Posted on 03/11/2020 7:58:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk fought an instant classic on Saturday at UFC 248 in Las Vegas.
The merciless brutality that unfolded through five five-minute rounds would have been enough to make timid people recoil in horror, yet it was hailed as one of the greatest bouts in the history of women's combat sports.
Now you can live through it all again: The UFC released slo-mo footage of the highlights, and you can see the strikes that caused both sides of Jedrzejczyk's forehead to swell so much that she was barely recognizable.
(Excerpt) Read more at insider.com ...
UFC makes boxing look like a safe, low-impact sport by comparison.
What will future historians say about us, that for paid sport and TV entertainment, we arranged competitions in which women beat each other bloody?
We allow this, but call people like Michael Vick evil for fighting dogs.
Our society is twisted and absurd and we don’t even realize it.
Sorry, I’m just not into watching women fight each other.
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It’s a mystery why anyone would want to watch anybody fighting under these rules. Male or female.
Agreed. Totally brutal and useless activity. It isn’t sport.
Anyone remember the Jerry Springer show? Only difference was the ones on his show had clothes on. And somebody stopped them before they went too far. But the anger was there.
It’s a mystery why anyone would want to watch anybody fighting under these rules. Male or female.”
Modern Gladiator Fights. Wait until some promoter gets the idea to do that in a arena setting. Its a matter of time.
I totally agree there is absolutely no logical reason for this so called sport.
Well hell, our society sends women into combat now, so why not? /s
There is a sickness in our society that women should do this...and it is celebrated. Romans didn’t have female gladiators.
“Christians and the Lions, sold out every night” - Ray Davies
Couldnt have said it better. Barbaric.
Until our society stops murdering tens of millions of babies, chopping them apart and selling their bloody body parts for profit...nothing else compares in barbarity.
Why not have fights to the death, like the good old days, sheesh. /s
Almost no documentation of that. That smells like some modern redfem revisionism.
So true
Very impressive fighters, from the excerpts on Youtube. Both took and delivered significant hits. It’s pretty clear, from what was shown, how Mickey Rourke went from pretty boy to human gargoyle after a stint in pro boxing.
Best female MMA bout ever. Neither fight let up on the gas the whole 5 rounds.
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