Cornrowed Sarah Kaufman and Roxanne Modaferri fight for respect
It’s bullshit that tonight’s women’s 135-pound title fight between champ Sarah Kaufman and Roxanne Modaferri has been stuck in tonight’s Strikeforce: Challengers ghetto. Sure, it’s the co-main event, but these are two of the toughest, scrappiest fighters – male or female – in all of MMA, fighting for a belt. This deserves to be on a regular Strikeforce card, not this Grapefruit League event. And I have to agree with Kaufman and Cage Potato that it appears the only way to be successful in women’s MMA is to look like a Maxim model (like Gina Carano) or smash every opponent Hulk-style (like Cris “Cyborg” Santos). I guess having the hair style of Bo Derek without the cheekbones just isn’t enough. And for the record, my money’s on Kaufman.
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For 90% of the viewers, womens MMA is just a side show still. I base that on comments on mainstream MMA websites. I guess it was similar for the males in the early years of UFC too?
Totally agree. But there’s a chicken-and-egg thing here: Do you base whether to give women’s MMA (the Kaufman/Modaferri fight, for example) a bigger spotlight on audience interest/demand (which has to be built) or on how deserving the fighters are (with the hopes that the higher exposure will increase audience interest/demand)? I prefer an “If you build it, they will come” approach, but then I’m not the one footing the bill for the promotion.
Your canadian sweetheart was on a rampage last evening so I guess this is a thing of the past for her now
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