Media Weird Insecure Betas? Coaches Who Date Their Female Students

[Siver!]

Sorry man. Maybe I overreacted a bit.

All love!

 

[jitzmonkey]

It's creepy when the coach is much older imo, but not so much if they're the same age range. Ie Pat Barry and Rose = creepy but Karolina and her husband = not creepy.

Unfortunately that age gap (teenager to adult) is common among people of less privileged backgrounds.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Sorry man. Maybe I overreacted a bit.

apologizing? on the internet? in sherdog forums? now you're the beta

 

[Luthien]

 

[fedorthegoat777]

It really depends on the scenario.
If the media members were creeps, definitely.
If the coaches were being controlling...

Put that weirdo that "trained" Diego Sanchez in the latter scenario.

You dig?

Media Members obviously selected the finer looking wmma members and were hoping for some after dinner ground and pound. This goes without saying. Cyborg wasn't exactly invited to the dinner.

 

[PaddyO'malley]

Jus dedicated coachin' fam bros at di gym all day nuh hav taym fi chase or chat

Gyal come in mad dedicated hit di pads have a mean right hand mek him heart flutter

Dem a mek each other better nuh wan di media questions dem finna frame ting however an' spin it

 

[ricains_cretins]

Jealousy flooding all over this thread.

 

[Hog-train]

Well maybe some of the cases were that the male BJJ coaches initially introduced their GF's to MMA and they became good?

Seems like a lot of projection to make all these negative assumptions without knowing details.

 

[HHJ]

Well maybe some of the cases were that the male BJJ coaches initially introduced their GF's to MMA and they became good?

Seems like a lot of projection to make all these negative assumptions without knowing details.

Alot of coaches hook up w female students. It's just the truth. Theres alot of hooking up in general between men and women and it's not really a surprise considering how up close and personal this shit is.


- Duh Magazine

 

[markys00]

Not weird at all

 

[Necrocrawler]

Honestly...
Idk...
Lots of downs... some ups on this point.

Some stories i remember regarding this subject:

Joanne Wood: married and i believe is on stable relationship with her former coach.
Rose Namajunas: not exactly the situation here, since they just trained at the same gym and Pat barry wasn't exactly her headcoach.
Rousey: Same thing. Browne eventually joined Edmond but wasn't her headcoach.

Now...

Viviane Pereira: Former UFC fighter who was kicked from her team after her coach discovered she was pregnant with her baby.
Ericka Almeida: Another former UFC fighter who had a relationship with her coach (which she met when she was 17. He was 38 and was also married at the time). Besides being victim of physical and verball agressions, her former coach also had a relationship issues with her sister (who was 15 at the time)
Hermes Franca: former UFC figher and also registered sex offender. The reason for the register? Abused a former student.

Anyway... It's hard to defend any of those cases, specially regarding those points mentioned above... But i honestly don't know how to actually avoid those.

 

[Necrocrawler]

Well maybe some of the cases were that the male BJJ coaches initially introduced their GF's to MMA and they became good?

Seems like a lot of projection to make all these negative assumptions without knowing details.

Closest thing i heard about this is...

Apparently Shauna Bannon was on Tinder and matched some SBG fighter.
He talked about MMA to her and she became a pro fighter in the process.
I was gonna say Lauren Murphy also... But i believe she got into MMA due to her son

 

[Goatenstein]

The ones who have been grooming their students since they were in middle school are not good. If they're the same age they might be weirdos but not groomers so who cares.

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

I want hot korean female coach who will shove her feet into my face inbtween rounds so i get that adrenaline galore

 

[cade187]

I didn't act like the women had no say in it, but the tweet does obviously critique the male aspect.

I imagine this is a focus for several reasons, but here it seems to be the fact the male partner/coach feels compelled to follow the female round constantly. That's anecdotal, but do these female fighters insist on being involved in all their coaches sessions/interviews/whatever, or is this a direct result of a gross power imbalance?

You're talking about hypotheticals. Also, what you're describing can happen in any relationship. It's not unique to fighters dating coaches. Like I said, it's only weird if something makes it weird. A coach doesn't have any real authority over their fighters, because it's a completely elective relationship.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Ericka Almeida: Another former UFC fighter who had a relationship with her coach (which she met when she was 17. He was 38 and was also married at the time). Besides being victim of physical and verball agressions, her former coach also had a relationship issues with her sister (who was 15 at the time)

Man, what in the actual fuck

 

[Chagaev]

It happens in other sports too. Two adults who spend a lot of time together and have things in common end up dating, big deal.

 

[Clark Rogers]

The ones who have been grooming their students since they were in middle school are not good. If they're the same age they might be weirdos but not groomers so who cares.

Kinda what I was getting at when I said I don't mind if it's two consenting adults that are transparent, etc, but Pat and Rose are weird.

They may both be consenting adults now, but that shit was pretty groomy when it started.

Idk as much about Karolina and her husband but some better have made it sound like a potential grooming situation too.

 

[plataoplombo]

No different than dating someone at work.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

Thinly veiled Pat Barry thread.

That's way past icky. That shit was just old fashioned molesting.