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honestly
one or both of them needs to pose in Playboy and then the fight will be marketable. Until that happens, it will not draw outside the hardcores if that.
a Women of MMA article in Playboy.
Featuring Marloes Coenen , Sarah Kaufman and Cyborg Santos. YES PLEASE!
by I_Mad on Dec 1, 2011 12:44 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
?
Cyborg? Really?
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Dec 1, 2011 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
clearly, it was a joke...
Anyone with taste would pay NOT to see those 3 women naked.
by I_Mad on Dec 1, 2011 1:23 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
...Coenen?
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Dec 1, 2011 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
Coenen cleans up nice.
"It is himself that a coward abandons first, after that all other betrayals come easily."
by doonerthesooner on Dec 1, 2011 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
yeah...
She looks nice in a dress. I couldn’t think of another WMMA fighter off of the top of my head so I used her name.
by I_Mad on Dec 1, 2011 3:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Tara Larosa
Liz Carmouche.
I’ll stop now before this gets ugly.
by The Hamburger Pimp on Dec 1, 2011 5:43 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
The article is spot on
in that Rousey has not proven to be a draw. BUT i would say that the crappy view rates for Strikeforce is more due to everyone thinking it’s on it’s death bed than anything else.
I don't know this chick
but she looks sexy as hell in that pic.
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Dec 1, 2011 1:10 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
A title fight would be a moneyshot...
"Okay, Lindsay, are you forgetting that I was a professional twice over - an analyst and a therapist. The world's first analrapist."
I'll take the one in the middle, please
She looks feisty.
by Damnatio Memoriae on Dec 1, 2011 1:19 PM EST reply actions
Don't you mean
The one in the middle will take you?
by The Armchair Juggernaut on Dec 1, 2011 1:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I honestly think that if they want to build a fanbase they need to go the Lingerie Football League route and use their looks to their advantage. It started as a gimmick during a superbowl halftime show but is not a fairly serious womens football league.
They don’t get taken as seriously because they still have to hold onto the lingerie aspect but their fanbase is getting bigger. The longer they say profitable the better chance they have of evolving into an established and serous pro womens league. There has even been an increased response from parents of girls that want to play women’s pro football to know if there are any women’s programs they should join so they can one day try out for the LFL.
I think in this market that WMMA promoters may need to take advantage of the sex appeal of their fighters when they can. I am not saying they should go all out and be raunchy or fight in lingerie but just stop trying to pretend that some of these women happen to be attractive. Some fans will at least start watching because of that. There are several women fans of MMA that started watching because they thought some of the popular guy fighters were good looking. After watching enough they get educated more on the sport and learn to be a fan for the sport not just to watch a hot guy with his shirt off.
*edit
“It started as a gimmick during a superbowl halftime show but is *NOW a fairly serious womens football league.”
Sexiness as gateway drug for WMMA?
Sexist much? Also, you’re totally kinda right—it would work if given enough of a push. But I dunno, I think it can still somewhat succeed the way it is going, assuming Bellator keeps rolling steadily.
The Internets: Where there are no girls and men become children.
Snowden makes totally fine downer points.
Rousey is not hot shit right now to the proverbial casual fan.
The Internets: Where there are no girls and men become children.
It does sorta seem like she's looking for a limb to steal.
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by KatGirl on Dec 1, 2011 2:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That would be awesome.
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The man makes a point.
The larger question is “Is there money in women’s MMA, period?”
If the answer is no, then maybe Dana White’s point that women’s MMA isn’t “there”, yet.
That then begs another question, will WMMA ever be marketable or will it just be a failed experiment?
by Steve W on Dec 1, 2011 4:12 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I think the answer is easy. Name a woman’s sport that is popular in the US. They target a particular market (guessing off the top of my head) 12-18 year old girls who are into athletics and the parents who take them. Now when we take WMMA, it largely draws a male audience, the market just isnt there.
by eckoltz on Dec 1, 2011 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Give RR a Louis Bum of the Month Campaign
I would rather see SF give RR a Bum of the Month run ala Joe Louis
gather up all the would-be contendors at 135-145 that they can
from the USA and World
and let
RR run through them at her own blistering pace
then with 5-10 wins added to her record
and another 6 months to a year of exposure
let her wipe up the mat with Carano
then Tate
and finally face Cyborg
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