 😂 as long as it’s a competitive match up that’s what matters.

[jbasch]

Haha, yeah I guess that's fair. It's just, any time I've been in a fight with a girl (mostly my older sister lol), that was her 'trump card' and it was never even close once she'd decide to use it. Nature equipped guys with an easy 'off' switch and it's hard for me to imagine being competitive if a gal decides to go for it lmao

[Apinya97]

I think once a girl realises how effective kicking to the groin is, it’s the first thing they go for given the chance.

[jbasch]

Yeah I think that's right. I remember being a very dumb teenager thinking that it doesn't "actually" hurt so badly... Shared this belief with a girl on the soccer (or football) team and she gladly offered to prove me wrong.

Turns out I was very wrong. Who knew? lmao

[HighValue]

I would participate and fight with full force against feminist or liberal women, but not against normal ones. Like if it was against Megan Rapinoe or someone like that, sure.

[Kasabiian]

No, psychologically it would be an anathema for most men to beat up on a woman, even for sport. Chris Brown might do it.

[DrearyMark]

Would love to answer in a DM

[Apinya97]

Sure 👍

[DrearyMark]

I can’t unless you DM first haha! But I am very interested!

[Jennz6]

She can but not me lol

[LimitedBenefits101]

Lol feminist wouldn't like that.

[sirderpsalot123]

Nope.

[In_Trance]

Nope