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Tom Yum · 03-28-2003, 06:15 PM

I read the most recent issue of Grappling magazine (with the gal on the cover). The woman on the cover is a heavyweight MMA (she is 5'10" 165). While she trains with men and is successful vs. other women (some who are brutes!), she says that it is more difficult to gauge how successfull she would fight outside the ring, because men are generally stronger/hit harder than women. Not to say that she couldn't send a guy to the hospital, but against a Tyson like opponent she might land a few solid shots and hurt the guy, but in the end she would likely get ko'd if not worse.

A small percentage of women could probably defend themselves against a man, but the average woman cannot which is why we need to watch our ladies backs...heh, don't take this the wrong way.

03-28-2003, 06:15 PM	#34 (permalink)
Tom Yum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here and there. Posts: 11,301 Groans: 0 Groaned at 2 Times in 2 Posts	I read the most recent issue of Grappling magazine (with the gal on the cover). The woman on the cover is a heavyweight MMA (she is 5'10" 165). While she trains with men and is successful vs. other women (some who are brutes!), she says that it is more difficult to gauge how successfull she would fight outside the ring, because men are generally stronger/hit harder than women. Not to say that she couldn't send a guy to the hospital, but against a Tyson like opponent she might land a few solid shots and hurt the guy, but in the end she would likely get ko'd if not worse. A small percentage of women could probably defend themselves against a man, but the average woman cannot which is why we need to watch our ladies backs...heh, don't take this the wrong way. __________________ Love it, leave it or fix it.