Comments on: Following overnight drama, Cyborg vs. Akano back on for tonight

By: Cathedron

Cathedron — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:47:15 +0000

Seven pounds is just ridiculous. But I kinda feel like the women should be given a certain amount of consideration. I really think this mostly comes down to women’s MMA having growing pains. Not enough weight classes so some fighters have to squeeze into divisions they shouldn’t while others get stuck fighting opponents who greatly outsize them. Plus, there’s the issue of highly mismatched competition. The few women at the top of the division should be fighting five min rounds, but most of their competition can’t hang at that level. Hopefully, it’ll all work itself out in a few years.

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By: kenonbass

kenonbass — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:12:46 +0000

That is seriously ridiculous. Even if you’re over like a pound or 2 it’s disrespectful let alone 7. There’s no competition for these women and they know they’ll still get to fight so there’s absolutely no incentive for them to try and make weight putting their opponents at a severe disadvantage.

And they wonder why Dana White wants nothing to do w/ a women’s division.

I partially wanted to see this fight before but now I could care less.

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By: tyler

tyler — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:23:56 +0000

This is good news.
Looking forward to seeing this fight.
Akano’s only real chance is to catch Cyborg in a submission. If she gets her on her back she could get her in trouble.

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