May 28, 2013 – TXMMA wanted to explore the differences between what it’s like being a male and female mixed martial artist. We interviewed several female professional fighters about their own experiences in Women’s Mixed Martial Arts and found out that although fighting is fighting, when it comes to gender and the treatment of females in MMA, a fighter is not always just a fighter.
Through our discourse with these women it became apparent that it is significantly harder to be a professional female fighter than it is to be a male MMA fighter. Women not only have to face the same obstacles as the men do to succeed, but they must also deal with additional challenges that the men don’t. Some were predictable, others came as a total surprise, but all of them have one thing in common: they are distractions taking attention away from these ladies’ fighting skills and their ability to hone said skills in order to succeed as professional mixed martial artists –which is all that should really matter anyway.
These are some of the hurdles female fighters are encountering in their paths as professional mixed martial artists:
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