Mark Bocek on women fighting men
Mark Bocek: “When I wrestle with a female Olympic silver medalist in wrestling, it feels like wrestling with a 12 year old. You think a woman will beat a man in a fight? Lmao!”
A discussion recently took place on the UG, sparked by a four minute 2011 video of Ronda Rousey working takedowns with Gegard Mousasi. It takes place when Rousey was just beginning MMA, but after she won an Olympic bronze medal in Judo.
While the middleweight Mousasi is not working as aggressively as possible for the takedown, neither is he rolling with the bantamweight Rousey in a give and take. Rousey was repeatedly not able to stop Mousasi’s takedowns.
The video led to an extended discussion on the UG, that included UFC lightweight Mark Bocek, who is firmly of the belief that a trained woman cannot beat a trained man in MMA.
From:Mark Bocek
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What a waste of time for Gegard, must be a nice guy…
From:Mark Bocek
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Posts: 1051
Maybe you guys are not getting this, let me explain… When I wrestle with a female Olympic silver medalist in wrestling, it feels like wrestling with a 12 year old… You think a woman will beat a man in a fight? Lmao!!!
punchdrunkMMA
Why not just say Sara McMann since she’s clearly the “12-year old” in question given her resume and the time she spent training at Tristar?
From:Mark Bocek
Member Since: 1/1/01
Posts: 1053
I’m not referring to Sara McMann, I have never trained with her, I’m also a fan of Sara.
From:Mark Bocek
Member Since: 1/1/01
Posts: 1054
I take it most of you have never trained with a female, otherwise this thread wouldn’t even exist lmao…
The fact remains of course that except for a rare freakshow fight in Brazil, men and women compete in separate divisions, as do for that matter bantamweights and middleweights. Ronda Rousey is the most dominant champion in the UFC, and one of the biggest stars, and that is good for the sport.
