I don’t know why quite a few on here get bent out of shape saying Nunes or Valentina merks every guy on here.
Nunes fights at 145lbs. If she doesn’t cut much weight for that she’s around 65kg.
I’m 83kg and below average for a guy.
On this forum will be multiple guys well above Nunes 5’ 8”, well above her 65kg by as much as 20 or 30kg, who also train martial arts.
Statistically speaking there will be many guys on here who manhandle her easily and it would look like that Ronda Mouse video I saw on here yesterday.
There’s a reason for weight classes. Guys with 20kg or more on a girl are going to absolutely destroy even the trained women.
Pretending Ronda, Amanda, Kayla Harrison can batter men isn’t gonna pull more fans to WMMA.
I love watching women’s athletics, women’s tennis etc (not women’s soccer). But there’s no getting away from the fact it is better watching Usain Bolt over Elaine Thompson or Roger, Rafa and Djoker over Serena and Ash Barty.
Women’s MMA will get better. But instead of forcing everyone to say they are as good as men now, when they are not, will not help develop a strong fan base. Let it grow naturally at its own pace, be honest about where it is now or at any moment in time, and the fans it attracts will be real and long lasting.