The reality of a weigh in, whether in a local community center or at a big show, is that they are miserable. There are few ways to guarantee that someone is in a bad a mood as certain as depriving he or she of food and water for a day or two, and then subjecting them to sauna time, while wearing hot clothing. The reality of weigh-ins is that it is smelly and sweaty and miserable.

However, visually, weigh-ins have a distinctive aesthetic appeal. It is something like bodybuilding, but without the all show and little go factor. MMA bodies are fact as real as it gets. A weigh-in at an elite MMA event showcases a body perfectly prepared for the greatest physical test that humans have undergone since time immemorial – fighting another person.

Weigh ins can even be hot.

In the video below, Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate weighed in for their second women’s bantamweight weight world title fight at UFC 168.

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If you are a gay man or a straight woman, watching a bunch of guys in perfect shape disrobe to their underoos and flex can have a distinct appeal. If you are a gay woman or a straight man, the same is true when women’s MMA fighters weigh in.

There is for many an undeniable sexual appeal to watching someone of the sex you are attracted to stripping down and displaying themselves.

Ronda Rousey is arguably the most successful women’s fighter in the history of combat sports. Beautiful yet also a ferocious competitor, Rousey took the women’s MMA scene by storm by starting her professional career by winning her first seven fights by first round arm bar submission.

Miesah Tate was a pioneer in women’s MMA as well. As a professional since 2007, Tate was also strikingly beautiful, but with the skills to back it up. She had a professional record of 14-2 before fighting Rousey the first time and was the first person to make it out of the first round. Although she put in a valiant performance, she did succumb to Rousey’s arm bar in the third round.