When crusty curmudgeons from dying newspapers liken mixed martial arts to dogfighting, I don’t blink an eye. I take solace knowing MMA has shown no signs of slowing down, that newspapers have rapidly lost their market share.
So when David Whitley of MMA Fanhouse uses the same tired arguments to disparage women’s MMA, I find myself scratching my head.
From the article:
There is obviously an audience for what she does. The Carano fight headlined the Showtime pay-per-view, and 13,524 showed up at the HP Pavilion in San Jose.
From all accounts, the crowd loved it. Of course, some people like snuff films and Michael Vick’s ex-hobby. And our ancestors had season tickets to the Christians vs. the Lions.
The question I would ask Whitley is this: if you’re willing to make this argument to attack female’s fighting MMA, what stops you from carrying that over to MMA as a whole?
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