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girlactionfigure · 9 months ago

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Leah Goldstein seemed like a natural fit to be the keynote speaker at an International Women’s Day event in Ontario, Canada, next month. A Canadian cyclist, she made history as the first woman to win a grueling 3,000-mile bike race across the United States.⁠ ⁠ But in January, five months after accepting the invitation, Goldstein was told she was no longer invited to speak.⁠ ⁠ The cause, the event organizers said, was “a small but growing and extremely vocal group” that took issue with Goldstein’s service three decades ago in the Israeli army.⁠ ⁠ “Our focus at INSPIRE has been and will always be to create safe spaces to honour, share, and celebrate the remarkable stories of women and non-binary individuals,” the women’s empowerment group said in a statement. “In recognition of the current situation and the sensitivity of the conflict in the Middle East, the Board of INSPIRE will be changing our keynote speaker.”⁠ ⁠ The revoked invitation comes amid widespread turmoil over the Israel-Hamas war, including in local communities far from the Middle East.⁠ ⁠ Goldstein, 54, was born in Vancouver to Israeli parents and lived in Israel as a child and served in its military, as is required for most citizens. She first broke onto the international sports scene as a kickboxer, winning the 1989 World Bantamweight Kickboxing Championship. As a cyclist, Goldstein overcame a potentially career-ending crash in 2005 and shifted to ultra-endurance racing.⁠ ⁠ In 2011, she won the women’s solo category in the Race Across America. She finished second in the women’s group and fifth overall in 2019, and in 2021 made history by winning the overall solo division. Goldstein completed the 3,000-mile race in 11 days, three hours and three minutes.⁠ ⁠ Goldstein told JTA that she had planned to stick with her usual message for the March 8 event.⁠ ⁠ “I am zero political when I speak,” she said by phone from her home in Vernon, British Columbia. “Honestly, there is nothing political about my presentation. I just talk about the crap that I went through and the crap that most women go through, and they still do, and how I handled it.”⁠ ⁠

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#Ontario #CA #Women’s Day #Leah Goldstein

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archivalofsins · 9 months ago

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So, that last minigram huh?

Kotoko continuing to be unable to take what she dishes out is adorable without question. To celebrate the continuation and the use of portal timeline interactions in another minigram-

I wanna take a moment to discuss that and how martial arts is handled in the portal timeline too!

Transcript of official translation of Minigram EP51 "Mixed Martial Arts Competition Part 2"

[51-1] Kotoko: You're a martial arts guy right, Kazui? Kotoko: What do you do? Judo? Mahiru: What's wrong Mikoto? Kazui: Why do you wanna know all of a suddent? nervous Mikoto: If the battle starts here, I'll have nightmares about it. Mikoto: Who is stronger...? Last episode [51-2] Kazui: Uhh. Kazui: I mainly do judo and kendo(Japanese fencing). Kazui: And a bit of karate. Kazui: You also have some experience in combat sports right? Kazui: I can tell. Kazui: Hm... Kazui: It involves punching and kicking... Kazui: But I don't think it's karate... Kotoko: ...! Kazui: Is it taekwondo? Kotoko: I'm not telling you. Kotoko: Stop staring at me you pervert. Kazui: Is.. Kazui: Isn't that a bit unfair...?

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Does Kotoko in the last panel remind anyone else of another prisoner?

I guess playing investigator/hero is only fun when when she the only one doing the watching right?

They’re still here, still here, it grates me.

The difference between this in and the portal timeline interaction is that more prisoners have been included. Mahiru and Mikoto. Two people who had already deduced that Kazui and Kotoko had some martial arts knowledge.

Since this is following up from Minigram EP50 "Mixed Martial Arts Competition Part 1" where Mikoto asks who would win between Kazui and Kotoko in a fight.

[50-1] Mikoto: By the way- Mikoto: Who is stronger between Koto-chan and Kazu? Mikoto: Both of them do martial arts, right? Kotoko: If we go head to head, I'd think Kazui. Futa: Of course it would be. Futa: Don't ask such a stupid question. Futa: Women can't beat men in martial arts. Futa: This isn't a manga. Futa: Body size makes a big difference. step step Futa: How hard you hit is dependent on your body weight Futa: You don't understand. [50-2] Kotoko: Futa does have a point. squeak Kotoko: The fact that many martial arts have weight divisions means that it makes much of a difference. Kotoko: I would be bantamweight and he would be cruiserweight or heavyweight. Kotoko: But... snap Kotoko: I would at least break one of his arms. sst Kotoko: ... So when do we fight?

Maybe we'll get to see Mahiru and Kazui's timeline conversation from 20/06/19 turned into a minigram as well.

20/06/19 Kazui: By the way…… thanks, Shina-chan. You keep going around and talking to people to make sure the mood never gets too sour, right? It’s a big help. We’re all in here together, after all. If a fight broke out, the whole group could fall apart. Mahiru: ……eh? Huh~? Ah, no, I’m just talking to people because I personally want to talk. All the kids are so cute, so I can’t help but want to fuss over them! A fight, huh… But if that ever happened, then you’ll definitely be a big help, right~? Since you’re so big! And buff! Kazui: Ahh, no. I mean, I’ll do what I can. Based on appearance, as long as nobody has a weapon, I think I can probably get everyone under control…… No, we should just hope that nothing like that ever happens. Mahiru: You know, I quite like watching martial arts, actually. I don’t really get it, but it looks super cool. Hi-yah! Hi-yah!

The changes made in the minigram could be to give a more cohesive narrative to those moments. Mikoto, asks Kotoko who's tougher which causes her to get intrigued as well wanting to test her strength, she asks Kazui what martial arts he knows to see if he's a worthy opponent. This leads to Kazui getting nervous assuming this means she's going to try to fight him. Which could lead into him thanking Mahiru for always trying to keep the atmosphere light afterwards and she just explains she has fun talking to everyone.

But let's hop into the interesting thing. Considering the focus on strength and martial arts I decided to look over the timeline interactions involving them. they're interesting to say the least.

Here's the first one to mention martial arts-

20/05/30 Mahiru: Hey, Kotoko-chan. There’s something that’s really been bugging me, so do you mind if I ask? ……how do you style yourself so well? Have you always dressed like that? But it also looks like something you’d wear for training. Do you play sport? Ah, or maybe some kind of martial arts? Kotoko: ……you really are carefree. Everyone in here is a “murderer” right? Is this really the time to be asking questions like that? Mahiru: Hmm, I guess so. That’s what they said. But nobody here seems particularly scary or anything, right? If I had to pick someone, then maybe you’re the scariest! Ah, wait, do you do like yoga or something? Kotoko: ……I can’t tell if you’re making fun of me or are just an airhead.

The second is you guessed it the interaction between Mahiru and Kazui. Wow Mahiru certainly is good at picking out people who know martial arts in a casual way.

The third one is Kotoko's interaction with Kazui,

20/07/09 Kotoko: Kazui, you do martial arts, right? ……what type? Judo? Kazui: Ah, my main is…… judo, and kendo. I also know a little bit of karate. You must have some martial arts experience too, right, Yuzuriha-chan? I can tell by looking. Hmm… probably a combat type…… I’m guessing not karate…… is it taekwondo? Kotoko: ……I’m not telling you. Stop ogling me like that. It’s gross. Kazui: I-isn’t that a bit unfair?

Then the conversation between Mikoto, Kotoko, and Futa.

20/08/03 Mikoto: By the way, Koto-chan. Who’s stronger between you and Kazu-san? You both know martial arts, right? Kotoko: ……if it was a fair one-on-one fight, probably Kazui. Futa: Isn’t that obvious? What a stupid question. There’s no way a girl could win in a fight against a man. This is real life, not a manga. There’s too big a difference in body size. And that’s what determines the weight of your attacks. Kotoko: ……Futa’s not entirely wrong there. In a lot of martial arts, they specifically split up divisions based on body weight for that reason. I’m bantam, and he’d probably be either cruiser or heavy. Well, I’d still break an arm or two though.

The funniest thing about looking over the Portal Timeline interactions in contrast to how the minigram portrays this is-

Well to realize that Kazui never told anyone he did martial arts until he was directly asked by Kotoko. Kotoko and Mahiru both just assumed from how he was built that he did some sort of martial arts. A conclusion they would have come to by oggling the man.

Now Mahiru doesn't hide that she's eyeing up the every adult men in Milgram at all-

20/06/08 Mahiru: Shidou-san…… you’re really good-looking. Personally I think you’d be better if you ate a bit more, but you’re slim and tall, and well put together to boot…… You must’ve been super popular up until now, right? Shidou: ……yeah, that’s true…… I did my share of fooling around in the past. Mahiru: Oh~? That’s not the sort of answer I’d expect from you. I’ve got it! Somebody told you that if you replied like that people wouldn’t resent you so much, right? Shidou: Haha, I’m surprised you guessed. ……it seems that no matter what guise I put on, it’s meaningless against a woman’s insight.

So, it's not much of a surprise that she would make this sort of observation about Kazui. Hell, I'm not even faulting it.

Q.05 Who do you dislike most out of the other prisoners? Mahiru: Futa-kun is a bully, so definitely out! Also Mikoto is pretty flippant, he kinda seems like the type who’d cheat~

If she's trying to use Milgram to find a new boyfriend all the more power to her. Yet, it is again very hilarious that from how the timeline presents it the only reason Kotoko came to the conclusion that Kazui did a martial arts was because she was in her own words ogling him.

Kotoko: ……I’m not telling you. Stop ogling me like that. It’s gross.

What about you, Kotoko?!

Putting this look to the side. Which out of context and in context is not good cosidering the deifnition of the term ogle.

Kazui never told anyone that he did a martial art until he was expressedly asked by Kotoko. The only way that anyone would draw the conclusion that he did is by looking at him (possibly alot). Plus we already know that Kotoko has been keeping an eye on all the prisoner and even more stuff since the release of Deep Cover.

Sorry to go into semantics but yeah what Kotoko did in this minigram is the definition of ogling and is presented as such visually as well as contexually. So, makes sense why they'd have her call him a pervert instead of having her say to stop ogling her like she did before. Having her say that would highlight the double standard here a bit too much.

Despite Kotoko not even answering Kazui when he asks why she's inquiring about this in the overtly menacing way that she is. He still answers her question earnestly. Then when he asks her what martial arts she does to continue the conversation and give her the opportunity to have a reciprocal conversation she just shuts it down by calling him a pervert in the minigram and implying he's one in the original portal timeline by saying he's ogling her.

Him saying that's a bit unfair is rather reasonable. Because that's what it is unfair. He told her what martial arts he does the least she could do is continue the conversation she started and answer the same question she had the audacity to ask.

But while we're still on the topic of martial arts-

Why the fuck are Mahiru and Mikoto so good at telling who does martial arts? It makes sense for Kazui and Kotoko. Also Mahiru admits to being interested in martial arts to Kazui. So, that somewhat explains that. Yet, with Mikoto it's a bit surprising. Given he says that he hates violence.

Q.06 What do you hate? Mikoto: working overnight / reptiles / violence

Well just because he hates violence doesn't mean he can't recognize those capable of being violent or even that he won't use violence himself. It just means he hates it.

Still why is that a skill Mahiru or Mikoto would ever need to the point of being comfortable enough to surmise that two of the prisoners here do it? While also being stunningly correct. Mikoto could have overheard any of the other timeline interractions and just been making small talk though.

Since his talk happens after all the others. Still the fact that four people in this prison are possibly really good at surmising if someone does martial arts by looking at them alone is kind of impressive and terrifying.

This is just some interesting stuff that the new minigram got me thinking about. It's really interesting to see how the staff is incorporating the portal timeline interactions into the minigrams. I can't wait to see what they do with the others from trial one.

#gunsli rambles #milgram #kotoko yuzuhira #mikoto kayano #mahiru shiina #kazui mukuhara

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the-rookies-playbook · 2 months ago

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I love to see a Women Win

(Amanda Nunes)

September 19, 2024 Rookie's Playbook

I’m back at it again deep diving into things I have no concept of, and today it’s the world of the UFC! I like for my first read-through something to be an explanation of sorts so I can try and figure out exactly what is happening, and today I'm diving into the beauty of women champions.

From my understanding there are four types of championships, there is feather-weight, bantam-weight, fly-weight, and straw-weight. I’m not gonna lie, half of these to me sound like the same thing with AI generated names. After doing further research it all depends on the weight of the fighter, which when I was younger used to confuse the hell out of me because I thought it was so rude to segregate people into weight categories, now however I know it’s so you don’t get absolutely murdered.

Feather-weight(126 pounds) has no current champion, but they do have three past champions. Amanda Nunes won in 2018 with two defenses and a TKO of 1 over her opponent Cris Cyborg. I’m not going to sit here and lie to you either if my last name was Cyborg no one could talk to me. That is such badass. The only knowledge I have of a TKO(Total Knockout) is when executed the fighter is left unable to complete the fight, so that is insanely hardcore to me. Currently, the brazilian fighter has insane stats ranging from 13-2 TKO, SUB 4-2, and W-L-D 23-5-0. Now, again I will not lie to you I only know what the TKO is.

Sub is when a fighter ‘taps out’, yielding to their opponent so that they win. So, that takes the badass levels down some, but hey who knows this could actually be the lowest for someone and she is the dominant woman to have ever lived. Then the W-L-D is win, loss, or draw. The thing that I'm getting at for Nunes is that she doesn’t believe in draws and eats up her opponent every time, 23 wins! Insane!

Now that I know the terms let's move onto bantamweight, which is the 135 pound limit. The current champion for this category is Raquel Pennington, with an outcome of a UD over Mayra Bueno Silva. Now comes my next question, the hell is a UD? This is a term I have heard of and often yell out when I want to look knowledgeable, it means unanimous decision. This is when all the judges are in agreement of which fighter is the winner, so good for Miss Pennington!

Pennington’s stats are W-L-D 16-9-0, TKO 1-1, and sub is 1-1, not bad but not my new favorite fighter Amanda Nunes good.

Women’s flyweight is next on our list and their poundage (?) is 125. I’m going to be honest, with all the searching and rules about the fighters weight is insane to me, what is a one pound difference in the grand scheme of it all you know? Anyway, the current champion of this category is Valentina Shevchenko who won in a unanimous decision against Alexas Grasso! Look at me knowing my terms, this is what we call development guys. Shevchenko’s stats are W-L-D 24-4-1, TKO 8-1, and Sub 7-1. I’m gonna be honest, Miss Nunes has my heart, but Schevchenko scares the shit outta me the most.

The final category is straw-weight and the weight is 115 pounds, again the names just all seem too similar for my taste and I find them very much confusing but non the less I digress. The current champion is the lady with the best cheekbones I have ever seen Zhang Weili who won against Carla Esparza with a Sub2. Her stats rival Nunes to me with a W-L-D 25-3-0, TKO 11-1, and Sub 8-0. She is a Chinese fighter whose career I feel I will be following closely.

After all that research I can confirm that this is the most intriguing of the sports I have covered so far, and I simply cannot wait to learn more about it.

#sports #ufc 306 #amanda nunes #sporty girls

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arcana-shipper · 3 months ago

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Time to give the girls some loving in the MMA AU. Will include their brief background, style and attire in one post this time. So....yeah. Maybe the next post shall be about my two MK OCs in this AU.

Kitana - The daughter of Sindel and Jarrod. When Sindel remarried to Shao Khan, who owned a gym and, as such, Kitana decided to start training in MMA. She mainly does it as a hobby.

Styles: Tessenjutsu, Eagle Claw, Ba Gua

Attire: Blue shorts and Rash guard shirt. Has a white bunny on the front of the rash guard short-sleeve shirt.

Mileena - Daughter of Sindel and Jarrod and twin sister of Kitana. She follows her twin's footsteps although she does actually compete. She's in the Flyweight class and is on her way to become champion. She does have a deformed mouth that she hides.

Styles: Saijutsu, Ying Yeung, Mian Quan

Attire: Pink shorts and sports bra. She has a black Praying Mantis on the left side of her shorts.

Tanya - The former Bantamweight champion, she's now mostly the owner of a MMA Women's Magazine.

Styles: Zi Ran Men, Yue Chuan, Senjiegun

Attire: When she was fighting, yellow sports bra and shorts, black stripes going down the left side of her shorts.

Jade - Best friend of Kitana and her usual sparring partner. She also practices MMA as a hobby.

Styles: Bojutsu, Fan Zi, Ko Shou

Attire: Green shorts and short sleeve rash guard. Has a golden cat on the back of the rash guard.

#mma kombat #mortal kombat au #mk au #mma au #mma #kitana #mileena #tanya #jade

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mmagoats · 1 year ago

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MMA GOATS - Blog 2

Starting off my MMA goats tier list with the 10th tier fighters are three very different stylistic contenders and coming up in different time periods for the sport of MMA and UFC. They all brought different aspects that have led me to give them this spot and place them in this tier.

Valentina Shevchenko “Bullet”

Valentina Anatolievna Shevchenko was born March 7th 1998 in Frunze (now Bichkek), Kyrgyzstan and has always stood out for her physical abilities, notably being a part of the Soviet Navy and playing football for the nation of Kyrgyzstan. All though her real passion was combat sports, following in the steps of her mother and sister. She started at the age of just 5 training taekwondo, later moving to kickboxing where at the age of 12 she knocked out a 22 year old opponent, earning her the nickname “Bullet”. Her come up story alone would be enough to place her on the list, but throughout her career in Muay Thai kickboxing she won over 90 matches and won 8 gold medals in the IFMA world championship. She finally stepped into the octagon in 2010 where she has been dominating the fighters of the bantamweight division ever since, alongside moving up to flyweight and winning the belt in 2018. Even though she lost the belt to Alexa Grasso, she came back and tied her in their rematch and with their trilogy fight on the horizon.

Valentina is a staple and a great reason I like women’s MMA and can watch and route for it, even with all the stigma behind girls in combat sports I think they are equally entertaining and skilled. So in my opinion because of her almost clean Muay Thai and kickboxing record, her complete domination of the UFC bantam and flyweight divisions and her outrageous life story that shocks me every time I hear lt, she proves she’s a skilled fighter of mixed martial arts that has passed the test of time and deserves this spot in the 10th tier of MMA goats.

“The Iceman” Chuck Liddell

Chuck Liddell was your average 200 pound highschool / college American football player and wrestler who had a love for fighting people twice his age. Eventually he made his way into the UFC in 1998, debuting alongside fighters such as Wanderlei Silva and Dan Henderson towards the beginning of the sport when it was still considered by some to be too barbaric and with fighters only having one aspect to their game. And just a side note, this era of UFC was one of my favourites because it was the 90, because how different it was with the lack of safety and utter lack of care from the people and entire industrie. His early career in MMA was dominant with an almost flawless record, but after losses to Randy Couture in the UFC and Rampage Jackson during a grand prix tournament, his career started to really shift. His next fight against Tito Ortiz and future rival was won by TKO after throwing a mass of punches. He went on to win the belt from Couture and defend his title for two years, where he won rematches against Tito Ortiz, Couture, Horn and Sobral. Even though he lost his belt to Rampage Jackson which started his downfall, I think he deserves this spot because of his rise, peak and overall becoming the legacy and arguably first star of the UFC. Even thought I never grew up watching him myself, just researching matches and highlights from the old days of the UFC, I realize that Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell is undoubtedly one of MMA goats that deserves his spot on this tier of the list because of his achievements yes, but mostly because he was able to stand in to me in those old static and grimy tape recordings on YouTube.

Cain Velasquez

More as an honorable mention on this tier, the last person that I think deserves a spot on this tier is Cain Velasquez for not his skills in MMA (though he was a outstanding fighter), but for his trials and tribulations outside of the ring and “could have been” goat legacy for the heavyweight division. Its what I really like about Cain as a person and the reason he’s on this tier. I would go into more details, but I think I could never do it justice, so go and watch this video for further elaboration on his injury-filled and conflicted career in MMA.

Cain Velasquez: TRIUMPH and TRAGEDY

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#mma #bellator mma

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themmaniacs · 2 years ago

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UFC on ESPN: Holly Holm vs. Yana Kunitskaya

#UFC #MMA #UFConESPN #ESPN #HollyHolm #YanaKunitskaya

The co-main event of the night at UFC on ESPN this weekend is a matchup between former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm and Yana Kunitskaya. This fight may not sound particularly exciting on paper. However, it could end up being a very important fight in the women’s bantamweight division. The current champion of the UFC women’s bantamweight division is Amanda Nunes. She holds the…

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#espn #Holly Holm #MMA #UFC #Yana Kunitskaya

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eiy-lei · 2 years ago

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MMA 2023 champion predictions, lots of hot takes but bare with me here:-

Heavyweight - Francis Ngannou defends against Jones and then leaves the UFC. Gane and Blaydes fight for the vacant belt, Blaydes beats Gane and becomes the champion.

Light Heavyweight - Jamahal beats Glover but then loses to Jîri upon his return.

Middleweight - Adesanya wins the rematch with Pereira, Khamzat moves up to middleweight and beats Adesanya.

Welterweight - Usman beats Edwards in the rematch and then retires, Khamzat doesn't make 170 and moves up, so Belal and Colby fight for the vacant belt, I think Belal wins that fight.

Lightweight - Volk beats Islam and Beneil Dariush.

Featherweight - Volk beats the winner of Yair Vs Emmett and presumably Arnold Allen.

Bantamweight - Sterling loses to Cejudo, Cejudo beats Sean and Merab (I don't know where Chito fits into this unless they do Sean Vs Chito 2 ngl).

Flyweight - Moreno beats Figueiredo and Pantoja finally gets to fight for the belt, I think Moreno beats Pantoja this time around.

Women's Featherweight:-Nunes is alone in this division at this point, I don't see Norma Dumont or Macy Chiasson posing a threat to Nunes.

Women's Bantamweight:-Valentina Vs Nunes 3, I think Nunes wins this one, after Valentina's last performance I'm not too confident in her beating Nunes, Nunes could also fight Ketlen Vieira afterwards but that doesn't feel like a close fight (she definitely lost to Holly), I think Irene Aldana could pose a good threat though.

Women's Flyweight:-Valentina loses her belt to Manon Fiorot, Grasso could challenge afterwards but prove unsuccessful. I think the winner of Santos Vs Blanchfield could challenge for the belt and be champ by the end of this year.

Women's Strawweight:-Whether it'd be Lemos, Xiaonan or Namajunas for the third time, I think Zhang Weili beats all 3.

#mma #ufc

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danielladigitalbunny · 3 months ago

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Women's Bantamweight Championship

Julianna Peña

Vs.

Daniella Leonhart (Win)

#mma #ufc #ufc 4 #women's division #women's bantamweight #Julianna Peña #Daniella Leonhart #gaming #ps4

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makanmakananenak782 · 17 days ago

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Misha Tate

Ulasan: Misha Tate adalah mantan juara UFC Women's Bantamweight yang terkenal karena teknik grappling dan ketahanan mentalnya. Setelah pensiun dari MMA, Tate kembali ke UFC dan masih menunjukkan kemampuannya sebagai salah satu petarung terkuat di kelas bantam wanita.

BACA SELENGKAPNYA

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theanticool · 2 months ago

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A Crash Course to Boxing - The Perfect Weekend to Start Watching!

If you are someone who would like to get into watching professional boxing, but has found it too intimidating this is the perfect weekend for you!

While we don't have any huge superstars facing off, we have 3 amazing cards lined up from Saturday to Monday. They are all available to anyone that has an ESPN+ account (or is just comfortable finding sailing the 7 seas).

We are talking multiple world champions and some of the very best boxers alive today competing so it is 100% worth tuning in for. And since we have this line up, I figured I'd talk about each card and why they're worth watching.

Saturday, October 12th - Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol

Why Watch: This is the best fight that can be made in boxing in my humble opinion. Two of the P4P best fighters in the sport in the same division fighting for the undisputed title. Both have been incredibly dominant in completely opposite ways.

Artur Beterbiev is arguably the scariest finisher in boxing, having gone 20-0 while knocking out every single opponent he has faced to date. He holds 3 of the belts at 175lbs. Beterbiev is pathologically aggressive, breaking down his opposition over the course of his fights with devastating power and pressure. Dmitry Bivol is one of the most technically proficient boxers in the sport. Famous for handing Canelo Alvarez the 2nd loss of his career, Bivol's timing and footwork make him one of boxing's hardest nuts to crack. That's why he's gotten to 23-0. Easily one of the most compelling fights in combat sports at the moment.

There's some other good fights on the undercard (which won't be on ESPN+, but PPV. Yeah boxing is still weird). The best cruiserweight on the planet, Jai Opetaia (25-0) is defending his title against Jack Massey (22-2). On the women's side, Olympian Skye Nicolson (11-0) defends her world title against the UK's Raven Chapman (9-0). In terms of name value: Chris Eubank Jr. (33-3) is probably the biggest name on the card and will be facing Kamil Szeremeta (25-2-2).

Sunday - October 13th, 2024

Why Watch: Japanese promoter Teiken has made a habit of doing these double cards full of a bunch of title fights and I love them. The first of the two will take place on early Sunday morning. It'll feature 4 different world title fights, all featuring some of the funnest boxers in Japan at the moment.

First up, WBA bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue (20-1) will defend his title against Seiya Tsutsumi (11-0-2). Takuma is the brother of P4P star Naoya Inoue. A world champion in his own right, Takuma unfortunately doesn't have the power of his brother but is still a world class fighter and a damn good boxer. A win here would set up a unification bout with Junto Nakatani, another Japanese star. Seiya Tsutsumi is a former amateur standout in Japan that has quickly climbed the ranks to challenge for gold. He's been heralded as a future world champion for a while and even won and defended the Japanese BW title. He's also a dangerous finisher, making this a very fun fight to tune in for.

Perhaps the most accomplished fighter on the card is Kenshiro Teraji (21-1, 14 KOs). The former unified champion at light flyweight, Kenshiro is moving up to flyweight to chase another world title. He's one of the most exciting fighters in Japan and is coming off a FOTY contender in January against Carlos Canizales. He's facing off with Cristofer Rosales (37-6), who is himself a very dangerous flyweight. Should be an excellent scrap. We're also getting a fight featuring Seigo Yuri Akui (21-2) who is arguably the top flyweight in the world at the moment and the WBA champion.

Monday - October 14, 2024

Another early morning card from Japan.

Why Watch: Junto Nakatani (28-0, 21 KOs) is one of the emerging stars coming out of Japan. The WBC bantamweight champion first made waves in the US when he KOed Andrew Moloney in what was one of the best knockouts of 2023. He's recently appeared on Ring Magazine's P4P rankings. At 26, he has a lot of time to do some real damage at the world level. While this fight against a can-crusher like Petch Sor Chitpattana (76-1) isn't doing much for his legacy, it seems like it will be leading to a fight with both Inoue brothers if all things shake out the way they should. Which would be huge for boxing in Japan (and the world).

The 2nd reason to watch this card - Tenshin Nasukawa (4-0). Tenshin Nasukawa was the top P4P kickboxer on the planet when he left the sport to chase a boxing career. A feat he accomplished at like 24-25 years old. Now Tenshin is a full out boxer and has been looking every bit like a future world champion in the sport. He is facing far more experienced boxers and taking their lunch. He's not quite at the world title level yet but a win here against Gerwin Asilo (9-0) will only continue to nudge him up the ladder.

There are two other champions on this card worth knowing about - Anthony Olascuaga (7-1) and Kosei Tanaka (20-1). Got my first look at Olascuaga in his last fight where he looked like an absolute terror in the ring. Fast, accurate, and powerful for a flyweight, he took the WBO title with ease in a 3rd round KO win. Jonathan Gonzalez (28-3) is a very good fighter out of Puerto Rico who was the WBO light flyweight champion before moving up for this fight. Looking forward to that scrap. And Kosei Tanaka is a fun action fighter. Go watch that man slip punches and then flurry back with nice, crisp combinations in the pocket. Extremely satisfying.

Like I said, 3 terrific cards of boxing going down this weekend. If you've ever wanted to get into boxing these cards are a great entry.

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